i need to go outside and scream

in a 'perfect' (note, not MY definition of perfect by any means) world, everyone would be abstinent until marriage and everyone would be faithful in that marriage. there would be no hunger, no lack of shelter, no abortions, no child abuse, we would study how the dinosaurs were corralled and broken so that the macho men of the clans could ride them.....

well we DON'T live in a perfect world and abstinence will NEVER work in ANY country. people get aids through unprotected sex and intravenous drug use. part of aids funding SHOULD go to education AND protection (i.e. condoms and the like). you can give 'faith based' organizations their share of the pie too, but be real and don't have them ONLY teaching abstinence. have them doling out condoms on the side as well. people are going to continue to have s - e - x. that is just how it is out in the real world. if that is ignored, aids (and other illnesses as well as PREGNANCIES) will occur. people will get sick, people will die, people will have abortions and people will give birth to unwanted children. help people help themselves EDUCATE THEM

Religious Groups Get Chunk of AIDS Money
By RITA BEAMISH

New groups are springing up to win a piece of President Bush's $15 billion AIDS program, with traditional players and religious groups joining forces to improve their chances in a competition that already has targeted nearly a quarter of its grants for faith-based organizations.
The administration is putting out a call for new community and church groups to get involved in HIV prevention and care in 15 target countries, most in sub-Saharan Africa. It is reserving $200 million specifically for groups with little or no government grant experience.
Groups that have deep local ties in the countries and focus on abstinence and fidelity - instead of just condoms - are faring well.
"The notion that because people have always received aid money that they'll get money needs to end," Deputy Global AIDS coordinator Mark Dybul said in a recent interview with The Associated Press.............