The Rev. Sam L. Ruteikara, the co-chair of Uganda's
National AIDS-Prevention Committee, writes a
moving piece in the Washington Post, showing that abstinence and faithfulness
programs work and calling on politically correct Westerners to stop forcing
condoms only programs on the suffering people of Sub Saharan Africa.
Uganda cut dramatically cut its AIDS infection rate
from 26% in 1991 to 6% in 2002, and is a living testament to the effectiveness
of abstinence and faithfulness education.
Westerners should not recreate a new form of colonialism by imposing
their secular values on Africa. The
president’s original PEPFAR funding initiative, which protects abstinence and
faithfulness programs, should be preserved.
Robert Knight comments on Ruteikara’s piece and on
the Post’s bias against effective AIDS prevention measures in his pieces at
Townhall entitled “Post
Tells the Truth on 'Safe Sex' -- Then Ignores It.”