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To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (268865)	1/16/2006 7:55:47 PM
From: combjelly	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577886

"That article Al posted is highly biased and inaccurate" It could be the case. But, there are some US-based groups who are advocating abstinence and discouraging contraception in third world countries. Depo Provera and condoms are definitely on the hit list, I am not talking about the morning after pill here.

To: Tenchusatsu who wrote (268865)	1/16/2006 8:11:55 PM
From: tejek	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 1577886

CJ, But making it more difficult for those who want to do family planning isn't going to make the issues go away. I'll just state the obvious: No one is advocating an overpopulated planet. Then why are they advocating abstinence and discouraging the use of contraceptions? That article Al posted is highly biased and inaccurate, and to refute every single one of the inaccuracies would be pointless, especially seeing how easily Al and Ted get angered over "organized religion." I've said this before........either you have your head in the sand or you are intentionally playing dumb because what you are saying doesn't agree with reality. I've watched a video showing a conservative group in FLA telling a group of teens that contraception does not work and that the only thing that does work is abstinence because its the Lord's way. This was not some news story or some smear campaign.....the video was made by the group to show to teens. I did a paper this past fall where a 16 year old kid got hijacked and sent to some religious center in Tennessee because he told his parents he might be gay. The kid had his own blog that brought a lot more attention to the subject than is normal. The place was a joke.........girls were not allowed to wear jeans or any pantlike clothing and their hair could not be short. Boys hair had to be a certain length as well and they could not wear any rings, bracelets........any thing that might be considered jewelry. No tats, no piercings, no makeup.....nothing of that sort. The guy that ran the place would give Sunday sermon which required the attendance of the parents as well as the kids. It turned out he wasn't even an ordained minister, the center's paperwork was a mess and the state closed them down. I wonder how many kids' lives they totally screwed up before they were shut down. So don't tell me what's real........I've seen too much of this stuff the pass five year to know its not made up.....that its the way many of these people think. What's surprising is that you are so in the dark about these issues. ted