Two stories caught my attention from the OU Daily
First: The Women's Outreach Center (oh what a GREAT use of tax-payer dollars) is apparently sponosoring oral HIV screenings. According to the article, all are excited that the numbers of those receiving the testing is up. Call me crazy, but I'm just a little bit concerned and in no way excited about this fact. I get excited if very few people come in to get screened for a deadly, easily transmitted virus that is spread through unprotected sex. Ya gotta love the Women's (or is it womyns?) Outreach Center...political liberalism at its finest! One can't help but wonder what would happen if a Men's Outreach Center was established.
A second story is much more positive. This story talks about alternatives to partying on Thursday nights, and the grand ole BSU is mentioned. Good to see that. The other altnernative discussed was Lifestream. Interestingly, a girl who goes to Lifestream (well, I assume she goes there) stated that she can't always go to worship on Sunday because “I might sleep in or be busy with school” so Thursday is her worship service. *Cringe* Not that I'm coming down on this girl...I'm not...but at least come up with a better excuse for missing church than sleeping! Anyway, good to see the positive pub for the LBSU.
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I don't disagree with the testing being done. I disagree with the attitude of "more people getting tested is good." That should be tempoered with an attitude of concern. If so many people are getting tested for HIV they must think they may have HIV...not a good thing. Thus, an increase in HIV testing ought to lead to concern that more and more people are abandoning caution and common sense to have dangerous sex. Hopefully that makes sense. ;)
As a point of fact, I never mentioned abstinence. This post is not about abstinence, but the disturbing attitude that appears to be pervasive in organizations like the Women's Outreach Center.
I will have to respectfully disagree with Nicole's posts on this point. The main reason that people get tested for STD's is not to "protect potential partners." In all actuality, it is to allow them to be at liberty to have more sex without feeling any compunction about possibly giving someone else an STD. It's a proven fact that the people who get tested for STD's and such merely want to make sure that they still have the "all clear" light to continue "getting busy."
True, there are those people who get tested for STD's in order to begin treating any STD's that are present. That concern usually doesn't arise, however, until the symptoms of an STD have already materialized.
Nope, I will continue to assert that the main reason that the vast majority of people get tested is to continue having sex. This attitude is not only at odds with everything sex is supposed to stand for, it is also destructive of the social fabric of society. "Free love and free sex" is not liberating - it's harmful.
But that's another conversation, and another cup of coffee...
Well said, Triumvir.
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