MARYLAND: Schaefer Modifies His Proposal for HIV/AIDS Registry

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MARYLAND: Schaefer Modifies His Proposal for HIV/AIDS Registry

Baltimore Sun (10.23.04) - Monday, October 25, 2004
Andrew A. Green

On Friday, Maryland Comptroller William Donald Schaefer clarified his support for a public list of people with HIV/AIDS, saying he advocates such a registry only for those who intentionally spread the disease. Schaefer has been criticized since stating, two weeks ago, that AIDS patients are to blame for their disease and that they constitute a danger to society. He made his latest remarks on WBAL radio's "Chip Franklin Show."

"Let's put on the registry those who are known givers of AIDS, that's all," Schaefer said on the broadcast. Schaefer said he had met with AIDS activists Thursday to restate his views.

Minutes after the show, a small group protesting outside the statehouse compared Schaefer's call for a AIDS registry to Nazi laws that required Jews, homosexuals and others to wear identifying marks on their clothing. The activists called for a boycott of tourism to Maryland and the purchase of Maryland products until Schaefer resigns. "The people of Maryland should not let this harmful man represent the state," said Craig Shireman of Laytonsville.

A week ago, Del. John Adams Hurson (D-Montgomery County), who chairs the House Health and Government Operations Committee, asked Schaefer to resign. Schaefer's earlier call for an AIDS registry was rebuffed by the Legislature a decade ago.
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