Free Condoms Cause More Student Pregnancies: Study

A new study issued by the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) concludes that students at schools that provide free condoms have ten percent higher birth rates, and independent research shows that twenty percent of teens say that instruction on contraceptives encourages them to have sex.

We find clear evidence that access to condoms in schools leads to an increase in teen fertility. . . . School condom distribution programs could encourage risky sexual behaviors, promote the use of the condom over methods that better prevent pregnancy, or cause schools to shift resources away from more effective programs.
-- Kasey Buckles and Daniel M. Hungerman, Notre Dame University economists

For background, read President Obama Funds Condom Delivery Service to Pre-teens

Click headlines below to read previous articles:

Teenage Pregnancy & Birth Rates Drop to Historic Lows

Abstinent Teens the Norm, Moral Sex-Ed Works: Study

And yet, Abstinence Education is Illegal in California per Judge's Ruling

And read how public schools across America provide sex training for children.

-- From "Study: Teen Birth Rates Rose in Schools That Gave Out Free Condoms With No Instruction" by Christina Cauterucci, Staff Writer, Slate 6/15/16

A new data analysis of in-school condom distribution programs from the 1990s has added new complexity to our understanding of teen pregnancy prevention. Most previous studies have shown that access to free contraception decreases teen birth rates, but this is the first robust study of condom-only programs. Researchers Kasey Buckles and Daniel Hungerman of the University of Notre Dame found that teen births rose 10 percent at schools that gave out free condoms to students.

. . . The authors tracked pregnancy rates before and after the condom programs were introduced in each school, and they compared these numbers to the pregnancy rates at schools that had no condom program at all and the pregnancy rates among young women aged 20 to 24 in the same areas as the school. This allowed them to control for the possibility that broader societal shifts were driving the rising pregnancy rates in the schools that offered free condoms.

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From "Not All Contraception Is Created Equal" by Dwyer Gunn, Pacific Standard 6/15/16

. . . the theoretical effects of providing free birth control to teenagers actually are ambiguous. On the one hand, condoms can prevent pregnancy if used correctly. On the other hand, providing teenagers with free birth control might increase sexual activity, and thus have the unintended effect of increasing teen fertility.

Buckles and Hungerman propose several possible explanations for their findings. Perhaps free condoms serve as a substitute for more reliable forms of birth control, such as the pill. Or perhaps they nudge a teenager who might otherwise be on the margins of becoming sexually active into engaging in sexual activity.

Ultimately, the authors suggest that their data best fits an interesting explanation that was first presented in a 1999 paper in the American Journal of Public Health, which found that condom use actually declined as condoms became more available in schools. . . .

It’s not entirely clear if today’s teens would respond to free condoms in the same way as the ’90s-era teens of Buckles’ and Hungerman’s research. Today’s teenagers are less likely to be sexually active and have access to more reliable forms of birth control, research has found.

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From "Schools that distribute free condoms have higher teen birth rates: study" by Claire Chretien, LifeSiteNews 6/16/16

Buckles and Hungerman compared teen births at schools that provided students with condoms—some provided counseling on the contraceptive method and some did not—with teen girls in places without school condom programs and slightly older girls in the same location.

Leading social scientist Dr. Michael J. New told LifeSiteNews that Buckles and Hungerman’s study “breaks new ground” because there has not been as much research on the impact of condom distribution programs in high schools as there has been on the impact of oral contraceptives.

“Overall, this study adds to a substantial body of research which shows that efforts to encourage contraception use through legalization, distribution or subsidies are ineffective at best or counterproductive at worst,” continued New. “Even the Guttmacher Institute acknowledges that availability of the birth control pill in the 1960s led to higher rates of teen sexual activity. Furthermore, another Guttamcher study found simultaneous increases in contraceptive use and abortion rates in the United States, Cuba, Denmark, Netherlands, Singapore, and South Korea.”

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From "Study: Higher teen birth rates for schools giving free condoms" by Michael F. Haverluck, OneNewsNow.com 6/18/16

According to Ascend — an organization formerly known as the National Abstinence Education Association — President and CEO Valerie Huber explained that the aforementioned survey her organization conducted in partnership with the Barna Group divulged that two times the number of males — compared to females — came away from condom demonstrations at schools with the message that they were expected to have sex.

“[School programs that] normalize teen sex [and imply] sexual activity is a normal part of adolescent development, [combined with] condom distribution within even the class or maybe in the school clinic [mean schools are] tacitly saying and sometimes explicitly saying, ‘Hey, as long as you use this, you don’t have to worry about any of the consequences,’” Huber insists.

The pro-family leader maintains that the misleading message that teen pregnancies and the contraction of sexually transmitted diseases will not happen to them — in addition to the fact that underdeveloped adolescent brains are incapable of making fulling rational decisions — work together to create the “perfect storm” that can devastate the lives of teens.

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Also read Too Many Minority Babies, Feds Say of Teen Births

Abstinence Education Illegal in Calif, Judge Rules

Fresno County (California) Superior Court Judge Donald Black struck down the Clovis Unified School District sex education program ruling that the curriculum denied students' public right to sexualization and Gay Agenda indoctrination, and did not completely train the children in "safe sex" performance, but rather encouraged abstinence as the most healthy and effective means to prevent pregnancy and disease.

For background, read Abortionists, Homosexualists Sue Clovis School over Sex Ed

Click headlines below to read previous articles:

California Sex Education Teachers Exposed as Abortionist-paid Sex Workers

California Feminists Call for Sexual Consent for Kindergartners

President Obama Pays Pre-teens to Learn Anal Sex in Hawaii

Oregon Trains Pre-teens in Masturbation, Anal Sex

Texas School Trains 12-year-olds in Oral, Anal Sex

Pennsylvania School Gives 8th Grade Sadomasochistic Exercise

Virginity Advocacy Banned at Arkansas School

Also read Pornography Belongs in Classroom, More Experts Say

And read Fictional 'Safe Sex' - Government Losing War on STDs

In addition, read how sexualization is making criminals of public school children nationwide.

-- From "Judge Rules Clovis Unified's Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Violated State Law" by Diana Aguilera, Valley Public Radio KVPR-FM89.3 (Fresno, CA) 5/13/15

The ruling stems from a lawsuit filed by a group of parents back in 2012. They claimed the district’s high school sex education classes taught abstinence as the only way to prevent pregnancy and ignored the topic of contraception.

