Major defeat for the religious right.
By on Jun 8th, 2006 at 2:15 pm
Major defeat for the religious right.
The FDA has approved a vaccine to protect against a sexually-transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer. (Cervical cancer affects over 10,000 women in the United States each year, killing more than 3,700 annually.) The vaccine was opposed by prominent religious right groups because they said it would be seen as a “license to engage in premarital sex.”
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I’m out here and lovin’ every minute of it.
June 8th, 2006 at 2:24 pmBut Viagra is fine?
June 8th, 2006 at 2:24 pmA$$holes!
This will save LIVES.
That’s far more important than making sure grandpa’s got wood……
The Religious Right only thinks sex is OK if you’re doing it Missonary & with the purpose of making babies.
They don’t like sex at all. it scares the Jesus out of ‘em.
With that in mind, why would any SANE person let them control the debate & the vaccines?
June 8th, 2006 at 2:25 pmMy dear, sweet, naive daughter -
Upon hearing me tell her she’s getting the vaccine when it becomes available, she looked a bit nervous and said, “They put it in your arm, right?”
Too funny.
June 8th, 2006 at 2:28 pmEvidently prominent religious groups think a license is necessary.
June 8th, 2006 at 2:28 pm#4 – That is funny, trueblue. The religious right will want to know if your daughter has her “license” yet. Sickos.
June 8th, 2006 at 2:36 pmSomething to actually feel good about…somebody is actually trying to SAVE lives
June 8th, 2006 at 2:36 pmThis is a victory for women’s health and should be trumpeted as such. Frankly, this should never have had anything to do with religion or sex, and the left is not served by throwing this victory in the face of the right.
June 8th, 2006 at 2:36 pmShe’ll have to get the OK from Mom first, and that aint happening any time soon!
June 8th, 2006 at 2:40 pmCondom’s are a shield for premarital orgies.
June 8th, 2006 at 2:42 pm#9 – Ah, mom, the licensing board. ;)
June 8th, 2006 at 2:44 pmMy son is absolutely SHOCKED and MORTIFIED that I’m sending him to college this fall with a box of condoms. I told him if he starts getting busy, I don’t want him without the proper external equipment. He just about died when I tried to show him how to put one on — a banana, you weirdos.
#10 – What about post-divorce orgies?
June 8th, 2006 at 2:46 pmJones,
June 8th, 2006 at 2:46 pmIs my sarcasm meter not working?
You are kidding, right?
#11,
How do you get Pepsi off a monitor / keyboard?
Warn me next time! :)
June 8th, 2006 at 2:49 pmI agree completely with Daniel. While this is a huge victory, it is a victory for women’s health. Framing the article otherwise is missing the point.
June 8th, 2006 at 2:50 pmSo, the religious right is planing a coup against the USA who would result in the dead of 3700 american citizens? War on those religious fanatics!
June 8th, 2006 at 2:52 pmIf there was a vaccine against prostate cancer, there’d be zero debate.
June 8th, 2006 at 2:52 pm#15 – What’s wrong with the framing of the article? The religious right HAS had their panties in a wad over this — BIG TIME.
June 8th, 2006 at 2:53 pm#14 – Sorry. ;)
June 8th, 2006 at 2:54 pmIf it wasn’t for the cancer preventing aspect of this vaccine, it would live in FDA limbo forever. But even the rigid moralists can’t justify that position, cancer is better than pre-marital sex. Yeah, tell it to your wife. She’ll understand. And why is it that girls are singled out for penalties, not boys, who are FAR more interested in pre-marital sex- heck any kind of sex!?! So typical of the hypocrites. So HOORAY for us!
June 8th, 2006 at 2:58 pmMake-up promotes premarital sex, so does shaving legs and pitts,showering, perfume, body washes, bikini underware etc.
June 8th, 2006 at 2:59 pmHad religious extremists managed to block this vaccine from coming to market, would it not have been more accurate to say that the thousands of victims yet to come would be dying more as religious sacrifices than as victims of cancer?
