An Interesting Discussion of Sexual Orientation - Homosexuals and Pedophiles

This is clip is from Richmond City Council's June 17, 2009 Health, Human Services, and Education Committee Meeting.

The paper under consideration was Resolution 2009-R73 , which expresses to the Virginia General Assembly Richmond City Council's support for adding language that references "sexual orientation" and "gender identity" to Virginia's public employee anti-discrimination law.

Patrons Chris Hilbert and Reva Trammell; and during the meeting Councilmen Marty Jewell and Doug Conner asked to be added as co-patrons.

I briefly spoke in support of the paper. [4:50]

The thing that makes this clip notable are the bizarre comments by Dr. Donald Stern, Director of the Richmond Health District, a state agency that manages the City's Health Department. [5:20] Dr. Stern expressed his concern that the phrases "gender identity" and "sexual orientation" would protect pedophiles. I thought it was a strange comment for a health professional to make.

Swine Flu Presentation at Health, Human Services and Education Committee Meeting

On Wednesday May 20, Richmond City Council's Health, Human Services, and Education Committee heard a report from Dr. Donald Stern, Health Director at the Richmond City Health District, a division of the Virginia Department of Health, on the recent outbreak of H1N1, a new strain of flu virus, that has made many sick and killed several people since April.

Dr. Stern reviewed the Flu Pandemic of 1918, it's transmission, and simple precautions we can take such as washing our hands regularly and covering our mouths when we cough or sneeze.