Phyllida Burlingame with the ACLU [American Civil Liberties Union] says the ruling is a huge victory, and not just for students in Clovis.

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From "Abstinence-only curriculum is not sex education, judge rules" by Bob Egelko, staff writer, San Francisco Chronicle 5/14/15

The state law requires school districts to make their sex-education programs “age-appropriate” and directs them to teach students, starting in the seventh grade, that abstinence from sex is the only sure way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. But it also requires districts to provide “medically accurate information” on other methods, including all contraceptives approved by the Food and Drug Administration.

The law also requires public schools to teach students, in middle school and again in high school, about the dangers of HIV and AIDS and how they can be prevented.

A group of parents in Clovis filed suit in November 2012, saying the school district was using texts and videos that focused on abstinence and made little or no mention of contraceptives or claimed they were ineffective. One video, described in Black’s ruling, compared a woman who was not a virgin to a dirty shoe. Other videos “perpetuated sexual orientation bias,” the judge said, including one that encouraged students to adopt the mantra, “One man, one woman, one life.”

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From "Judge Rules Against Abstinence-Only Sex Ed Program" by Mollie Reilly, The Huffington Post 5/13/15

"Given the high social cost of teen pregnancy and similar toll on society of HIV/ADIS [sic] and other sexually transmitted diseases, the rights vindicated by this suit, access to medically, and socially appropriate sexual education, is an important public right," [Judge] Black wrote.

"We continue to be confident that the District acted appropriately and that our former 9th grade curriculum was unbiased, more than 'abstinence only,' and legally compliant; and that the issues raised in plaintiffs’ litigation were not accurate," Kelly Avants, Clovis Unified's chief communication officer, wrote in an email to The Huffington Post. "We are currently considering whether to pursue an appeal of Judge Black’s ruling."

The parents filed suit in 2012, but dropped the case in 2014 after the school changed its policies. Black, however, ordered the school district to pay for the parents' legal fees, citing the legal action as the catalyst for change in the district.

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From "Sex education for students is a public right, judge in California rules" by Hannah Furfaro, The Fresno Bee 5/14/15

Access to medically accurate and age-appropriate sex education is an important public right, Judge Donald Black has ruled, casting questions on the state’s current law, which does not require schools to teach comprehensive sex education in school.

The ruling, which hands a victory to two Clovis Unified parents, the American Academy of Pediatrics and the Gay-Straight Alliance Network, also makes it crystal clear that abstinence-only education violates California law.

Black’s decision closes the book on a three-year fight over whether Clovis Unified’s sex education curriculum met the letter of the 2004 Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education law. The ruling answers with a resounding “no” and concludes the district “violated California law for many years before the plaintiff parents began to complain, and that even years after the complaints began the district still had not changed its sex ed curriculum.”

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Also read Most Teens Want to be Virgins at Marriage

And read Abstinence Education Effective, Fed Study Shows and another study shows Abstinent Teens the Norm, Moral Sex-Ed Works, but nonetheless, President Obama Wants an End to Abstinence Education, Favoring Anal Sex

Calif. Warns Porn Makers of Gay HIV Transmission

The California Department of Public Health has issued an alert to the pornography industry that on-set homosexual anal sex has infected a man with HIV during filming in Nevada -- a state that does not require condoms for porn actors.

For background, read why pornography filming permits have plummeted in Los Angeles County:  Too much health-safety regulation as LA Voters Favor On-set Inspection of Porn Shootings

UPDATE 2/15/16: Failed HIV Test on Gay Porn Star Causes Multiple Infections

Also read Drama-teaching Gay Sex Offenders: California Trend

In addition, read The Only 'Safe Gays' are Celibate Gays, Says President Obama's FDA

-- From "Porn actor sparks Calif. health alert by apparently transmitting HIV during filming" by The Associated Press 12/29/14

One actor from the second shoot has since tested positive for HIV. According to the health department, lab results indicate the first actor who tested positive "probably transmitted" HIV to the second.

A health department official declined to release any information regarding when the transmission had taken place or which company it involved, citing privacy restrictions, but said the apparent transmission occurred in Nevada.

Several porn companies have moved shoots out of the county over the last two years in response to the ordinance [requiring condoms]. The number of porn filmmakers applying for permits in LA County has declined sharply, from 485 in 2012 to 40 in 2013.

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From "California Says Porn Actor Infected on Adult Film Set" posted at Business Wire 12/29/14

. . . The case involves a male performer who was filmed performing with other male performers. The newly infected individual initially tested HIV-negative in California after what was on–set exposure out of state (shooting films without condoms or protective barriers); however, two weeks later, the individual in question then tested HIV-positive. . . .

Since 2004 there have been numerous other cases of performers testing HIV-positive while working in California’s porn industry, including cases in 2010 (Derrick Burts) and 2013 (Cameron Bay and Rod Daily). However, despite the largest-ever OSHA fines levied against the adult film industry in the Cameron Bay case, porn producers continue the spin that these individuals did not contract HIV on set in the industry, but in their personal lives.

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From "Condom free speech argument fails to stand up in court" by Rory Carroll in Los Angeles for The UK Guardian 12/16/14

The [Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals] ruled on Monday that an LA county ordinance mandating condoms in films did not violate the adult entertainment industry’s first amendment rights.

Vivid Entertainment, Califa Productions and other producers had argued that the 2012 ordinance [Measure B], which was passed by voters, restricted their ability to create alluring scenarios free of real-word concerns like pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

Diana Duke, head of the Free Speech Coalition, an industry group, said in a statement that the condom mandate was “terrible” policy [and that] performers disliked condoms because aggravated friction amid bright lights and prolonged periods of penetration caused discomfort and impeded erections.

The number of permits issued for adult films in LA county had fallen 95% since measure B passed, said Duke. However, as a film can be shot in a few days in a private house without a permit, it is unclear how much production has fled.

