Meet Roxanne Walker….The girl who scares the boys. The woman who gets turned on by politics and stimulated by a good steamy discussion of current events.
I was taught at an early age by my parents to have the courage to remain true to my convictions and beliefs in spite of the consequences. My belief in this concept has been sorely tested by the consequences of my early opposition to the war in Iraq. Speaking out against the war in Iraq led to my dismissal from WMYI a Clear Channel station on April 17, 2003. A lawsuit filed in July 2003 charging Clear Channel with unlawful termination of employment in violation of SC law which protects employees from termination of employment for espousing political opinions in the work place was settled by mediation in the spring of 2005.
Abstinence Education/Prayer = Highest Rates of Teen Pregnancy in Religious States
Why is this not a surprise? The states with the strongest conservative religious beliefs also tend to have the highest rates of teen pregnancies and births. This according to a new paper forthcoming in Reproductive Health.
I posted a blog on a similar story a while back about religious teens having more abortions.
Live Science reports that this little piece of paradox is likely due to the fact that communities with high religiosity frown upon contraception as well as sex education. The combination is as good as a euphemism for pregnancy.
The top 10 states for conservative religious beliefs:
- Mississippi
- Alabama
- South Carolina
- Tennessee
- Louisiana
- Utah
- Arkansas
- North Carolina
- Kentucky
- Oklahoma
The top 10 states for teen births:
- Mississippi
- New Mexico
- Texas
- Arkansas
- Arizona
- Oklahoma
- Nevada
- Tennessee
- Kentucky
- Georgia
Researcher Joseph Strayhorn of Drexel University College of Medicine and University of Pittsburgh speculates: “We conjecture that religious communities in the U.S. are more successful in discouraging the use of contraception among their teenagers than they are in discouraging sexual intercourse itself.”
‘Cause nobody can do that. Ask Bristol Palin. By Julia Whitty
http://www.motherjones.com/blue-marble/2009/09/more-teen-births-religious-states
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Bill Moyers Introduces "Dick Armey Health Care Hypocrite"
Hey teabaggers, wise up your leader, Freedom Works founder Dick Armey is picking your pockets while you wave those picket signs…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/09/18/bill-moyers-tea-party-org_n_291625.html
Fortis Insurance Slapped with $10 Million Damage Award by SC Supreme Court
(CN) - An insurance company’s “reprehensible” decision to rescind a South Carolina man’s coverage after he tested positive for HIV warrants a $10 million punitive damage award, the state Supreme Court ruled. Jerome Mitchell applied for health insurance with Fortis Insurance Co. in 2001 at the age of 17. Fortis issued him a policy after he stated that he had never been treated for an immune deficiency. One year later, Mitchell tried to donate blood to the Red Cross, which informed Mitchell that he was HIV-positive. Mitchell’s doctor confirmed this finding. Fortis investigated Mitchell’s medical history and rescinded his policy, stating that Mitchell had misrepresented his HIV-positive status.