http://news.independent.co.uk/world/africa/article622736.eceThis article highly irritated me. A huge problem with Christianity is that so many "Christians" have taken it upon themselves to act righteous, impose their beliefs upon others, and judge those who are not on par with their beliefs- if you truly are a Christian, you should be able to look outside of your Christian bubble where everything is just and moral and perfect and realise that not everyone in the world can abide by those standards due to life circumstances. Even if they could, it is not other peoples' business to impose their beliefs onto others. Bush's aid overall is a very good thing- AIDS is horrifying and is killing people by the masses in Africa, but by making one third of all prevention money go to "abstinence only" programs it cuts into funding in much more detrimental areas. Bush's plan cuts out the use of prevention and instead focuses on abstinence and faithfulness to one partner- that's very nice sounding, but what is he thinking?!!! Is he really that ignorant? You cannot take your perfect Christian values into an AIDS-ridden, poverty-stricken continent and expect everyone to just stop having sex and become Christians. Telling the young prostitutes who depend on sex for their livelihoods to stop having it and then condoning them for doing so is not going to solve anything. Of course abstinence is a good thing to teach, but taking the focus away from prevention and wearing condoms is absurd during a crisis such as this. Bush needs to keep his religious beliefs out of his aid policies and look at the reality of the situation. It disgusts me that he is not doing that.
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