Instead, today is a good day for basic human decency, and a bad day for wannabe religious tyrants. On this day, at least, the aspiring theocrat will have to look elsewhere to slake her ungodly bloodthirst.
June 8th, 2006 at 3:03 pmMaking fun of those who would keep this from other citizens because of the potential for additional sex is justified.
That isn’t “throwing it in their faces”, that is laughing in their faces. It’s important to let them know that they are the mutants in this land and we are the normals.
So, sorry Daniel & Mark. I don’t agree with your take on the matter.
June 8th, 2006 at 3:08 pm#21 Yep, if you left all those pro-sex activities, sure you wouldn’t have sex. Well, you can try in the Ozarks.
June 8th, 2006 at 3:09 pmIf there was a vaccine against prostate cancer, there’d be zero debate.
Comment by trueblue
that is so true.
Why the religious right would oppose this is really baffling to me, makes no sense.
But then protesting at funerals of our war veterans,with signs calling them gay and thanking god for the bombs killing them makes no sense either
So where arethese orgies yallare talking about? /grin
June 8th, 2006 at 3:10 pm#21 Yep, if you left all those pro-sex activities, sure you wouldn’t have sex. Well, you can try in the Ozarks.
Comment by Evil Spaniard
Oh, so THAT’S why I haven’t had nookie in over 2 years!!!!!!
June 8th, 2006 at 3:11 pm[...] At last! Via ThinkProgress, ABC News reports that the cervical cancer vaccine's been approved by the FDA. This is a major defeat for the Religious Right, which fought the vaccine bitterly (thinking that if cervical cancer is prevented, there's nothing to stop promiscuous sex). [...]
June 8th, 2006 at 3:20 pm#25 – the vaccine doesn’t target cervical cancer, precisely. It targets the human papilloma virus, or HPV. It just so happens that becoming infected with HPV also puts women at a much greater risk of cervical cancer.
It also happens that HPV is sexually transmitted. The reason the religious right opposed it was because it was thought that fear of contracting HPV (or cervical cancer) would be a deterrent to sexual intercourse. Pandagon did a good discussion of this fairly recently, but I don’t have a link handy.
In case you’re wondering: yes, this means that the religous right is willing to risk a bunch of women getting cervical cancer if it means that some of them go nookie free.
Hey, I never said they had a good reason.
June 8th, 2006 at 3:21 pmReligious Right Doctrine: Save the babies so we can ignore them in the future and let them die for our false beliefs and sins against humanity. Amen.
June 8th, 2006 at 3:26 pmSammy (28), I just want to clarify one little point. HPV is the direct cause of cervical cancer; eliminate HPV and you eliminate cervical cancer — at least that’s how I see it.
It must be noted, however, that this does not protect from all HPV — only about 70% or so.
I wrote more about this today
June 8th, 2006 at 3:27 pmScene: back seat of a station wagon. Windows fogged up. Two teens (one male, one female) are engaged in “heavy petting”
June 8th, 2006 at 3:28 pmBoy: “C’mon, Baby. If you loved me, you would.”
Female: “I do love you,… but wait. I might contract the Human Pampaloma Virus. It will take some 20-30 years, but it could eventually give me cervical cancer. I’m sorry, I just can’t.” (Aside) “Thank you, Religious Right.”
[...] Somehow, that header shouldn’t be news, but it is. Our buddy Mik is on a plane to YearlyKos, so I’m tossing up an update on his earlier post about religious conservatives effort to pressure the FDA to not approve vaccinations that would prevent cervical cancer. Think Progress is reporting that The FDA has approved a vaccine to protect against a sexually-transmitted virus that causes cervical cancer. (Cervical cancer affects over 10,000 women in the United States each year, killing more than 3,700 annually.) The vaccine was opposed by prominent religious right groups because they said it would be seen as a “license to engage in premarital sex.†[...]
June 8th, 2006 at 3:54 pm#31 – It seems just like you were there, trueblue! Good one!
