I read that a little differently, Nico

[elfs]

Over on thinkprogress.org, Nico has an interesting article in which he illustrates the Department of Health and Human Services guidelines for the submission of grants, two of which state (a) that "abstinence is voluntarily choosing not to engage in sexual practices until marriage", and (b) "the term 'marriage' must be defined as 'only a legal union between one man and one woman as a husband and wife'".

Nico says that he believes this means that, according to the Bush administration, gays should never engage in sex. However, I read it that if one never intends to get married then one cannot be abstinent, since there is no period in one's life that can accurately described as "before marriage." The Bush Administration is teaching gay kids to not bother holding back at all since, after all, what they are is already forbidden.

Gods, I don't know if I can stand two more years of this crap.

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[mothball-07.livejournal.com]

Ah.. I support pointing out hypocrisy. I read any time an unmarried administration professional holds a press conference as suggesting a broader scope of doing this by default, rather than with precision.