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Also read Pennsylvania Middle School Sex Video Illegal, Police Say

And read Illinois School Sexting: Police Find Nude Student Selfies

However, Education Experts Say: Relax Parents, Sexting is Simply How Kids Flirt Today

Oregon Trains Pre-teens in Masturbation, Anal Sex

Sheriff Tom Bergin has asked the Clatsop County District Attorney to assist in shutting down the annual Adolescent Sexuality Conference, which is funded by the Oregon Department of Education (DOE) and the Oregon Health Authority, due to criminal activity — not to mention training young children in virtual sex via Internet:

“You can program her to do whatever you want to say . . . ‘give me a blow job' or something. . . . Teledildonics basically refers to the control of sex toys over the Internet; the remote use of sex toys.”
-- Cory Silverberg, conference keynote speaker

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Secret Sex Training of 6th-Graders in Oregon

President Obama Pays Pre-teens to Learn Anal Sex in Hawaii

Texas School Trains 12-year-olds in Oral, Anal Sex

Chicago Sex Education for Pre-teens is Pornographic, Parents Say

California School Pushes College-level Porn Sex Ed, Parents Outraged

New Hampshire School Teaches Porn, Complaining Dad Arrested

Education Experts Say Use Porn in Teaching Sex Ed

Also read University of Chicago Encourages Casual Sex and Teaches Students How to Get an Abortion

And read Gay Savage Sells Sex App for University of Oregon

In addition, read how public schools integrate pornography and even sex training into the curriculum and also read the myriad examples of kids' sexcapades starting in kindergarten and even pre-school.





-- From "Sheriff wants to shut down Sex Conference" by Carla Castano, KOIN-TV6 (Porland) 11/21/14

Students [as young as 11] attending the conference were shown porn sites, taught how to access cybersex and even were encouraged to Skype each other while masturbating. That is one way this conference material could be setting kids up for illegal activity, Sheriff Bergin said.

The Oregon DOE employs Brad Victor, who runs the conference and is paid to help school districts align sex education to state standards.

The city of Seaside just started reviewing the conference’s contract and is looking into the liability risks of hosting the conference.

The Oregon House of Representatives education committee will also look into the conference.

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From "Does sex ed conference for students go too far?" by Carla Castano, KOIN-TV6 (Porland) 11/20/14

Part of the lesson plan at a workshop at the Oregon Adolescent Sexuality Conference is an adult website called Virtual Fem. In addition to the content from that website, numerous handouts, such as one that encourages cyber and phone sex, have been passed out to high school and middle school students in attendance.

The pamphlets go on to suggest other ways students can engage in intimate activities without going all the way, including bathing together, shaving each other, wearing each other’s underwear, role playing, buying an extra-large pair of pajama bottoms to sleep in together, lap dances and strip teases.

“All kinds of speakers about Internet porn, using Internet sex toys, using meth as is shown in this book for when you’re engaging in sex. It encourages using meth because it helps your sexual drive and what not in here,” said [educator Lisa] Maloney. “It says in this booklet that was handed out and given out to all young people.”

In the WISE curriculum [the grant behind the conference], sixth grade students are asked, “How do people express their sexual feelings?” The answers they’re given to choose from include anal sex, oral sex and sexual fantasy.

When confronted about the graphic content, the conference’s director, Brad Victor, declined to comment about one session in particular about performing sex acts over Skype and whether those sessions could potentially be recorded and used against a student later.

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From "Sexual-education policy: Speakers bringing external materials into conversation about Hillsboro School District" by Hannah Leone, The Oregonian 11/21/14

"What I have seen the Oregon Department of Education deem healthy sexuality is very shocking," said Lori Porter, director of Beaverton-based Parents' Rights in Education. "What they are endorsing to be presented to Oregon students, for example watching porn together, mutual masturbation, dry humping sexting ... using cybersex to explore different identities, classroom discussions about pleasure and quote, 'healthy relationships.'"

. . . The annual Adolescent Sexuality Conference "is for educators, health personnel, administrators, counselors, social and youth service workers, parents, clergy, teen parent program staff, teens, community members and others who wish to increase their knowledge and skills in addressing adolescent sexuality issues."

Rachael Kitchens, parent to three children, thinks the "My Future, My Choice" curriculum is inappropriate, but doesn't want to make her children stand out by removing them from class.

"Is that really a reasonable option for kids who are subjected to peer pressure?" Kitchens asked.

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From "CBS affiliate presents explosive exposé on Oregon’s ‘Triple X’ sex education" posted at LifeSiteNews.com 11/20/14

A local watchdog group, Parents’ Rights in Education, has had its eye on the Oregon Adolescent Sexuality Conference and the XXX-rated presentations and materials being peddled to and by schoolchildren there for several years. Planned Parenthood is on the steering committee of this conference.

In 2013, Parents’ Rights in Education and others asked American Life League’s Rita Diller to attend the conference and see for herself what was being foisted on children. Diller says she came away scarred. “I monitor Planned Parenthood sex education on a regular basis and I have seen some unbelievably horrifying situations that young people are put in because of the abortion giant’s fixation with sexualizing children, but never have I seen so many adults work so hard to defile young people than at this conference,” she said. “It is blatant child abuse,” Diller continued.

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Also read how Planned Parenthood teams up with schools by providing "kinky sex trainers" for kids in Portland, OR and elsewhere.

In addition, read about the Temporary Halt to Burning Aborted Babies in Oregon

Chicago Pre-teen Sex Ed Pornographic, Parents Say

When horrified parents objected to their elementary school children being taught anal sex and other sex techniques, Chicago Public Schools (CPS) officials claimed that a few teachers went rogue, but it was a district leader who presented the obscene curriculum at a parent workshop.  Also, local media uncovered a year-old CPS press release touting how this comprehensive sex ed "helps to reduce school-level incidents of sexual misconduct and harassment and positively impact rates of [sexually transmitted diseases] and unintended pregnancy among Chicago’s youth."

Photo captions for 10-year-old girls: "Got issues? Lube! Lube! Lube! Feel the heat! [Female condoms] adjust to your body temperature, so you and your partner can both feel the heat. . . . Once you pop, you don't have to stop!"

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

President Obama Pays Pre-teens to Learn Anal Sex in Hawaii

California School Pushes College-level Porn Sex Ed, Parents Outraged

New Hampshire School Teaches Porn, Complaining Dad Arrested

Virginity Advocacy Banned at Arkansas School

Education Experts Say Use Porn in Teaching Sex Ed

Also read University of Chicago Encourages Casual Sex and Teaches Students How to Get an Abortion

In addition, read how public schools integrate pornography and even sex training into the curriculum and also read the myriad examples of kids' sexcapades starting in kindergarten and even pre-school.



-- From "Reference To Female Condoms Appears In Grade School Curriculum" posted at WBBM-TV2 CBS Chicago 11/14/14

A binder passed out to parents of 5th-graders at Andrew Jackson [Language Academy] grade school included information about female condoms as part of the curriculum for the school’s new sex-education classes.