Make-up promotes premarital sex, so does shaving legs and pitts,showering, perfume, body washes, bikini underware etc.
Comment by the Church Lady
Don’t you just hate it men have hairy legs & pits, and forget their perfume and bikini underwear?
June 8th, 2006 at 4:04 pmBeing a Republican should be banned because it’s a “license” to be corrupt, stupid and morally bankrupt.
June 8th, 2006 at 4:05 pm#33 Zookeeper,
But did I say “No?” (hee, hee)
The rest of your post just gave me a bad visual of Will Ferrell in one of his skits….ewwwwwwww!
June 8th, 2006 at 4:14 pmWhen I was a teen all it took was two teenagers and a six pack of beer.
June 8th, 2006 at 4:21 pm#35 – I wouldn’t have said no, but I’m a slutty lib. I heard they have a shot for it now. I bet you said no… ;)
Better than Will Ferrell, I was thinking of our sweet Ian, from a couple threads back.
June 8th, 2006 at 4:21 pm#37 – Not even the whole six pack…
June 8th, 2006 at 4:23 pmI bet you said no… ;)
Comment by Zookeeper
Oh, and you would be SO wrong!!
The damn radio in that station wagon only had AM!
Ian? Please explain.
June 8th, 2006 at 4:25 pmThey would rather their kids get Cancer?
My daughter, because kids are kids, and the Hormones helped with her migraines [Eeek Migraines a license for sex!!] got Birth control when she turned 17.
June 8th, 2006 at 4:25 pmMesell,
My daughter’s birth control:
Me greeting any potential boyfriend.
June 8th, 2006 at 4:29 pmIt won’t be pretty.
#40 – I misjudged you terribly!
Ian? Please explain.
Comment by trueblue
Oh how could you forget our sweet lamb Ian Murray? See the thread below entitled “CEI Scholar: Gore Thinks Climate Change is Caused by ‘Widespread Sin,’ a Sign of ‘the Antichrist’” There’s a picture, too. I became a bit obsessed with de-flowering him for the good of the planet. I’m over it now — really, I am.
June 8th, 2006 at 4:32 pmZookeeper,
OH YEAH!!!
I did a parody of his “Personal Ad!”
June 8th, 2006 at 4:37 pmSaid, “Be the first to take this stallion for a ride!”
As far as the other thing, didn’t last week’s Vodka/CranRaspberry rant tell you anything?!!?
#21 genitals also promote premarital sex. :)
June 8th, 2006 at 4:40 pm#44 – That’s right, I’d forgotten the ad and the Vodka/CranRaspberry. Maybe I had too many…I had to get over Ian somehow!
June 8th, 2006 at 4:40 pmthere, there, Zookeeper,
He’ll find someone to be his’special lady’!
June 8th, 2006 at 4:43 pmThe religious right’s cure for all that ails ya is Blood Letting
June 8th, 2006 at 4:43 pm#21 genitals also promote premarital sex. :)
Comment by cizzle
Let’s see the RR lobby against THOSE!!!
June 8th, 2006 at 4:44 pm#47 – That boy doesn’t need anyone who pretends to be a lady…
Stopping now… ;)
June 8th, 2006 at 4:45 pmYou know, this makes me wonder as i was watching penn & tellers bullshit last nite about abstinence advocates. Why do the religious rights care if we have sex out of wedlock? I mean, dont they need more babies produced so they can die in future wars for our “freedom”?
June 8th, 2006 at 4:46 pmHaving had HPV, and having had to go through having my cervix frozen with liquid notrogen to kill the malformed cells… a horrible, painful experinece! I can only say, hurrah that we have a way to prevent the pain and suffering for 70% anyway!
June 8th, 2006 at 4:49 pmAnd of course, what business is it of anyone else’s what I care to do with my body?
#51 – Other than being quite short-sighted, I think they just have to all up in everybody’s business — and not in a good way — so they don’t have to concentrate on what they themselves are doing.
June 8th, 2006 at 4:51 pmSKdeA,
June 8th, 2006 at 4:52 pmWhat do you mean “had”?
