Good article, wagerprofits.
What a lousy day…
Antoine, is there really even a handful of positives? Of the “25 billion package to fight aids,” I’d wager the bulk of the money went to major drug companies for research and to promote abstinance until marriage. Research is improtant, and abstinance effective prevention, but there are other effective programs that don’t fit with the religious right’s moral agenda, and therefore don’t get funded.
I have some good friends that spent the first half of Bush’s term in Zambia, a country being devastated by aids. Did we send condoms and education on how to use them, education on the spread of aids (many still believe it’s bad magic)? No, we preached abstinance…
I’m all for people having a belief system, but Kerry said it well in debate #2; you can’t legislate based on faith.
My message to the powers that be; get your god out of my government.