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Christian Right agenda takes a hit
>> A U.S. policy that forces groups fighting AIDS overseas to denounce prostitution in order to receive federal funding violates free speech rights, a judge ruled Tuesday. The Supreme Court "has repeatedly found that speech, or an agreement not to speak, cannot be compelled or coerced as a condition of participation in a government program," said U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero.
To qualify for federal money, a group must adopt a statement saying it opposes prostitution and sex trafficking. Then it must sign a form for the government promising it has the policy. Only then is the organization eligible for funding.
Besides the pledge, the rules require AIDS groups to inform clients of condom failure rates. They also require the government to give equal opportunity to funding applicants that have "a religious or moral objection" to a particular AIDS prevention method or treatment program, such as condoms or needle exchanges. <<
I frankly don't much care about the pledge -- it's the requirement to provide information designed to confuse and undermine the use of condoms that's the real problem with these rules. Now if we could only get the FDA to start making rules based on public health, rather than the right-wing agenda...
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