When the [CPS] school representative passed out the binder, Amy Miller got a close look at what her daughter might learn.

“To tell my 5th-grader, who’s still into ‘Little House on the Prairie,’ that it’s OK to have safe anal sex — I’m sorry. That’s just not appropriate,” Miller says.

CPS officials are apologizing, saying the material on female condoms “was mistakenly downloaded and included in the parent presentation, and we agree with parents it is not appropriate for Elementary school students.”

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From "Parents Shocked by Material in Presentation on School's New Sex Health Curriculum" posted at WMAQ-TV5 NBC Chicago 11/14/14

"It definitely gets to an inappropriate level, things I wouldn’t even discuss in my own personal life," said parent Rachel Gigliotti. "Sex with a condom, sex without a condom, sex with lube — things that no sixth grader should ever be exposed to.”

The slides detailed the “basics” of female condoms and “feel-good reasons to use them." It also details other forms of contraception, sex toys and sex acts.

Many parents said that although they support sex education, the material went too far for elementary school students.

“Sexual awareness, OK — but how to use a condom, and that it was going to be shown how, is a little bit extreme,” said parent Tamara Gear.

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From "Fifth-Grade Sex Ed Plan Horrifies Chicago Parents Who Say It's Obscene" by Stephanie Lulay, DNAinfo Chicago 11/14/14

Parents were notified of Wednesday's presentation in a letter from school principal Mathew Ditto. The letter said a CPS representative would be at the meeting where "we will share the lessons and information that will be taught to your child." CPS has said some of the lessons are even intended for children in kindergarten. . . . Students in fifth grade and above would also learn about contraception and pregnancy prevention, and lessons would include a condom demonstration, the letter stated.

. . . a slideshow posted on the Waters Elementary School health website includes all five of the objectionable slides in a Powerpoint presentation. According to the school's website, the slideshows contain lessons and handouts presented to students in April 2014.

Under the new sex ed guidelines, 5th grade students are typically taught about contraception, [CPS spokesman Bill] McCaffrey confirmed. The discussion includes use of female condoms, he said.

. . . Another Jackson parent, who asked not to be named, said she considers herself a liberal parent, but the curriculum slides were too much.

"I'm appalled. ... It doesn't necessarily meet the kids where they are at," she said. "Talking about lube and the heat that would be generated by using a female condom is not appropriate for a fifth-grader."

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Recently, Illinois passed new laws requiring sex training in all K-12 schools, and legislators considered recommendations from students for what to teach in sex ed.

Secret Sex Training of 6th-Graders in Oregon

After officials of the Gervais (Oregon) School District learned that 5% of their female students had become pregnant, they announced a solution: Teachers should give private "safe sex" instruction to students beginning at 6th grade, provide unlimited condoms to kids upon request, and ensure that parents are NOT informed.

Sex education with condom distribution "is great for parents. I'm a parent of four girls. The conversations have started and they will continue -- unfortunately not all of our kids have that support at home."
-- Molly McCargar, Gervais School Board Member

UPDATE 3/17/15: Pornography Belongs in Classroom, More Experts Say

UPDATE 10/17/14: President Obama Pays Pre-teens to Learn Anal Sex in Hawaii

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Predatory Pre-school Girl Forces Oral Sex on Boys

Sex in New Jersey Kindergarten, Nobody Blames Culture

Schools Train 12-year-olds in Oral, Anal Sex

Teen Sex in New York, There's an App for That

School Sexualization Standards by NEA & Abortionists

To these sexual revolutionaries, Sex & Birth Control Go Together Like a Horse & Carriage

Unfortunately, 'Safe Sex' is Fictional - the Government is Losing the War on STDs



-- From "Ore. district OKs giving condoms to sixth-graders" by Saerom Yoo, Salem Statesman Journal 5/29/14

Superintendent Rick Hensel said Tuesday that nine girls in the Gervais School District became pregnant this school year. That means 5 percent of the school district's girls in grades six through 12 became pregnant.

According to the draft minutes from a May 14 meeting, the school board was generally supportive of distributing condoms to students in grades six through 12, but were concerned about the details.

The motion passed unanimously.

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From "Oregon school district OKs teachers giving condoms to sixth graders" by Leezel Tanglao, CBS News 5/29/14

The Gervais School District, which is located about 30 miles south of Portland, has moved forward with a new plan to allow specific teachers to distribute condoms to students who ask for one.

"If they wanted a condom, they would have to meet with a teacher -- a designated teacher, the sex ed teacher, or some of our counselors and maybe some administrators. So there would be designated people for students to have a conversation with and then a condom would be distributed at that time," Gervais School District Superintendent Rick Hensel told CBS News.

The district's total enrollment is a little over 1,000 students across four schools -- one elementary, one middle school, one high school and one alternative school.

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From "Gervais district plans to make condoms available" by Statesman Journal, posted at Blue Mountain Eagle (Grant County) 5/28/14

Teen pregnancy has been a concern for the board since a year ago, when a group of nursing interns from Oregon Health & Science University presented a study on the issue in Gervais.

The nursing students also discovered discrepancies between state law and Gervais School District's sex education curriculum. Oregon requires schools to teach about both abstinence and contraception, but the [study] did not indicate specifically how Gervais strayed from state law.

The presentation also pointed at the lack of access to condoms and information as a problem. Forty-two percent of Gervais High School students surveyed responded that they "never" or "sometimes" use anything to protect themselves from pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases.

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From "Condoms to be given to sixth-graders in Gervais" by News Staff, KOIN-TV6 (Portland) 5/28/14

A school district in Marion County will allow some teachers to make condoms available to students as young as sixth-graders next fall.

District officials said whether parents will be notified when a student gets a condom is still under consideration, pointing to students’ constitutionally guaranteed privacy rights, which may prevent parental notification.

. . . the school board said they have not heard from many people who [oppose the condom program].

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Also read President Obama Wants an End to Abstinence Education, Favors Anal Sex

And read America Going to Hell; Christians Lose Convictions

National Sex Disease Month: April in America

It's well known that "sex sells" in advertising and mass media, but the consequence of the sexual revolution is a difficult sell -- ergo, STD Awareness Month. Latching onto this in-all-appearances, well-intentioned campaign are the likes of Planned Parenthood and others in the sex and abortion industries.  The federal government reports that sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) cost Americans $16 billion annually -- mostly involving the "young invincibles."

