For a few months I go along pretty happily, then someone reminds me of this, and I get angry about it again.
Say you have $15 billion to give to help combat AIDS globally. 20% ($3 billion) of this is required to go to prevention, which is dandy because that's always important. Now, this is $1 billion can either go to
a) educate people about condoms and other preventive measures
or
b) educate people about how sinful sex is and how God wants you to have a big diamond on your hand before you have any devil rods stuck in your temptation hole. A method that has proven ineffective time and time again.
You'll never guess what route we taxpayers have chosen. Just read the article. It gets worse. Just because we're afraid of sex shouldn't mean that the rest of the world can't enjoy themselves openly. And safely.
Hopefully this and the Global Gag Rule will be fixed as the first order of business for President Someone Else in '08.
In other news, since today seems to have a theme, now there's an actual reason besides the "ick factor" to get your kids circumsized!
And women everywhere rejoice.
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I would prefer if when people referred to "faith-based" initiatives that the contempt lay in the entire concept of faith, not in putting ones stupid ideas in it.
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