LARRY KRAMER: Using Rage to Fight the Plague

AIDS activist, and now victim LARRY KRAMER blasts away at the Government, the medical establishment and the Catholic Church

Q. Why have AIDS activists decided to target the Catholic Church?

A. The church is perceived as being behind the times not only on abortion but also on sex education and gay rights. Even though it's representing something that is thousands of years old, every once in a while, you've got to give the machine a lube job.

Q. But wasn't it going too far when a protester destroyed a consecrated wafer during a demonstration in New York City's St. Patrick's Cathedral?

A. We're not here to make friends, we're here to raise the issues. We are an activist organization, and...

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