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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTexas House Votes To Divert HIV Prevention Funds To Pay For Abstinence Only Education
http://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/uncucumbered/texas_house_votes_to_divert_hiv_prevention_to_pay_for_abstinence_only_educationTexas State Rep. Stuart Spitzer, (that's him in the photo above, posing with Ted Cruz, who he calls "my favorite senator," made no secret of his intentions when he introduced a budget amendment that would take millions targeted for HIV and STD screening and give it to abstinence only (non)-education programs. He said it very plainly:
" My) goal is for everybody to be abstinent until theyre married."
Democratic State Rep. Sylvester Turner, who opposed Rep. Spitzer's plan shot back:
"My goal is for everybody to be HIV/AIDS free."
The floor debate was contentious and at times very personal. At one point, Democrat Harold Dutton asked Rep. Spitzer if he had any experience with abstinence.
"Ive had sex with one woman, and thats my wife," said Spitzer, who volunteered that he was a virgin when he married - at age 29.
Rep. Dutton then asked Rep. Spitzer if that had been completely his own choice, sending the Texas House chamber into an uproar.
" My) goal is for everybody to be abstinent until theyre married."
Democratic State Rep. Sylvester Turner, who opposed Rep. Spitzer's plan shot back:
"My goal is for everybody to be HIV/AIDS free."
The floor debate was contentious and at times very personal. At one point, Democrat Harold Dutton asked Rep. Spitzer if he had any experience with abstinence.
"Ive had sex with one woman, and thats my wife," said Spitzer, who volunteered that he was a virgin when he married - at age 29.
Rep. Dutton then asked Rep. Spitzer if that had been completely his own choice, sending the Texas House chamber into an uproar.
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Texas House Votes To Divert HIV Prevention Funds To Pay For Abstinence Only Education (Original Post)
KamaAina
Apr 2016
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What we need is more of this kind of thiniking in the White House, which is what we will have when
Jackie Wilson Said
Apr 2016
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Jackie Wilson Said
(4,176 posts)1. What we need is more of this kind of thiniking in the White House, which is what we will have when
people dont show up to vote in November.
again, for those so impaired
this is something that starts with an "s" and ends with an "m"
Umbral18
(105 posts)4. They're talking about abstinence not S&M nt
awoke_in_2003
(34,582 posts)2. Rec for Rep. Dutton...
I like the cut of his jib.
Solly Mack
(90,740 posts)3. Funny - but damn. Stupid people.