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Bluenosed Jackass of the Day
Jun. 12th, 2006 12:18 pmOnce again, today's award goes to the Family Research Council, and probably Tony Perkins. Unfortunately, I couldn't find today's quote on their website, but Britain's The Independent quotes their press release:
Gee, they started out so well. My primary concern with legally requiring the vaccination would be the degradation of parental responsibility, and the potential health effects of mandatory intervention with a procedure whose long-term effects are not yet known.
But who on the planet believes that teenagers think in any way whatsoever about the safety of sex before deciding to try it? It's hard enough to get them to use barriers such as condoms, just because of the amount of forethought that requires. Would any pre-adolescent girl honestly believe that she's "safe" because she was vaccinated against one possible outcome?
And more to the point: would withholding that vaccine change her point-of-view in the slightest?
My daughters will be getting that vaccine as soon as is feasible.
We would oppose any measures to legally require vaccination or to coerce parents into authorising it. Our primary concern is with the message that would be delivered to nine- to 12-year-olds with the administration of the vaccines. Care must be taken not to communicate that such an intervention makes all sex "safe".
Gee, they started out so well. My primary concern with legally requiring the vaccination would be the degradation of parental responsibility, and the potential health effects of mandatory intervention with a procedure whose long-term effects are not yet known.
But who on the planet believes that teenagers think in any way whatsoever about the safety of sex before deciding to try it? It's hard enough to get them to use barriers such as condoms, just because of the amount of forethought that requires. Would any pre-adolescent girl honestly believe that she's "safe" because she was vaccinated against one possible outcome?
And more to the point: would withholding that vaccine change her point-of-view in the slightest?
My daughters will be getting that vaccine as soon as is feasible.