. . . and the Obama administration wants Americans to celebrate deviant sexual behavior for the month of June, and then there's Homosexual Indoctrination Month every October in schools.

For background, read Fictional 'Safe Sex' - Government Losing War on STDs and also read Homosexual Diseases Soar, Feds Blame Homophobia as well as Pandemic Sex Diseases: Permanent Cure Dismissed

In addition, read about Planned Parenthood's Sexual Assault on Kids: Business Model is Hooking them on Sex

And it's no surprise that ObamaCare Covers Abortion & Pays Abortionists

Watch the video: Planned Parenthood Says Plan to Get Sexual Disease -- "All of us get it."


-- From "April is STD awareness month" posted at Daily Press (Victorville, CA) 4/2/14

The Department of Public Health wants to encourage the community to “get tested.” Chlamydia and gonorrhea can cause infertility in women, and these and other STDs can increase HIV transmission in both men and women.

“STDs pose a serious public health threat to county residents, particularly adolescents and young adults,” said Meaghan Ellis, Community Health Services and Health Center director for the San Bernardino County Department of Public Health. “Many STDs often have no signs or symptoms, but can be effectively treated once diagnosed.”

The goal of the campaign is to encourage people to get tested, start treatment right away if they test positive for an STD and learn how to be STD free.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Wood Co. Aims to Reduce Rates of STDs among Young People, Free Testing Offered" posted at WSAW-TV7 (Wausau, WI) 4/8/14

The Wood County Health Department says half of sexually active young people will get a sexually transmitted disease (STD) by age 25. Rates of Chlamydia and Gonorrhea have risen dramatically in recent years. Additionally, more cases of Hepatitis C are being seen.

The Healthy People Wood County Healthy Growth and Development Team is working through many different venues to reduce rising STD rates in Wood county.

The first endeavor will be to raise awareness about STD's, offer free testing for HIV and Hepatitis C and spread the word about Get Yourself Tested (GYT) at local colleges.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Planned Parenthood offers free STD testing" posted at WTHR-TV13 (Indianapolis, IN) 4/7/14

Planned Parenthood of Indiana and Kentucky (PPINK) announced today that it will mark the sixth annual GYT: Get Yourself Tested campaign in April-STD Awareness Month-by offering free STD and HIV tests at 18 of its Indiana health centers.

GYT is a national campaign to promote sexual health and address the disproportionately high rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) - including HIV, chlamydia, and gonorrhea - among young people under 25.

Half of the estimated 20 million sexually transmitted diseases contracted each year occur among the under-25 age group, although they only represent one-quarter of the sexually active population. In fact, one in two sexually active young people in the U.S. will contract an STD by the time they're 25 - and most won't know it.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Most STDs easily treated if detected early - April is STD Awareness Month" by Sean Rowley, Staff Writer, Tahlequah (OK) Daily Press 4/7/14

Just about any sexual behavior carries a risk of infection, but STDs fit into a particular category of being passed only through sexual contact.

Women ages 15-25 are at the highest risk for chlamydia, which is easily treated with antibiotics if caught in time. Gonorrhea and syphilis also respond well to treatment with early detection. HIV, the virus causing AIDS, has no cure, but can be managed with medication.

Infections of human papillomavirus (HPV), a common disease that can cause cervical cancer in women, can be prevented through immunization. The vaccine has been the subject of controversy, because some believe it encourages girls to become sexually active.

The best defense against STDs is abstinence, but that might be an unreasonable expectation among adults. The most effective countermeasures for the sexually active are a barrier, such as a male or female condom, and being tested twice a year or if symptoms arise.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Abstinence Education Effective, Fed Study Shows and another study shows Abstinent Teens the Norm, Moral Sex-Ed Works, but nonetheless, President Obama Wants an End to Abstinence Education, Favoring Anal Sex

From "1.4 Million Americans Got Chlamydia in 2012, Topping CDC’s All-Time List" by Barbara Hollingsworth, CNSNews.com 4/8/14

Approximately 110 million Americans – more than a third of the entire U.S. population - were infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD) as of 2008, the latest date for which figures are available, the CDC spokeswoman confirmed. That includes more than a million Americans living with HIV.

CDC estimates that nearly 20 million new STD cases are contracted annually . . .

Women aged 20 to 24 have the highest chlamydia infection rate (3,695.5 cases per 100,000), more than twice the rate as men of the same age (1,350.4 cases per 100,000), according to the report, which added that “during 2008-2012, the chlamydia rate in men jumped 25%, compared with an 11% increase in women during this period.”

In 2012, the average chlamydia infection rate in the U.S. was 456.7 per 1,000 population. Mississippi had the highest rate (774.0 per 1,000) while New Hampshire had the lowest (233.0 per 1,000).

CDC also reported 334,826 new cases of gonorrhea (up 4.1% since 2011) and 15,667 new cases of primary and secondary syphilis (up 11.1% percent since 2011, primarily among gay and bisexual men, who account for 75% of all new cases), noting that “antimicrobial resistance remains an important consideration in the treatment of gonorrhea.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Obamanation: Creating More Sex Disease than Jobs

Obama Wants an End to Abstinence, Favors Anal Sex

In his 2015 budget proposal to Congress, President Obama has eliminated grants for abstinence education funding. In contrast, the president proposes substantial funding for a variety of pro-homosexual programs including encouragement of deviant sexual behavior, such as anal sex, that is the main cause of the HIV/AIDS pandemic -- a disease that could virtually be wiped out through abstinent behavior.

“We are pleased that the budget eliminates funding for abstinence-only sex education . . . We look forward to working with Congress to see [the president's alternative sex education] investments protected.”
-- Cecile Richards, president of Planned Parenthood Federation of America

UPDATE 2/8/15: President Obama Floods Gay Agenda with Taxpayers' Money

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Abstinence Education Effective, Fed Study Shows

Abstinent Teens the Norm, Moral Sex-Ed Works: Study

Anal Sex is Main Cause of Spread of HIV/AIDS

Fictional 'Safe Sex' - Government Losing War on STDs

Pandemic Sex Diseases: Permanent Cure Dismissed

HIV Cure: False Hope to Victims, Money to Others

Homosexual Disease Paid by All Americans: ObamaCare

UPDATE 10/17/14: President Obama Pays Pre-teens to Learn Anal Sex in Hawaii

UPDATE 6/1/14 - ObamaNation: Alters of Worship to Sexual Deviancy

UPDATE 5/28/14: Abortionists' Sex Ed Banned from Louisiana Schools

-- From "Obama's Budget Proposal Slashes Obamacare Abstinence Grants" by Steven Nelson, U.S. News & World Report 3/5/14

The proposed budget, unveiled Tuesday, would also discontinue $5 million in annual funding for the Competitive Abstinence Education program, which provides grants to specific pro-abstinence programs. That funding was approved for two years in the fiscal year 2012 budget.

