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Students at a Chelsea middle school were alarmed by an embarrassing surprise when they mistakenly received condoms at a school health fair. Students at Clinton Middle School said they where shocked when several classmates found condoms Thursday in their goodie bags given out at a school health fair. "I heard like yelling in the halls, like saying that they got condoms in their goodie bags. It was like very weird for me I didn't understand," said seventh grade student Chloe Malave. The Ryan Community Health Center gave out the bags as part of an HIV/AIDS awareness program and apologized for...

A 22-month-old boy choked on a used condom in the Homewood Suites in Mount Laurel, N.J., according to a lawsuit filed by the little boy's family. The Wolfe family of Pittsburgh, Mass. was headed home after spending the holidays in Florida and they stayed overnight in the Burlington County hotel. The morning of their departure, the toddler apparently found a used condom in the room, left behind by previous travelers, according to the lawsuit. The child’s mother, Amy, heard her little boy chewing and choking on the condom and tried to get it out of his mouth, but he had...

Sometimes a moral lecture doesn't hit home on the person it's directed to. NOTE: The author of this comic requests that you visit his web site and refrain from copying the comic within this thread. Thanks.

WELLINGTON, New Zealand - One of the last shipments to a U.S. research base in Antarctica before the onset of winter darkness was a year's supply of condoms, a New Zealand newspaper reported Monday. Bill Henriksen, the manager of the McMurdo base station, said nearly 16,500 condoms were delivered last month and would be made available, free of charge, to staff throughout the year to avoid the potential embarrassment of having to buy them. About 125 scientists and staff are stationed at McMurdo base, the largest community in Antarctica, during the winter months when there is constant darkness.

New York City is frequently referred to by its slogan, "the Big Apple." But if some in city government have their way, New York may soon be known as the town to "get some." "Get Some" is the 2008 slogan for New York City's taxpayer-funded condom distribution program. Robert Peters, with Morality in Media, objects to the program both for its promotion of promiscuous sex and its false promise of safety. "I think it will be perceived by many people -- young people, in particular -- not just to get condoms but to get promiscuous sex," he remarks. "It's like...

NYC Unveils 'Get Some' Condom Wrapper POSTED: 1:47 pm EST February 13, 2008 UPDATED: 9:10 am EST February 14, 2008 NEW YORK -- The official New York City condom has a different look and a sexy new slogan: New Yorkers are being encouraged to "get some" on Valentine's Day. Street teams will be handing out the free condoms at busy hubs around the city on Thursday, including Times Square, Wall Street and near City Hall. And an ad campaign on television, radio and subways and buses will soon begin, featuring the "Get some" catchphrase. "We want to give away as...

To activists concerned about AIDS and prisoners' rights, it's an urgent, commonsense step that should already be nationwide policy -- letting inmates have condoms to reduce the spread of sexually transmitted diseases behind bars. Yet their efforts have run headlong into a stronger political force: Authorities' desire not to encourage inmates who flout prison rules against sex. Only one state, Vermont, and five cities regularly hand out condoms to inmates. Mississippi does so only for inmates receiving conjugal visits from their spouses. Left out are the vast majority of America's 2.2 million prisoners -- many held in facilities where sex...

ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) -- More than 1 million cases of chlamydia were reported in the United States last year -- the most ever reported for a sexually transmitted disease, federal health officials said Tuesday. "A new U.S. record," said Dr. John M. Douglas Jr. of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More bad news: Gonorrhea rates are jumping again after hitting a record low, and an increasing number of cases are caused by a "superbug" version resistant to common antibiotics, federal officials said Tuesday. Syphilis is rising, too. The rate of congenital syphilis -- which can deform or kill...

UN to Award Global PR Firm for Indian Population Control Condom Campaign Program was joint project of USAID and health ministry of Indian governmen By Hilary White NEW DELHI, August 22, 2007 (LifeSiteNews.com) - The United Nations has offered its "Grand Award" for achievement in public relations to a US-funded campaign to boost condom sales in India. The campaign, called "Condom Bindaas Bol" (Say Condom Freely), was a joint project of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), and the health ministry of the Indian government. The campaign was meant to convince Indians that the word "condom" was not...

