Thursday, March 6, 2008

A sexy rant on sex, or "Vagina (there, I said it)"

As I live and breath, the insane religious zealots continue their hysterical war against sexual consciousness (From the batshit crazy American Center for Law & Justice):

[T]hree U.S. Congressmen, including Representative Doug Lamborn from Colorado, Steve King from Iowa, and Joe Pitts from Pennsylvania are all preparing legislation calling once and for all for the defunding of Planned Parenthood, based this time on a review of materials posted on Planned Parenthood’s website known as “teenwire.com.” After reviewing the website, Representative Lamborn told reporters at CNSNews.com that teenwire “is another reason we should pull all federal funding from Planned Parenthood.” Steve King went on to say that there should be no more money that goes to any Internet site that promotes promiscuity or sexual license in any way. Finally, Representative Joe Pitts told CNSNews.com, “I don’t believe taxpayer funding should be going to groups that put sexually explicit material on the Internet targeted at minors.” According to the CNS News report, the Congressman spoke to the reporters after reviewing materials from Planned Parenthood’s teenwire.com website which states that its mission is to provide “medically accurate” information primarily focused on teenagers.

Some of the material placed on the website is not only inappropriate and offensive, but is also sexually oriented in its approach. The website promotes promiscuity and sexual license and is at the same time receiving federal funds. Representative King went on to add that teenwire is part of “Planned Parenthood’s wider agenda,” which he believes is detrimental to the American culture. “I think it’s part of its strategic plan to break down the moral order of our society so that the people on the other side of morality and integrity can take power in this country.”

I admit, I can understand the aversion to abortion. A distinct part of the populace truly equates a fetus to a human being -- spiritually and biologically -- and far be it from me to deny them their opinions. But how exactly does keeping teenagers in the dark about sex do a sliver of good? More specifically, how does it prevent abortion? Isn't it reasonable to assume that somebody who takes the time to become well informed about the risks and benefits of a certain action will then make a more informed decision and hence -- and this is really a stretch -- make a better decision? How many abortions will be prevented by defunding a Web site that encourages birth control for sexually active teens who will most certainly have sex with or without the information?

And by the way, this lawmaker-supported, prudish aversion to the human body is just staggering. I've looked through teenwire.com, and the best I can come up with for this alleged "sexually explicit material" are diagrams of the human body. Should we also defund libraries because they carry anatomy books? We aren't exactly living in an age where people should be clueless about their bodies. Show me the harm -- documented, independent, scientific proof -- that information about sex leads to any social ill, and I'll shut up right now. Until then, as long as we continue to assume teenagers are incapable of processing sexual information, we'll be in a very sorry state of affairs.

As far as Rep. King's theory that Planned Parenthood is hellbent on taking over society with the goal of plunging us into promiscuity and immorality, I say: Are you fucking insane? How did this lunatic get elected?

Why is it that the harder Christian lawmakers work, the further this nation goes down the toilet.

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