. . . Obama does not support abstinence-only education. The issue has been a budgeting tug-of-war since he took office, with the president's effort to eliminate such spending hindered by Republicans in Congress.

The block grant program – originally funded by the 1996 Welfare Reform Act – was eliminated in the fiscal year 2010 budget, passed when Democrats held a majority in the House of Representatives. But Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, successfully resurrected the grant program months later by attaching it to the health care law in committee.

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From "President Obama wants to ax funding for abstinence from sex education" by Jennifer Liberto, CNNMoney 3/5/14

By cutting the abstinence grant, the country would save $5 million. It's among a list of "wasteful spending" that the President would slash if he gets his way on the budget.

In his latest budget, the President proposed 136 cuts, yielding $17 billion in savings. It was the fewest number of cuts proposed since he first took office in 2009. By contrast, Obama pledged 215 cuts with $25 billion in savings just last year.

. . . More than $175 million is spent on other [non-abstinent-only] sex education programs.

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From "President Barack Obama's FY 2015 budget includes LGBT funding" posted at San Diego Gay & Lesbian News 3/5/14

The Budget invests $2.3 billion in the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program to provide treatment and care completion services for people living with HIV, which includes $900 million for the AIDS Drug Assistance Program to ensure that people living with HIV have access to life-saving antiretroviral medications. The Budget also invests $1.1 billion for CDC HIV/AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Diseases, Tuberculosis, and Viral Hepatitis activities, and aligns HIV funding with the epidemic by requiring public health departments to target resources where the epidemic is most concentrated.

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From "Obama Proposes Eliminating Funding for Abstinence Education in 2015 Budget" by Penny Starr, CNSNews.com 3/6/14

In the “Cuts, Consolidations, and Savings” portion of the budget, it shows that the $5 million funding to Health and Human Services (HHS) through its Title V Maternal and Child Health Program that was included in the 2014 budget is not part of Obama’s latest budget.

Patrick Fagan, director of the Marriage and Religion Research Institute at the Family Research Council, told CNSNews.com that cutting abstinence education programs encourages sexual activity in young people.

"If you want increased alienation between men and women, between mothers and fathers, you will eliminate abstinence and work to increase the number of sexual partners our adolescents have,” Fagan said. “If you want society to gradually fall apart, you will work to remove all connections between sexual intercourse and marriage.

“Chastity is the foundational virtue of society, because on it is built the stability of the family. On it is built the stability of marriage,” he said. “President Obama in his budget is clearly indicating he does not want our young people to be chaste, nor our future families to be stable, nor our next generation to have both mother and father at home.”

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From "President Obama’s Budget Eliminates Abstinence Education Programs" by Steven Ertelt, LifeNews.com 3/5/14

President Barack Obama’s budget sends hundreds of millions of dollars to the Planned Parenthood abortion business — but that’s not the only concern it presents for pro-life advocates.

“By eliminating SRA (sexual risk avoidance) abstinence programs in his budget, the President has, once again chosen to ignore the wishes of parents and the approach that helps youth avoid all risk associated with teen sex. This is truly unfortunate, but not at all surprising. President Obama has sought to cut or eliminate SRA abstinence programs each year of his presidency. This – despite a growing body of research showing its effectiveness,” stated Valerie Huber, President of NAEA.

Huber tells LifeNews Obama’s FY 2015 budget will only increase the current 1:16 disparity between SRA abstinence education and so-called "comprehensive" sex education. She says that is despite the fact that nearly 7 in 10 Democratic parents would like to see more equality in funding for abstinence education and almost 60% specifically oppose the president’s efforts to eliminate SRA funding.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read about President Obama's Homosexual Indoctrination Month in Schools Nationwide and read Alabama School Doesn't Back Gay Agenda, Obama Investigates

In addition, read the history of President Obama's Gay Agenda for Schools

Abortion is What She Wants, Says Valentines Ad

While the annual National Condom Day is celebrated on college campuses across the nation on February 14th, a new video advertisement by Planned Parenthood tells men that nothing says "I love you" like an abortion for Valentines Day.

For background, read Schools and Abortionists Sexualize Kids for Valentines Day as well as President Obama Funds Condom Delivery Service to Pre-teens

In addition, read Fictional 'Safe Sex' - Government Losing War on STDs and also read New Sex Disease, Worse than HIV/AIDS, Identified

-- From "Planned Parenthood: Women need abortions for Valentine’s Day" by Caroline May, Daily Caller 2/10/14

In the lead up to Valentine’s Day, House Democrats have been calling for people to use social media to say what they believe women need for Valentine’s Day, using a heart shaped template to do so.

Monday, [Planned Parenthood President Cecile] Richards tweeting out a Vine of herself holding the heart sign filled with items like “safe + legal abortions,” “maternity care,” “Planned Parenthood,” “cancer screenings” “birth control,” “really radical stuff.“

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From "Ten On-Campus Valentine’s Events That Won’t Break the Bank" by Jamie Vaughn, University Press (Florida Atlantic University) 2/12/14

Ever hear the saying, “Safe sex is great sex so wear a latex?” Well, the Office of Health and Wellness must have because they are encouraging students to stop by the Breezeway for free condoms on National Condom Day.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "For Planned Parenthood the perfect gift for Valentine’s Day is Abortion" by Andrew Bair, National Right to Life News Today 2/10/14

At one time, abortion proponents hid behind the slogan “safe, legal and rare” to characterize their support for abortion-on-demand. Now, Planned Parenthood’s CEO openly celebrates abortion, taking a holiday about love and making it about abortion.

The violence of abortion is not what women need for Valentine’s Day, or any other day throughout the year. The unborn child, whose life is taken from them, sometimes in excruciating pain, is not the only victim in an abortion. Their mothers are left to bear the loss, many suffering incomprehensible grief and regret in silence for the rest of their lives.

True love stands with women and their unborn children, working to eliminate the circumstances that make abortion even considerable.