I thought HPV stayed with you for life.
And of course, what business is it of anyone else’s what I care to do with my body?
Comment by SKdeA
Yay!!
June 8th, 2006 at 4:54 pm(Sorry you had to go through that, I’d heard it’s terrible)
#18, #23 – Maybe I’m idealistic, but I don’t like to think of every issue as a clash of interests between us and them. In a way, that trivializes what’s at stake. Framing this as a victory for women’s rights speaks to the significance of the issue. Framing this as a defeat for the religious right is gloating and childish at best. The real winners of this are not progressives but women.
June 8th, 2006 at 4:58 pmSKdeA,
Oops, I should have started with an “I’m sorry.”
Mean of me, considering I had a colposcopy, which was not fun.
(Shoot the cervix with vinegar and lop out any part that turns white.)
I’m sorry. My curiousity got the better of my manners.
June 8th, 2006 at 4:58 pmMark,
June 8th, 2006 at 5:00 pmObviously you’ve never had your reproductive rights questioned.
#56 – You’re a better man than I am — or ever will be.
June 8th, 2006 at 5:07 pmThat’s amazing that a vaccine for one particular form of illness that involves a womans cervix, is interpreted as a license to have more sex, Ok whatever, I won’t explain the difference, cuz I am all for any reason to have more sex.
June 8th, 2006 at 5:26 pm#60 – I knew there was a reason I liked you. ;)
June 8th, 2006 at 5:30 pmOther than the fact you can probably look right into all of us and give a fairly accurate diagnosis, of course. Scary…
June 8th, 2006 at 5:32 pmDon’t be afraid, I am probably the craziest one here.
June 8th, 2006 at 5:46 pmAlright, Santo takes it.
June 8th, 2006 at 5:47 pmIf you’re the craziest one here, I’m checking into State Hospital North tonight. The ex is in town for Zoo Jr’s graduation, so I could use a little getaway, actually.
Is it telling that I winced when I read the name Santo?
June 8th, 2006 at 5:50 pmUmm, Zoo,
you keep referencing a post behind, I think.
and BTW: I thought you knew I was a Female! Remember the male bashing thing?
(which I’m about to do in spades ’cause I’m so PISSED at what I just found out…)
Anyway, maybe my anger has clouded me, I don’t know, but your #58 post ref’s me…
I’m pouring myself a BIG ‘OL Vodka/Cranraspberry. Be right back…
June 8th, 2006 at 5:52 pmIs there something you need to get off of your mind TrueBlue?
June 8th, 2006 at 5:55 pmYou can tell me TrueBlue, although I am a man.
June 8th, 2006 at 5:56 pmHi For Truth,
June 8th, 2006 at 5:57 pmYou’re probably the only man I like tonight!!!!
You mentioned Flagstaff in another post.
I posted that I saw “A Fish Called Wanda” when I was ther cross-country in 1988.
It was nice.
Don’t you guys have Ted Williams head stored there?
June 8th, 2006 at 6:00 pm(Sorry. I’m being ornery!)
#66 – Oh god that’s funny, trueblue. I know you’re a girl! The comment numbering must be messed up again, because it sure can’t be me! This is what I see:
58. Mark,
Obviously you’ve never had your reproductive rights questioned.
Comment by trueblue — June 8, 2006 @ 5:00 pm
59. #56 – You’re a better man than I am — or ever will be.
Comment by Zookeeper — June 8, 2006 @ 5:07 pm
My comment about “someone” being a better man than I am was in reference to a post by Mark, which you responded to with, Mark, Obviously….
I was being a smart ass — again. We girls have to stick together!
June 8th, 2006 at 6:04 pmI am honored. Sorry for the stress.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:04 pmHi For Truth,
You’re probably the only man I like tonight!!!!
