elfs | Brains: Autocratic Attacks On Human Sexuality (Reply)

Colorado state senator Dave Schultheis (R) recently said of an HIV prevention program:

What I'm hoping is that yes, that [child] may have AIDS, have it seriously as a baby and when they grow up, the mother will begin to feel guilt as a result of that. The family will see the negative consequences of that promiscuity and it may make a number of people over the coming years.. begin to realize that there are negative consequences and maybe they should adjust their behavior.

As Brad Delong put it: "The Pro-Life Movement: Childern Of Sluts Must Die!"

This comes a week after Colorado state senator Scott Renfroe (R) said of a domestic partnership bill:

Obviously we have sin – we have murder, we have, we have all sorts of sin, we have adultery, and we don't make laws making those legal, and we would never think to make murder legal.

As if equating homosexuality with murder weren't enough, he made his point clear by reading aloud in session the passages of the bible that call for the death penalty for homosexuality.

Meanwhile, down in Texas, a survey of sex education in that state shows curricula full of crackpot claims, misinformation, and outright lies that more or less guarantees Texas its place as one of the states with the highest teen pregnancy rate in the nation.