Surgeon general nominee faces questions today

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http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/1153AP_Surgeon_General_Nomination.html

Surgeon general nominee faces questions

By KEVIN FREKING
ASSOCIATED PRESS WRITER

WASHINGTON -- President Bush's nominee for surgeon general faces a contentious confirmation hearing because of his writings about homosexuality and health.

In advance of the Senate hearing on Thursday, gay rights groups, the American Public Health Association and 35 members of the House were lining up in opposition to Dr. James W. Holsinger's nomination. The Kentucky doctor garnered the support of a prominent former surgeon general, Dr. C. Everett Koop, as well as the American College of Physicians.

Holsinger wrote a paper in 1991 for a United Methodist Church committee that gay groups and others interpret as saying that homosexuals face a greater risk of disease and that homosexuality runs counter to anatomical truths.

In the paper, which focuses extensively on human anatomy and the reproductive system, Holsinger said the "varied sexual practices of homosexual men have resulted in a diverse and expanded concept of sexually transmitted disease and associated trauma."

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1. If this weed gets the nod, Congress should be disbanded.