I'm sure that this will do wonders in preventing the spread of HIV.

 

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BOGOTA, Colombia (Reuters) -- A western Colombian town has angered the influential Catholic Church with a novel scheme to cut AIDS infections, threatening males over age 14 with fines if they fail to carry a condom.

 

Young men in the community, most of whom start having sex at about age 15, according to a poll, should carry condoms just as they have to carry identification cards, Tulua town councilman William Pena told El Tiempo newspaper.

 

Those who fail to show a condom would have to pay a small fine or take a three-hour course in AIDS prevention in Tulua, where 14 people died of sexually transmitted diseases last year.

 

"This is a country with a lot of sexual activity and Tulua is no exception," Pena told El Tiempo. "This measure would not oblige anyone to have sex, only to protect themselves."

 

Father Jesus Velasquez of the local Catholic church said he wouldn't let the measure pass without a fight, comparing it to "selling guns in the streets."

 

"What is required is education and respect for moral and Christian values," he said.

I'm sure that this will do wonders in preventing the spread of HIV.

 

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The outrage! This is nothing but a license for teens to have sex.

I'm sure that this will do wonders in preventing the spread of HIV.

 

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Did that priest really just compare condoms to guns?

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Just because they carry them doesn't mean they are going to use them. If your dumb enough to not use protection, you deserve what you get. Or they could put secret cameras everywhere and have special police run in with tear gas if the guy isn't using a rubber.

The outrage!  This is nothing but a license for teens to have sex.

 

Working to stop inappropriate behavior is the way to stop the spread of HIV. Giving condoms to 15-year-olds who shouldn't be having sex anyway isn't.

Working to stop inappropriate behavior is the way to stop the spread of HIV.  Giving condoms to 15-year-olds who shouldn't be having sex anyway isn't.

 

Sex is inappropriate?

Sex is inappropriate?

 

When you're a freaking 15-year-old, it is.

When you're a freaking 15-year-old, it is.

In our society, given how it has developed, it's probably considered inappropriate, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen. Other societies may not judge it to be nearly as inappropriate.

In our society, given how it has developed, it's probably considered inappropriate, but that doesn't mean it doesn't happen.

 

The fact that it happens doesn't make it appropriate behavior.

 

Other societies may not judge it to be nearly as inappropriate.

 

No matter where you go in this world, fifteen-year-olds are NOT ready to deal with the consequences of sex. They do not have the maturity or financial means to deal with an unexpected pregnancy (condoms don't always work). Most fifteen-year-olds aren't even able to deal with the emotional damage of a breakup after intimate sex ("I thought he loved me!"). Hell, I wouldn't even trust that they'd know how to use a condom correctly... or that they'd even bother to use them in the first place.

I suppose this law is better than the one they propose a couple years back...

 

"Carry a Diaphram or pay a fine"

BUt if you carry only one, and use it, wouldn't you then be in trouble for not carrying one? Or wait, does it say it has to be new?

BUt if you carry only one, and use it, wouldn't you then be in trouble for not carrying one? Or wait, does it say it has to be new?   

 

One unused prophylactic. One soiled.