Comment by trueblue
Me too, I’m considering putting out a contract on a certain ex. Let ForTruth get into your head, so he can stay out of mine. ;)
June 8th, 2006 at 6:07 pmLast Time I checked, TrueBlue, Ted Williams head is in Scottsdale area which is around Phoenix. My Town of Flagstaff is 150 miles north, and 6000 feet higher in elevation. It’s one of the few places you can drive for 2 hours and go from hot dry desert to cool mountains.
Zoo, I always appreciate a smart ass, better than being a dumbass.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:08 pmZookeeper,
#58 ref #56 here. Problem is #56 is ME!!!
For truth,
June 8th, 2006 at 6:08 pmI’m SOOOO stressed, but I’ll always like you! :)
Zoo, I always appreciate a smart ass, better than being a dumbass.
Comment by For Truth
I always say that to my kids, although it doesn’t work out so well around the grandparents…
June 8th, 2006 at 6:09 pmHey now ladies, don’t get too accepting of me, I am still a guy that does farmer blows outside, pees in the backyard occaisionally, can be lazy at times, I don’t like to talk on the phone, talking can be overrated with me. I have a gut, (it aint that big, but its there), I gawk at pretty women, I sometimes avoid bathing on weekends.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:11 pmFor Truth,
I knew it was AZ.
Sorry for the inadvertant slam!
Flagstaff was actually kinda nice.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:13 pmIt’s “The Sperm Donor” (we went over this last week, and I was like, “Oh, he loves our daughter, blahblahblah….
Yeah, Well, things change!)
Like using my credit to get a card that he then doesn’t pay for 2 months…..
Damn Trueblue, what a slouch, uses your credit like that.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:15 pmHey now ladies, don’t get too accepting of me, I am still a guy that does farmer blows outside, pees in the backyard occaisionally, can be lazy at times, I don’t like to talk on the phone, talking can be overrated with me. I have a gut, (it aint that big, but its there), I gawk at pretty women, I sometimes avoid bathing on weekends.
Comment by For Truth
OK. And you’re different how????
June 8th, 2006 at 6:16 pmHey now ladies, don’t get too accepting of me…
Comment by For Truth
The peeing outside is definitely a no-go, and I don’t even want to think about the whatever the thing is before that, but the rest sounds workable. I hate talking on the phone, I do that at work! What do you think, trueblue?
June 8th, 2006 at 6:16 pmA “farmer blow” is projectile blowing of the nose, without tissue, preferably outside.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:18 pmFor Truth,
June 8th, 2006 at 6:18 pmFound out when he was 2 months behind!!!!!!
Like using my credit to get a card that he then doesn’t pay for 2 months…..
Comment by trueblue
Boil him in oil…
June 8th, 2006 at 6:18 pmHey now ladies, don’t get too accepting of me…
Comment by For Truth
The peeing outside is definitely a no-go, and I don’t even want to think about the whatever the thing is before that, but the rest sounds workable. I hate talking on the phone, I do that at work! What do you think, trueblue?
Comment by Zookeeper —
He occupies a warm space (in my heart) with me!!!!!
June 8th, 2006 at 6:21 pm(Sicko’s!)
A “farmer blow†is projectile blowing of the nose, without tissue, preferably outside.
Comment by For Truth
Who thinks of that kind of thing!? Oh yeah — men. It’s in my brain forever, now, I hope you’re happy, For Truth. *gagging*
June 8th, 2006 at 6:21 pmBack on topic, I’d rather women don’t have cervical cancer, and feel free to have more sex. That’s a good deal, now why would the religious right cry about that, are they afraid for their daughters?
June 8th, 2006 at 6:22 pmLike using my credit to get a card that he then doesn’t pay for 2 months…..
Comment by trueblue
Boil him in oil…
Comment by Zookeeper
Thank you. I thought that was about right!
June 8th, 2006 at 6:23 pmAnd right now it’s Vodka/ V8 MangoPeach. YUM!
That’s a good deal, now why would the religious right cry about that, are they afraid for their daughters?
