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<!--Generated by Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/) on Wed, 03 Dec 2008 01:29:31 GMT--><feed xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/"><title>June 2006</title><subtitle>June 2006</subtitle><id>http://www.thelesbrarian.com/june-2006/</id><link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.thelesbrarian.com/june-2006/"/><link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://www.thelesbrarian.com/june-2006/atom.xml"/><updated>2006-12-01T05:22:47Z</updated><generator uri="http://www.squarespace.com/" version="Squarespace Site Server v5.0.0 (http://www.squarespace.com/)">Squarespace</generator><entry><title>My precious tax dollars! Wasted!</title><category>politics</category><id>http://www.thelesbrarian.com/june-2006/2006/6/20/my-precious-tax-dollars-wasted.html</id><link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.thelesbrarian.com/june-2006/2006/6/20/my-precious-tax-dollars-wasted.html"/><author><name>the lesbrarian</name></author><published>2006-06-20T04:19:52Z</published><updated>2006-06-20T04:19:52Z</updated><content type="html" xml:lang="en-US"><![CDATA[<p><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="2">My library received some free bookmarks today. Normally libraries like free things, but this....</font></p><p><font face="Arial" size="2">On one side it says &quot;I am.&quot; Okay, cool. Here's what it says on the other-- and unfortunately, the emphasis, case,&nbsp;and color is <em>not mine</em>:</font></p><p style="text-align: center" align="center"><font face="Arial"><font size="2">curious, motivated, responsible, trendy, friendly,</font> <font style="color: #ff0000" color="#ff0000" size="4">ABSTINENT</font><font style="color: #000000" color="#000000"><font size="2">, serious, creative, outgoing, healthy, thoughtful<br /></font><br /><a href="http://www.canwait.com/"><font style="color: #003399" face="Verdana" color="#003399" size="2"><u>www.canwait.com</u></font></a></font></font></p><p style="text-align: left" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">okay, so, it's some religious stuff, right? </font></p><p style="text-align: left" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">NO! It's SPONSORED BY THE STATE! This was paid for and distributed by the Virginia Department of Health!</font></p><p style="text-align: left" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">My tax dollars are supporting this. I am livid.</font></p><p style="text-align: left" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">You know-- abstinence is fine for those who want it. It's not my concern how other people lead their sex lives. What makes me so mad is that the Department of Frickin' Health says, essentially, that abstinence = healthy. </font></p><p style="text-align: left" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">And it is very, very reasonable to infer that non-abstinence = not healthy.</font></p><p style="text-align: left" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">Myths and lies, coming to me from the department of health. It is perfectly possible and natural to have healthy sex. Ask any newlyweds.</font></p><p style="text-align: left" align="left"><font face="Arial" size="2">I'm moving out of this state as soon as I can.</font></p>]]></content></entry></feed>