To read the entire opinion column above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Abstinence Education Effective, Fed Study Shows as well as Abstinent Teens the Norm, Moral Sex-Ed Works: Study

Obama Funds Condom Delivery Service to Pre-teens

The California Family Health Council publicly thanked President Obama for increasing the federal Title X funding to $327 million to "qualified health centers to provide comprehensive sexual and reproductive health care services..." -- thus funding The Condom Access Project that allows children as young as twelve to order condoms on-line with no questions asked.

"I would ask parents the question, 'Who should be making decisions for the best welfare of your child -- you as a parent, or the state, who has no direct connection, has no understanding, has no relationship with your child?'"
-- Pastor Chris Clark (San Diego area)

For background, read Free Condoms to 11-year-olds from Philly Government and also read School Policy: Condoms to Kids Old Enough to Ask as well as Teen Sex Performance Education in New York

-- From "State program delivers condoms to pre-teens" by Christian De La Rosa, Reporter, KSWB-TV5 (San Diego) 5/1/13

Teens can getup to 10 condoms delivered to their doorstep at no cost and in confidential packaging.

California law allows teens to gain access to contraceptives without parental consent.

In its first year, C.A.P. has already distributed 30 thousand condoms across the state.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Free condoms for your 12-year-old? California health council can help" by Holly Yan, CNN 5/2/13

As part of the project, anyone between 12 and 19 years old in those counties can confidentially request a pack of 10 condoms online, up to once a month. It's similar to Planned Parenthood programs that offer free condoms to teens who come to the organization's health centers.

With each order, teens also receive personal lubricant to reduce breakage as well as educational information, said the California Family Health Council, which runs the Condom Access Project.

"Despite broad retail availability, teens continue to face many barriers to accessing condoms," such as embarrassment, cost and confidentiality, the council said.

The health council says it operates the country's largest Title X system in the country, providing sexual and reproductive health care for more than 1 million Californians a year. It also receives support from grants and individual and corporate donations, the group said.

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Lesbianism Taught at Middle School as Anti-Bullying

Parents at Linden Avenue Middle School of the Red Hook (NY) Central School District are fuming over not being notified in advance that Bard College students with “extensive training” would be teaching their young children about deviant sex and “gender identity,” including forcing girls to kiss each other, all under the guise of a so-called anti-bullying workshop.

At a subsequent meeting with parents, principal Dr. Katie Zahedi claimed the students weren't taught anything that they didn't already know, but said the workshop was necessary because “we do have to protect sexual orientation.”

For background, click headlines below of previous articles:

Iowa-Funded Anti-Bullying Plan Bullies Christians

Illinois Parents Cause School to Drop Gay Agenda 'Anti-bullying' Books

Pro-gay Teacher Bullies Christians on Anti-bullying Day

Tennessee Struggles for Freedom of Religion - Bullying

Maine Middle School Students Taught Homosexual Foreplay

School Sexualization Standards by NEA, Abortionists

Alabama School Doesn't Back Gay Agenda, Obama Investigates



-- From "8th grade gender workshops ignite furor" by Adam Shanks, Red Hook / Rhinebeck Observer 4/23/13

The school began the program this year in an effort to comply with the 2012 state law called the Dignity for All Students Act. Whether or not this new law, meant to protect students from bullying, requires programs like the one given in Red Hook was the subject of some debate at the meeting.

In the girls class, one parent wrote in a Facebook forum for Red Hook parents, “… they had 2 Bard students come in to talk to just the girls. They [proceeded] to tell them that they can start having sex at their age and there is nothing anyone can do about it, not even their parents.”

In the boys’ class, another parent whose son attended the boys workshop wrote, “Questions were asked about what constitutes girls as sluts, such as what they wear or how many boys they sleep with.”

Part of the program’s purpose, according to LAMS Guidance Counselor Ryan Carney, was to confront gender stereotypes such as “guys never ask for directions,” and for the boys, to tell them “they really can express emotion.”

One of the most contentious issues of the meeting was a page of specific definitions of LGBTQ [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning] that was handed out to the students. One parent commented that she didn’t even know the meaning of “pansexual.” Another pointed out that including the name of the organization ALLY in the title could mean that the school district had an agenda.

To read all of the VERY thorough local news account above, CLICK HERE.

From "Anti-bullying lesson puts parents on edge in Red Hook" by Sarah Bradshaw, Poughkeepsie Journal 4/17/13

Paul Finch, superintendent of the Red Hook Central School District, told the Journal that the workshop focused on improving culture, relationships, communication and self-perceptions. These are issues schools are obligated to address under New York’s Dignity for All Students Act, he noted. Future workshops of a similar nature “may require more notification to parents,” he said.

Bard College spokesman Mark Primoff said the students were volunteers who were invited by the middle school to give a workshop on communication.

Effective in July, the Dignity for All Students Act represents the state’s effort to create a safe and supportive environment, free from discrimination, intimidation, taunting, harassment and bullying.

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From "Middle School Anti-Bullying Lesson Includes Lesbian Role Play" by Todd Starnes, Foxnews.com 4/18/13

“I am furious,” said Mandy Coon, whose daughter was in the class. “I am her parent. Where does anyone get the right to tell her that it’s okay for her to have sex?”

“They also picked two girls to stand in front of the class and pretend they were lesbians on a date,” Coons said.

“I was absolutely furious – really furious,” said the parent of a 13-year-old who asked not to be identified. “They were teaching the boys how to decipher if a girl is a slut.”

The parent told Fox News that boys were also instructed to always have a condom in their wallet.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Christmas Music at School is a 'Form of Bullying'

In addition, read Homosexual Bully Slams Pope in Illinois College Chapel

'New Gay Disease' Spreads in New York & California

In a desperate attempt to ensure "safe sex" among homosexual men, health officials in gay enclaves on both coasts are urging sexual deviants to be on guard against the spread of bacterial meningitis.

UPDATE 6/6/15 - New Gay Health Risk in Chicago: Meningococcal Disease

For background, read Federal Government Reports Majority of New HIV Cases from Homosexual Behavior and also read HIV Infections Rampant Among Homosexuals Says Fed. CDC as well as Anal Sex is Main Cause of HIV Pandemic: Study

UPDATE 5/7/13: New Sex Disease, Worse than HIV/AIDS, Identified

UPDATE 7/4/13: Florida health officials warn homosexuals of latest death risk

UPDATE 5/26/14: Another U.S. Deadly Gay Disease Epidemic: Syphilis

-- From "LA County meningitis death sparks call to action" by The Associated Press 4/16/13

[The pro-homosexual] AIDS Healthcare Foundation President Michael Weinstein said Tuesday the deaths of two 30-year-old men should be investigated for connections to the bacterial meningitis that killed 33-year-old Brett Shaad Saturday.

