Stephen Sekula (steve@chirp.cooleysekula.net)'s status on Wednesday, 01-Apr-2015 14:02:03 UTC
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The Texas House has voted to move HIV funding to Abstinence Only Education... the bill still has to be sorted out by conference of the two houses, so we'll see what happens there. But it's yet another brick in the wall of dangerous scientific illiteracy, and the blending of scientific issues with values issues, in the corridors of power in Texas. https://www.facebook.com/unsupportedbrowser Some of the most emotional, and uncomfortable, debate on the House budget Tuesday came when state Rep. Stuart Spitzer asked lawmakers to move money from HIV and STD prevention to abstinence education.Ã