10 Million Condoms Handed Out For Carnival

[matcom]

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BRASILIA, Brazil (Reuters) - Brazil Monday began handing out a record 10 million contraceptives to stop the spread of AIDS (news - web sites) during Carnival when casual sex rises.

With the pre-Lenten festival less than two weeks away, the "nothing gets past a condom" campaign focuses on the 14 million Brazilians, or 15 percent of those sexually active, who don't believe condoms prevent the spread of the HIV (news - web sites)/AIDS virus.

"Carnival is a time when there's a lot of contact, you've got people wearing very few clothes, which ends up stimulating more intense sexual relations," said Health Minister Humberto Costa, as he handed out the first condoms of the campaign aimed at middle class and poor Brazilian men between 18 and 39.

The promotion of condoms in this year's Carnival has upset Brazil's Catholic Church, which opposes the distribution of contraceptives by the nation's highly successful anti-AIDS program on the grounds that it promotes promiscuity.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=1&u=/nm/20040210/od_nm/brazil_carnival_dc

[ComerPerro]

1. Who wants to go to Carnival with me?

Hot Damn!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

2. It's always fun to watch the church(es) go apeshit over this

Condoms don't work blah blah blah abstinence blah blah blah condom advertising must stop blah blah blah sin blah blah blah...

I admit it gets old after a while.

[GOPisEvil]

3. Their slogan is incorrect, factually, but I like it anyway!

:-)

[BlondieK143]

4. Sounds like we should...

head over to see that one!

[Commie Pinko Dirtbag]

5. If you need a city guide, PM me! (nt)

[BlondieK143]

6. I might but...

I might be able to handle it on my own.