Public health officials would not confirm the cases, though one of them was announced by San Diego State university, where one of the men was a graduate student.

Shaad's case brought warnings from West Hollywood officials to sexually active gay men to beware of the threat.

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From "Meningitis Spreading Via Anonymous Sex in NYC" by Katie Moisse, ABC News 3/22/13

New York City health officials are urging some men to get vaccinated against meningitis amid an outbreak that has sickened 22 New Yorkers and killed seven.

The dangerous strain of bacterial meningitis appears to be spreading through sexual encounters between men who meet through websites or smartphone apps, or at bars or parties, according to the City’s health department. More than half of the infected men have had HIV, a virus that attacks the immune system making infections more likely and more severe.

Bacterial meningitis is an infection of the brain’s membranous lining, called the meninges. Early symptoms include fever, headache, vomiting, stiff neck and a rash within 10 days of the infection. If left untreated, the disease can cause severe brain damage and even death, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

“I strongly recommend all men who have intimate contact with other men get vaccinated,” Brooklyn Borough President Marty Markowitz said in a statement. “This disease is both potentially fatal and extremely contagious, so increasing the public’s awareness to this growing issue and encouraging vaccination are of the utmost importance.”

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From "Two more men died from meningitis last year, group says" by Anna Gorman and Ari Bloomekatz, Los Angeles Times 4/16/13

Public health officials have not said whether the cases were the same strain as the one that caused the death of a 33-year-old West Hollywood lawyer last weekend. State officials said they were investigating the additional deaths and would report their findings if bacterial meningitis is confirmed.

Officials from the county's Department of Public Health did not immediately return phone calls and emails Tuesday. But in a health advisory posted on the agency's website earlier in the week, they said: "At this point in the investigation, Public Health has not identified any other cases of meningococcal meningitis associated with this patient, nor identified any linkage between this patient and outbreaks that have been reported in other areas of the country."

The agency says meningococcal meningitis disease "is a rare infection of the lining of the brain and the spinal cord" and is "spread by very close exposure to sneezing and coughing or direct contact with" saliva or nasal mucus. While it is generally rare, and harder to catch than the common cold, meningitis can be deadly

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Also read New York City Plagued with Sexual Immorality Diseases

Obama Condoms Commemorate Inauguration, Agenda

What could be more memorable of President Obama's inauguration than official Obama condoms?  Just as the president equated homosexual "marriage" to civil rights, every deviant sex act with an Obama Condom equates America with Sodom and Gomorrah.

For background, read Anal Sex is Main Cause of HIV Pandemic: Study and also read Federal Government Reports Majority of New HIV Cases from Homosexual Behavior as well as Obama Raises Gay Agenda above Religious Liberty

God has judged this Obamanation (where the Gay Agenda Carried in 4 More States), and where Biblical Prayer is Stricken from the Inauguration even though Prayer is Essential to Save America as says a wise Congressman: Prayer is Needed to Solve America's Problems



-- From "President Obama’s second inauguration brings out festive crowd" by Jason Flanagan, Baltimore Post-Examiner 1/21/13

In 2009, the streets around the Mall were filled with people with some streets packed to the point where people were squished together in a standstill for 30 minutes. But today the pace is quicker, either due to a less-than-expected turnout or a much more organized method of moving people onto the Mall.

As people made their way to the Mall, they were flagged down by vendors and peddlers selling all things Obama – hats, shirts, posters, and even condoms.

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From "Scenes around D.C. on Inauguration Day" by Taylor Holland, Staff writer, The Washington Examiner 1/21/13

Vendors looking to profit from inaugural activities turned out in droves, selling just about anything that could fit the face of President Obama on it. Buttons, bookmarks, lanyards and T-shirts were some of the more popular items sold, but at least one New York business was reporting record sales of something else: Obama condoms.

The 2012 "Erection Election Collection," as vendor Benjamin Sherman calls it, was sold by a 40-person team scattered throughout D.C.

For $5, people could buy a condom that was "as thin as [Sarah Palin's] resume," or one known as "the ultimate stimulus package" or, for Republicans, one that "won't break as easily as [Obama's] promises."

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From "Obama Offers Liberal Vision: 'We Must Act'" by Peter Baker, New York Times 1/21/13

On a day that echoed with refrains from the civil rights era and tributes to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., Mr. Obama dispensed with the post-partisan appeals of four years ago to lay out a forceful vision of advancing gay rights, showing more tolerance toward illegal immigrants, preserving the social welfare safety net and acting to stop climate change.

For a president who opposed same-sex marriage as recently as nine months ago, the speech was a clear call for gay rights, as he noted the journey “through Seneca Falls and Selma and Stonewall,” symbolically linking seminal moments in the struggles for equal rights for women, blacks and gay men and lesbians.

“Our journey is not complete until our gay brothers and sisters are treated like anyone else under the law — for if we are truly created equal, then surely the love we commit to one another must be equal as well,” he said.

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From "First inaugural use of the word 'gay'" [referring to deviant sex, that is] by Kevin Robillard, Politico, 1/21/13

President Barack Obama on Monday became the first president to use the word “gay” in an inaugural address in reference to sexual orientation, making two references to gay rights as he began his second term.

Obama also invoked the Stonewall Riots, a historic event in the gay rights movement, coupling it to references to signature legendary moments in the civil rights and women’s suffrage movements. The riots were sparked by a 1969 police raid on the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in Greenwich Village.

“We, the people, declare today that the most evident of truths — that all of us are created equal — is the star that guides us still; just as it guided our forebears through Seneca Falls, and Selma, and Stonewall,” Obama said.

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From "Why Did the Mafia Own the [Stonewall] Bar?" posted at WGBH-TV (Boston PBS.org)

At the time of the 1969 Stonewall Uprising, the Greenwich Village bar Stonewall Inn was owned and operated by the New York Mafia.

Organized crime families owned the majority of the city's gay bars and clubs in an unlikely but mutually beneficial association that lasted throughout the late 1960s.

The SLA [NY State Liquor Authority] refused to issue liquor licenses to many gay bars, and several popular establishments had licenses suspended or revoked for "indecent conduct." Businesses that remained open were frequently raided by the police.

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