act, but this position becomes what it has become in the real world--increasingly difficult to justify in the light of scientific evidence to the contrary.
Andrew Beckett is a lawyer on the fast track in his Philadelphia law firm in spite of the fact that he is gay, something he does not bandy about. He is the darling of the head of the firm and is given all the toughest cases until it is discovered that he has AIDS, and at that point he is terminated with several feeble excuses. It appears that the firm is afraid of the ramifications of his disease and of how that disease might make the law firm look to future clients. Beckett is devastated, but over time he develops evidence and sets out to sue the firm for wrongful termination, gaining the support of a black lawyer named Joe Miller, the only lawyer he can find who will represent him. Miller at first turns him down, for he is also afraid of AIDS and is not especially sympathetic to gays. He changes his mind when he sees librarians in a law library trying to separate Beckett from othe
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