Comment by For Truth
According to the whackjobs (technical term) I’ve talked to, they think the girls basically would be getting what they deserve for being sexually active. It’s quite horrifying.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:24 pmOh yeah and I like this topic cuz it’s an excuse to talk about that three letter work that starts with an S, ends with an X, and has an E in the middle. Another one of my guy attributes, I think Unbeleivable discussed at one point how she likes the guys at 40 due to lowering of the testosterone, and don’t always want to hump. I am not in that category at age 38.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:25 pmFor Truth,
I don’t know if you read my earliest posts, but my 16 y.o. is GETTING the vaccine!
It’s part of me being a good mom.I got her all the other important vaccines; why not this one?
BTW: she hasn’t even been on a date yet….
not that I’d LET her!!!!
June 8th, 2006 at 6:27 pmI am not in that category at age 38.
Comment by For Truth
I thought you were older. Not that there’s anything wrong with being 38, of course. ;)
June 8th, 2006 at 6:31 pmTrueBlue,
No reason at all not to get her the vaccine. She will have to go on a date someday.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:32 pmBTW: she hasn’t even been on a date yet….
not that I’d LET her!!!!
Comment by trueblue
Zoo Jr is available, and he’s got a big box of condoms. ;)
June 8th, 2006 at 6:32 pmAnother one of my guy attributes, I think Unbeleivable discussed at one point how she likes the guys at 40 due to lowering of the testosterone, and don’t always want to hump. I am not in that category at age 38.
Comment by For Truth
Just you wait!
June 8th, 2006 at 6:32 pmGravity WILL take it’s toll on you!!!!!
Yup I am a spring chicken, a baby, wet behind the ears, green. I was buying beer at age 17 without an ID or a question. Ahead of my time I guess.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:34 pmAAAHHH!
NOT listening!!!!
She’s only 16!
NONONONONO!!
BTW: For truth, go back to my #4 post.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:35 pmIt’s funny!
Zoo and Blue,
LOL you two.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:35 pm…and don’t always want to hump.
Comment by For Truth
Charming word – hump. I really don’t know what unbelievable has against it, though.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:35 pm#4, Funny. Yes in the arm.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:36 pm#98 Zoo,
It was a charming word, I was trying to tone down what I was really thinking. I know the men are into the mechanical act itself, and women like the story depicting what all leads up to it. How about “make love”, “screw”, f*ck”, “drill”, “poke”, “bumpin’ uglies”.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:40 pmI was buying beer at age 17 without an ID or a question. Ahead of my time I guess.
Comment by For Truth
Me too. I never got carded until I was in my mid-20s. Now I look at the cute little checker boy and say, “What, aren’t you going to card me!?” Then they start stuttering with the “ma’am” thing, and I have to give them a hug.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:40 pmSee how quickly I can degenerate, going from making love to bumpin’ uglies.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:41 pmShe’s only 16!
NONONONONO!!
Comment by trueblue
He’s REALLY cute. Blond, blue eyes, pimples almost cleared up, 6′4″…
June 8th, 2006 at 6:42 pmOK, This Conversation Has Deteriorated Into The Gutter!!!!!
I like it…!
June 8th, 2006 at 6:44 pmHow about “make loveâ€, “screwâ€, f*ckâ€, “drillâ€, “pokeâ€, “bumpin’ ugliesâ€.
Comment by For Truth
I believe in using the proper terms for things, so if you’re making love, call it that; if you’re f*cking, well, sometimes you’re just f*cking.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:47 pmBumpin’ uglies? Hmmm, got that from the same department as the farmer’s blow?
Sorry If I’m getting too gutteral.
Uhumm…(clearing throat). Yes, I think women should be able to have access to any and all healthcare benefits. I heard from my Mom (that’ll shut this gutter down), that more research goes into men’s pattern baldness than all womens’ medicine combined.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:47 pmNO! Zoo, She’s never even been kissed! Or out on a date.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:48 pmAlthough she’s a size 3, beautiful curly shoulder length hair, big ‘ol blue eyes (the only thing I asked God for, besides her being healthy)
MAMA is a *wee bit* protective!
