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No s-e-x on Valentine's Day

Decreeing a "Day of Purity," the right wants kids to celebrate not having sex on Feb. 14.
Katharine Mieszkowski

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  • Friday, February 3, 2006 08:04 AM

    Gimme an S...

    At first blush, it's a wonder that these folks ever manage to reproduce. What bedroom could be dark enough? But upon reflection, there's no one on the planet so obsessed with sex as a fundamentalist. They see it everywhere, and fear it anywhere, since it might divert cash and attention from the money-collection palaces that are our modern churches, mosques, synagogues, TV channels and web-sites.

    —Silverback66 Read Silverback66's other letters

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