“We cannot support a nominee with discredited and non-evidence-based views on sexuality,”

American Public Health Association Opposes Surgeon General Nominee

WASHINGTON, D.C., July 11, 2007, — The American Public Health Association (APHA) today announced its opposition to the nomination of James Holsinger, Jr., MD, as surgeon general. In letters to U.S. Sens. Edward Kennedy and Michael Enzi, APHA expressed its deep concern over past writings regarding Dr. Holsinger’s “views of homosexuality, which put his political and religious ideology before established medical science.”
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“We cannot support a nominee with discredited and non-evidence-based views on sexuality,” wrote Benjamin. “While we have no doubt that Dr. Holsinger has made positive contributions throughout his medical and public health career, we believe his previously expressed views on sexuality are inconsistent with mainstream medicine and public health practice.”