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Jay Swartzendruber
Editor
Friday, September 29, 2006

Bob Geldof Hails Abstinence in AIDS Fight

As many fans are aware, over the past four years, dozens of the top artists in Christian music have lent their public support to the fight against HIV/AIDS and poverty in Africa. Most of them have partnered with organizations such as Compassion International, World Vision, Blood:Water Mission and Bono's DATA and with movements like The ONE Campaign to make extreme poverty history (http://one.org ).

While doing so, many artists have also publically endorsed President Bush's emphasis on abstinence (for singles) and marital fidelity in our government's response to Africa's HIV/AIDS emergency. You can no doubt imagine the uproar his strategy has been causing within much of the global AIDS activism community.

In light of that, I was especially interested to read a report that this week legendary rocker/political activist Bob Geldof praised President Bush's abstinence emphasis. As you may know Geldof works closely with Bono’s DATA organization and is the person who quarterbacked last year’s LIVE 8 concerts. This endorsement is a bold move by Geldof who is neither a man of faith nor a political conservative—far from it, in fact.

To read about Geldof's response, click on the link below...

Bob Geldof Hails US Abstinence Initiative to Combat AIDS

http://rawstory.com/news/2006/Bob_Geldof_hails_US_abstinence_init_09272006.html

Have a great weekend!

-Jay
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