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Andrew Beckett's Argument Against Homosexuality
Andrew Beckett is a gay man who chooses to keep his sexual orientation, and he has AIDS has a secret from members and firm. Andrew is a lawyer at one of the leading law firm in Philadelphia.
While Andrew was assigned the firm's newest and most prominent case; a partner in the firm inquires after recognizing a lesion on his face. He blames the mark to a racquetball injury. Andrew works from home; he tries to conceal his lesion's, he submitted his document for the case, leaving it on the desk after work hours so that no one sees him. The following day, there's no sign of the paper, copies on the computer hard drive. The paperwork is discovered at the last minute to meet the deadline. The next day Andrew is let go from the firm by the firm's

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