Megan of Jezebel has a wonderfully tongue-in-cheek post about a seriously wonderful bill before congress: Upstate New York Congresswoman Louise Slaughter’s H.R. 463: The Prevention First Act of 2009

The damnable liberals are seeking to pass a law that requires states give medically accurate information to kids! That acknowledges abstinence! That teaches that men and boys have responsibilities to not pressure women and girls! That encourages parental involvement! That doesn’t promote religion! It’s like they’re trying to destroy the very fabric of our society!

Use this page to email your Congress member about H.R. 463 and this page to email your Senators about Harry Reid’s companion bill, S. 21.

Seriously, read Megan’s whole post, including a rundown of what’s in the bill, here.

My take would be that opponents really do see that as liberals attempting to destroy the very fabric of our society.

When your fabric is woven with the warp of “it is simultaneously inconceivable and intolerable for women to have (or at least admit to having) sexual desire” and the weft of “it is simultaneously inconceivable and intolerable for men to be sexually desired” then no matter how hellish the toll in actual human lives it’s simultaneously inconceivable and intolerable to teach otherwise lest that fabric fly apart. Women must either be bribed or forced into sexuality; gay men must be pilloried, sex for women has to be about pregnancy, men must be worthy in order to “earn” sex, parents must only fret about girls and fume about boys, etc., etc.

Never mind that “liberals” want instead to weave a finer, more durable, less costly cloth than coarse plaid of red and white.