It just passed.

Texas has the third highest rate of HIV infections in the country, but that didn’t stop lawmakers from passing an amendment that defunds HIV/STD prevention programs Tuesday. The amendment to the House budget proposal—offered by Rep. Stuart Spitzer (R-Kaufman)—diverts $3 million over the next biennium to abstinence-only sexual education programs.

Texas receives more federal funds for abstinence-only education than any other state so a Democrat asked bygawd how much money do you need for abstinence-only education.  We’re already #1.

The bill’s sponsor, Republican Stuart Spitzer responded —

Spitzer responded that additional funds are needed as long as people are still having sex before marriage.

Well hell, let’s just give them all Start’s money.  No, seriously. He said that.

So what we need to do is to scare more people about sex so they will grow into happy, empathetic adults like Ole Stuart.  Stuart says that he was a virgin until he married his wife at age 29.  I’m gonna guess that wasn’t because of lack of trying.

And since gay people cannot marry in Texas, maybe they should go find out if Stuart’s wife has sex after marriage.

By the way, Texas has the highest teen pregnancy in the whole damn nation.

 Thanks to Karl for the heads up.