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A Moment of Clarity.

"...Temptation's gospel has dangerous implications: HIV is a punishment, HIV patients deserve their condition, and the only path to salvation is a chaste, churchgoing, heterosexual lifestyle. Perry may believe that he is doing good with films like this. When asked where he gets his inspiration, Perry explains, "I pray about it. I say, 'OK, where am I going next?' The family dynamic is in so much trouble." He goes on to talk about divorce, but on a larger scale, his films seem to exist as his response to America's "crumbling morality."

 That Tyler Perry wants to proselytize is his business — I may not agree that premarital sex and low-cut blouses are a sin, but I accept the difference of opinion. What I can't condone is this persistent return to HIV, a virus that begs for compassion and understanding, not judgment. Outside of Temptation, people with HIV are people, not walking sins. Their desire to live long lives on their own terms may conflict with Perry's morality, but it's still their right. By offering a version of reality in which people are either Good or Evil, Tyler Perry's soapbox may do more harm than good."

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