over the weekend john mccain:
a-said that he’d work to overturn roe-v-wade
b-spoke at an abstinence rally in south carolina
c-missed a vote on the troop surge in iraq
i’ve always grudgingly admired and respected john mccain.
he’s bright and personable and, i had thought, independent.
at present he seems to be bending over backwards to endear himself to the religious right, which is making him seem like a hypocrite, as up until a few years ago he only had contemptuous things to say about jerry falwell and his ilk.
and…an abstinence rally?
what’s next? forced castration/sterilization rallies?
maybe dust off eugenics and take it out for a 21st century spin?
eugenics and forced sterilization seemed to work well for republicans in the early 20th century.
maybe as a return to traditional party values the republicans can hearken back to the good old days of eugenics and forced sterilization for undesirables?
and promoting abstinence is, statistically speaking according to the w.h.o and even the n.i.h, a dangerous waste of time and resources.
forgive me if this gets a bit graphic/distasteful, but do you know how a lot of girls/women in the ‘christian’ south and other parts of the world get around the issue of abstinence?
anal sex.
yup. it is common practice for girls in the south to have anal sex long before vaginal sex because somehow that means that they’re virginity remains intact.
(i can just see the scene on the wedding night. ‘honey, i’ve saved my virginity for you. i mean, i can’t count how many guys i’ve had unprotected anal sex with, but i’m still a virgin, right?’)
as a result of this, rates of anally spread std’s are skyrocketing in ‘christian’ communities, all in the name of abstinence and virginity.
it’s also worth noting that rates of std transmission and abortion and teen pregnancy are much higher in communities without sex-education and with active abstinence campaigns.
another charmer from the religious right…’christians’ are trying to restrict access to a vaccine that would protect women from hpv.
hpv can cause cervical cancer and other health problems in women, and it’s incredibly wide spread and not protected against by using condoms.
so why are the religious right trying to restrict access to the hpv vaccine?
because they believe that if women are vaccinated against hpv(which most women under a certain age are not even aware of, even though a woman’s chance of getting hpv is about 15,000,000 times higher than getting hiv)then that will lead to promiscuity.
this same religious right who john mccain is prostrating himself to.
sorry to be a bummer on a monday morning, but:
a-it’s a shame that smart, independent john mccain feels it necessary to kow-tow to the religious right.
b-it’s a shame that the anti-science, anti-women, anti-public health religious right are in a position to influence public policy.
ok, i’ll be more fun the next time i write, i promise.
moby