#105, Zoo,
Well, when you live in rural AZ, you pick up on some of the local “culture”. I still liberal though, he he.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:49 pmYikes, For Truth!
Now I’m thinking of the mom in “Throw Mama From the Train”!!!!
Stop!
June 8th, 2006 at 6:50 pmWe were havin’ fun!!!
Sorry, For Truth’s Mom! I, too, have heard that more money is spent on male pattern baldness than on women’s health concerns. I shall endeavor to mention it to the ex this evening, since he probably doesn’t know how much time, effort and money is being spent on his laughably obvious (to eveyone but him) problem. Good Evening, Mama For Truth.
Note to self: Tell ex about the above, do not, I repeat, do NOT call him a twat — again.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:52 pmTrue blue,
That is funny!
I have to go now, talk to you later. Same to you Zoo.
June 8th, 2006 at 6:53 pmZookeeper,
OH GO AHEAD!!!!
DO IT FOR WOMEN EVERYWHERE!!!
(sorry, For Truth. I still like you!)
June 8th, 2006 at 6:55 pmMAMA is a *wee bit* protective!
Comment by trueblue
Ya think!? She sounds perfect, by the way. You’re WAY too easy, trueblue! No wonder I clipped you with the emotional blackmail!
June 8th, 2006 at 6:55 pmBye, For Truth,
Have a good night
June 8th, 2006 at 6:57 pmI gotta go, too. It’s been fun, you two! I think I will call ex a twat, for old time’s sake. I’m a sentimental fool. Goodnight!
June 8th, 2006 at 6:57 pmMAMA is a *wee bit* protective!
Comment by trueblue
Ya think!? She sounds perfect, by the way. You’re WAY too easy, trueblue! No wonder I clipped you with the emotional blackmail!
Comment by Zookeeper
Well, you’re right about the blackmail!!! (DAMN!)
She is a great kid. Is a bit behind emotionally because of Epilepsy.
June 8th, 2006 at 7:00 pmBut I thank (Whomever) every day. She’s a peach!!!!!
I’m ALONE?????
Damn!
Don’t like this!!!
Goodnight nobody*
* Goodnight Moon
June 8th, 2006 at 7:02 pm(If you don’t have kids, you have no idea what I’m talking about!)
Once again the folks here at TP are full of crap. The article they linked to had this to say
So while some may have issues they certainly do not represent the totality of Christendom or even the right
June 8th, 2006 at 7:45 pmRegardless of what one parent or even an organization had to say this is hardly a “Major defeat for the religious right.” There was practically no effort to oppose it. I know you libs are desperate for victory but making it up is pathetic.
June 8th, 2006 at 8:37 pmThe American Taliban leaders only think sex is ok when they are doing their adulteress behavior. Sex for anyone else is not ok unless you want to pro-create.
June 8th, 2006 at 9:02 pmOnce again, the American Taliban wants to control women’s bodies.
June 8th, 2006 at 9:04 pmAnd one more thing… there is no such thing as the religious right. They are the American Taliban. The only difference between the Afgani Taliban and the American Taliban is the book that they worship. We all know they don’t follow the teachings, just worship the book.
June 8th, 2006 at 9:06 pmThis is just another example of vile liberals using cancer as a shield from all criticism and trying to force more open sexual behavior into our childrens minds. Not only is this a violation of my first amendment rights this is also going to encourage sexual experimentation (which will probably lead to more homosexuality) and even sexual terrorism!
June 8th, 2006 at 10:39 pmThat’s Gay Sexual Terrorism Ann.
June 8th, 2006 at 11:24 pmWhy would someone in their right mind want to stop a vaccine that would stop a virus that causes cervical cancer? If they don’t believe in the medicine, then don’t use it. Quit pushing your views on others. Your views are not the majority in this country, that’s why this vaccine was approved for use. Thank you FDA.
June 8th, 2006 at 11:50 pmLol post 124 really does sound like Ann Coulter > is that you Ann the crossdresser guy who masquerades as a female?
