It's about time Dallas County commissioners came to their senses. They have finally lifted a ban on distribution of free condoms. In 1995 the county commissioners voted on the ban saying it encouraged immorality (a little more conservative than usual for this county.) They decided instead that county officials needed to stress abstinence.
In 2006-2007, Dallas County had the largest number of HIV infections in the state (oh yeah - we've been the only county in the state with this ban for awhile.) The council finally realized that maybe abstinence education doesn't work. It was a close shave though. The vote was 3-2, but I don't care - it passed. I remember the days when people would be in front of bars and clubs distributing condoms, then they just disappeared.
The county says it will distribute them only in high-risk areas and will only go where they're wanted (not to schools unless the school district requests it.) So, for all of the conservatives out there that foolishly believe that abstinence education works - your children are still safe from exposure to and education about safe sex and condoms. I know people don't want to admit that their children are having sex, but judging by the number of teenage mothers and teens with STD's, something tells me that they are. These kids need condoms to be made available. Believe me, condoms don't put the thoughts of sex in their heads - those thoughts are already there.
Full Story from the Dallas Morning News
2 comments:
condoms are the new orange, which was the new primrose, which was the old black.
Oops, I guess when we (The Resource Center of Dallas) were passing out condoms in Dallas in 2000 we were in the wrong?!?!?! Depends who you ask I guess. 'Cause I'd like to think we were doing something VERY right.
I'm glad to hear it's legit again. Shame on the commissioners for banning it in the first place.
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