U.S. minister plans anti-A.I.D.S. move
NZPA-AP Williamsville, New York A Unitarian minister says he plans to distribute condoms at services to help make people more aware of A.I.D.S. “In view of the fact that experts have warned us that in the next few years the A.I.D.S. epidemic could make the Black Plague and the bubonic plague pale by comparison, churches should take the lead l in educating the public; on this life-or-death
issue,” he said. The Rev. carl Titchener, of the 300member Unitarian Universal Church of Amherst, said parents would decide if their children should remain at the service while the condoms were distributed. The board of trustees and the lay worship committee supported his decision to hand out condoms he said. In Unitarian churches, each j congregation tes control of its own affairs
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