June 9th, 2006 at 12:09 amI don’t think God is cruel, which is why God wouldn’t put extremely high concentrations of nerve endings in an area we are supposed to leave alone.
June 9th, 2006 at 12:25 amIt’s hard to get yer chick in the mood when her cervical cancer is acting up.
June 9th, 2006 at 12:27 amYay.
Now how is it this country has come to the point we have to celebrate a government decision to improve the health and welfare of the citizens? Think of all the money saved on healthcare costs too.
June 9th, 2006 at 12:30 amShouldn’t it be a given to have an available vaccine for cancer?
June 9th, 2006 at 12:31 amLol post 124 really does sound like Ann Coulter > is that you Ann the crossdresser guy who masquerades as a female?
Comment by Jay Randal
Jay,
June 9th, 2006 at 1:05 am#124 indeed sounds like Mr./Ms. Coulter, but I assume it’s a good parody, as the real Ann-thrax certainly wouldn’t make a comment for free.
I don’t think this is a defeat for the religious right. it is a victory for medicine. Removing the apparent ill consequences of sex does not make immoral sex any less damaging. Immoral sex stimulates damaged emotional centers in their opposite. This does not stimulate healthy emotional response and exacerbates emotional injury with its opposite form.
June 9th, 2006 at 2:13 amSex…Good… Religious right ..Bad. And that’s all I have to say
June 9th, 2006 at 7:07 am[...] Everybody’s talking about Gardasil — the idea that vaccinating girls and women against the HPV virus might encourage them to be slutty. I’d like to point out, simply, that Motrin doesn’t encourage people to have migraines, that antibiotics don’t encourage people to get urinary tract infections (or syphilis, for that matter), and more directly, that Jonas Salk wasn’t hoping people could finally eat more shit when he created a vaccine for polio, just as Edward Jenner wasn’t looking for a revolution against covering our mouths when we cough when he developed a vaccine against smallpox. [...]
June 9th, 2006 at 9:27 amHow about a vaccine that would lobotomize any religious right winger, and have no effect on everyone else?
June 9th, 2006 at 4:30 pmExcellent…
June 9th, 2006 at 7:14 pm#53 (hey, no problem, I didn’t take offense!), yes, the virus (like any other virus) can lurk in your body forever, but I have been lucky enough not to have an outbreak of the icky genital warts it causes since then. But they check for the weird cells every year!
June 9th, 2006 at 10:06 pmIt was not a fun thing to go through, especially as a newlywed… years and years ago.
Hope eveyone has a lovely weekend!
#85
A “farmer blow†is projectile blowing of the nose, without tissue, preferably outside.
Comment by For Truth
Who thinks of that kind of thing!? Oh yeah — men. It’s in my brain forever, now, I hope you’re happy, For Truth. *gagging*
Comment by Zookeeper — June 8, 2006 @ 6:21 pm
EEEEWWWWW!!!
And I absolutely hate the urban equivalent, when you’re stopped at a trafiic light and the guy in front of you opens his door, leans out, and spits a huge loogey on the street…. grossout!
amazing how men and women are different isn’t it? And not all in the nice ways!
June 9th, 2006 at 10:15 pmThank you for that confirmation, SKdeA, although now I have a new picture in my brain forever. The idea of the “farmer blow” is still worse, though. I understand the concept of “better out than in,” but really, does it have to be public?
June 10th, 2006 at 11:57 amTalk about twisting words.
I went to the Family Research Council’s site to see what they actually said: http://www.frc.org/get.cfm?i=LH06B03,
“Media reports suggesting that the Family Research Council opposes all development or distribution of such vaccines are false.” So why does this lead story say otherwise? The Family Research Council’s caveat is, “Because parents have an inherent right to be the primary educator and decision maker regarding their children’s health, we would oppose any measures to legally require vaccination or to coerce parents into authorizing it.”
That is their real view, not this straw man that the “major defeat” author is spreading. Why he/she needs to deceive to advance his/her point is telling of the objective.
July 2nd, 2006 at 9:49 pm