Posted on 07/18/2004 2:32:51 PM PDT by ambrose
Gere attacks Bush over sex education
18/07/2004 - 12:51:59
Hollywood heart-throb Richard Gere launched a scathing attack on American President George W Bush's attitude to sex education in Bangkok on Tuesday.
The passionate actor was speaking at the 15th International Aids conference in the Thai capital, after visiting India the previous week with his younger brother David to highlight the Aids epidemic.
Gere took the opportunity to attack Bush's unrealistic approach to sex education after the president proposed in the 2005 budget that $270m (?216.8m) should be put into funding programs which dissuade teenagers from having sex.
During his time as Governor of Texas from 1995 until 2000, Bush ensured sex education in schools taught that abstinence was the only way to protect teens from sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) and pregnancy.
Since Bush's abstinence only policy came into force, Texas' teen pregnancy rate - one of the highest in America - has remained the same, while the amount of STDs amongst Texan youths has risen.
Gere fumes: "The most important issue is this one, to this planet, to this time and place is AIDS. We may well have hopefully another administration in about four months in the US and along with that some sanity on this subject."
Gere added the billions of dollars spent on the Iraq campaign, "probably could have eradicated this illness".
All hail the King, Lemniwinks!
So, what attributes make a 'news' thread eligible for being moved to 'chat'?
Unqualified? Why?
Examples such as "Gere fumes: ..hopefully another administration in about four months in the US and along with that some sanity on this subject."
I'm not sure what is more stupid. Wanting a Kerry/Edwards administration, or thinking it begins in four months.
Terrorism will kill you faster and more blindly than AIDS ever will. Those who practice abstinence will not contract STDs or get anyone pregnant.
Meanwhile, the Sex Positive Agenda (of which the Homosexual Agenda is a facet) preaches sexual activity at every age. There is no such thing as "immoral"; rape is frowned on because it is not consensual but rape fantasies are perfectly fine. The Sex Positive Agenda sees abstinence as a "bad thing" because it is the supression of the sex drive.
The hedonists will do nothing to improve health (mental or biological).
LOL!
Nor mine. Prior to being turned into a giant gay pedophile bathhouse, Phuket was a favorite watering hole for some very heterosexual aviators on R & R during the little damp down in SEA. Never went there myself; hate the water; that's why I prefer Alice Springs.
... But let me warn you about Harrowup. The man is notorious on FR as one of the rankest Admirals in the navy.
That's Kelvinator fella; you keep forgetting some of your finest work.
NTL, good to see you again.
Ivan - you still got Armageddon link? ;-)
Ahhh, yes, my hearthrob IS my husband whom I have known since High School! :)
"whom I have known since High School! :)"
You are blessed indeed! Many years of happiness for both of you!
Not to change the subject, but I'll never forget after 9/11 buddist/pacifist Gere spoke at the New York Fire Department fund raiser asking this earthy, blue collared audience to "love our enemy" only to get booed off the stage. The look of disbelief in his face was priceless!
That is great to hear. It is hard to believe how out of touch these Narcissistic (sp?) Hollywood personalities can become.
Aaaaargh ! We've already spent billions on research, treatments and politically correct education about this "illness". This "illness" is a virus and we've never cured a virus. OTOH, abstinence cost nothing and is a sure fire method of eradicating this "illness" in a generation. 25 million Iraqis are now free of the deadly scourge of Saddam and his henchmen. 25 million more in Afghanistan are free of the deadly Taliban mullahs. Between the two, a beacon of hope for the future now shines where fear and oppression once reigned. I'd say that is a pretty good value for our money.
Thanks a bunch. We've been married for 45! :) Blessed for sure thank God.
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