it's an after-school special kinda thing
Wednesday, March 24th, 2010 02:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
afunaAttending a government-mandated drug abuse seminar.
I feel like I should take this seriously, but I can't get past the ominous background music to focus on the message.
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Ah, and suddenly background music turns inspiring. We're in the section of the video where we talk about God's supernatural healing power. I'm not sure why I'm surprised at the sudden turn but I am.
I am twitchy because it's the *government* pushing religion, not just some random private institution. I'm used to moral and religious lessons in videos (catholic schoolgirl for 13 years!), but I always half-expect better from the government. Despite all the evidence, I tend to forget we don't actually have any formal separation of church and state here.
On the other hand! One thing I've been excited about is that the Department of Health recently stood up against the church, and is continuing its program to give out condoms and to educate people properly about AIDS. But that is getting off topic (I just needed to wave a tiny *go brave public officials* flag for a moment)
I feel like I should take this seriously, but I can't get past the ominous background music to focus on the message.
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Ah, and suddenly background music turns inspiring. We're in the section of the video where we talk about God's supernatural healing power. I'm not sure why I'm surprised at the sudden turn but I am.
I am twitchy because it's the *government* pushing religion, not just some random private institution. I'm used to moral and religious lessons in videos (catholic schoolgirl for 13 years!), but I always half-expect better from the government. Despite all the evidence, I tend to forget we don't actually have any formal separation of church and state here.
On the other hand! One thing I've been excited about is that the Department of Health recently stood up against the church, and is continuing its program to give out condoms and to educate people properly about AIDS. But that is getting off topic (I just needed to wave a tiny *go brave public officials* flag for a moment)
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Date: 2010-03-24 06:28 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2010-03-26 04:00 pm (UTC)(We also had the Reproductive Health Bill, which wasn't perfect but I thought was a good step forward and ANYWAY some bishops were threatening excommunication of the bill's authors, and they didn't back down and even though the RH bill isn't going to push through I am so absurdly proud of how well-reasoned the bill's authors were in their reply to the threats. So much ♥ and maybe some hope to something better in the future)