MELBOURNE, Australia — A major condom brand said Friday it expected thousands of applicants for a new unpaid job on offer — condom tester. Durex said 200 adult Australians — men and women — are wanted to test a range of its condoms.

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India, struggling to promote greater condom use among its population, is looking to hire its own "condom man" to follow the example of a former Thai cabinet minister who successfully pushed for safer sex, the Times of India reported. National AIDS Control Organization (NACO) chief Sujatha Rao said that India needed to find someone like Mechai Viravaidya, famous for getting Thais to talk about sex, condoms and AIDS.

GERMAN sex educators plan to launch a spray-on condom tailor-made for all sizes. Jan Vinzenz Krause from the Institute for Condom Consultancy, a Singen-based practice that offers advice on condom use, said today the product aimed to help people enjoy better and safer sex lives. "We're trying to develop the perfect condom for men that's suited to every size of penis," he said. "We're very serious." Mr Krause's team (spraykondom.de) is developing a type of spray can into which the man inserts his penis first. At the push of a button it is then coated in a rubber condom. "It...

The North Korean 'nuke test' causes a surge in business 'activity' in South Korea. A leading chain of convenience stores in South Korea reported a 25% rise in condom sales in the week after the test. Two weeks after sales were still up over 15%. Another national chain announced a ...

Bishop Kevin Dowling, who oversees the Catholic Diocese of Rustenberg, South Africa, isn't shy about voicing his opinion, even though it's one the Catholic church rejects. Dowling runs the Tapologo HIV/AIDS Program and sees first-hand the misery that infection has wrought on families already crippled by extreme poverty. The spread of the virus has left countless people of all ages dead, wives infected by philandering husbands and young children heading households after their parents die, unable to get the education they need to build a better life, he said. That's why Dowling advocates the use of condoms, which prevent transmission...

An Open Letter to Melinda Gates For many years the world has paid close attention to the foundation that bears your name. No one faults you or your husband for funding excellent programs to keep kids in school and assisting with the advancement of healthcare for the Third World, but the real concern of people of faith has been how the Gateses will use their money when it comes to fighting AIDS, something your husband has called "Public Enemy #1." If there had been any doubt about it up to this point, your recent address to the 16 th World...

Definitely NOT family friendly. Or, to put it another way, this is way TOO-friendly for families. Viewer Discretion Advised. Rated M for Mature Close cover before striking See for example this thread first. A Scots couple was filled with dread A five-year-old-girl in her bed-- A condom, she found ...it had "been around." (They were at Caesar's Palace. 'Nuff said!)

A Cape Coral, Fla., man gathered used condoms from a neighboring yacht club parking lot and "planted" them on sticks in the median of the street. Robert Payne said he was tired of the "public copulation" happening nightly right outside his window at the Cape Coral Yacht Club, the Fort Myers (Fla.) News-Press reported Tuesday. In an e-mail to city officials, Payne wrote: "I wanted to do my part as a concerned law-abiding citizen by removing the beautiful blue rubbers from the parking lot, but I was unsure what to do with them because they represent a biohazard waste product...

National Condom Week Capping this period of lunacy, many Planned Parenthood affiliates across the country will be celebrating National Condom Week from February 14-21. Examples of some of the PP activities are:   Through partnerships with two local radio stations, Planned Parenthood of Houston and Southeast Texas is providing “Safer Sex Kits” to listeners who answer correctly questions about condoms. The kits include condoms and information on sexually transmitted infections, birth control and emergency contraception. At Oklahoma University , Planned Parenthood is giving out free condoms and informing students about the consequences of unprotected sex. Planned Parenthood of Minnesota ,...

A group of people dressed as sperm cross a main avenue during a campaign promoting use of condoms in Bogota, Colombia, in this May 18, 2005 file photo. Roman Catholic priests in a Colombian town are furious over a councilman's proposal that people 14 and older must carry a condom at all times to reduce unwanted pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases, Wednesday, Jan. 11, 2006. (AP Photo/ Javier Galeano, file)

In Tulua, Columbia a measure is being considered that would require anyone over the age of 14 to carry a condom with them at all times. This would include men, women, youth and yes even priests. Read More... Craig DeLuz Visit The Home of Uncommon Sense... www.craigdeluz.com