‘AIDS: Going to Extremes’

Your editorial stated valid general reservations about mandatory testing for AIDS. But, your position against AIDS tests for marriage licenses is absurd!

For decades people applying for marriage licenses have been required to be tested for venereal diseases that, although very serious, are much less deadly than AIDS.

If you expect your editorial policies regarding AIDS to have any credibility at all, then to be consistent you must also call for the abolition of ALL premarital medical tests. That would not only be a disaster for our society in general, but would also be monstrously cruel to unafflicted individuals who plan to be married, and even more cruel to their prospective children.

W.F. ROSENTHAL

Huntington Beach