KEEP GOVERNMENT OUT OF OUR SEXUAL LIVES

          There is a highly disturbing news item in the March 26 issue of Newsweek magazine involving the sexual activities of men.  A group of female state legislators in Ohio are introducing a bill to control the use of Viagra.  Seems that these good ladies are concerned about the health of older men who seek continued sexual activity.  The bill would limit the use of Viagra until certain medical tests are conducted.

          Men would need a medical doctor’s approval following a series of highly invasive physical examinations including heart stress tests, electrocardiograms, echograms, and cat scans.  The male patients would then be counseled by a psychiatrist who would review the test results with them.  Special counseling would also be provided for those men who would want to ignore the tests.  

           The news article did not mention the role of religion in the bill.    However, my intuition tells me that religion is at the heart of this intrusion into the sex lives of males.  The big question is, will health insurance cover the costs of these expensive tests?  And, can the government force the insurance companies to provide coverage even though it violates basic religious principles of many of those involved?

          Have we reached the point of accepting the sexual concept prescribed by at least one of the Republican presidential candidates?  He insists that sexual activity be limited to purposes of procreation.  According to this guy, sex shouldn’t be for fun!

          Why a bunch of women think they know more about male sexual organs than we do is beyond me.  Obviously, those female legislators were not interested in the male viewpoint.  They claim to be acting on behalf of the health of men – their husbands,  their sons, or their “other partners.”

          None of this applies to those of us who are well beyond the “procreation stage,” and I do not plan to use that little blue pill anytime soon.  But, we men demand the right to be in charge of our own bodies.  I don’t want anyone – government – and particularly women – to attempt to invade my PRIVATE world.

          Hopefully the good lady legislators in Missouri will not emulate their cohorts from Ohio. 

                                               

                                                Carl B. Foster

                                                660-747-3569

A DOUBLE WHAMMY

          It has been a while since my last “Letter to the Editor,” and a number of  my friends often ask me, “When can we see another letter?”  My standard response has been, “When some idiot does something stupid.”

          Today my ship came home.  Not ONE but TWO stupid actions – both worthy of comment and both reported in the Star Journal.

          The first one nearly made me cry when I think of all the good that could have been done with the $21 million wasted on a meaningless primary.  But, our illustrious Star Journal editor covered that subject very well, so I won’t dwell on it. 

          The second stupid event was also instigated by our elected representatives in Jefferson City, and it really did make me cry.  There apparently is a Hall of Famous Missourians in the State Capitol, and it is the prerogative of the Speaker of the House, Steven Tilley, to select the inductees.  Honoring outstanding Missourians is certainly a worthy project.  But guess who Speaker Tilley is selecting?

          Unbelievable, but true.  He selected Rush Limbaugh who must be every woman’s nightmare.  Limbaugh, as most of you must have heard, reached a new low when he called a graduate law student at Georgetown University a prostitute and demanded that she video-tape her sexual activity so he could see her “doing it.”   This was in response to this young lady stating her views on contraception and the health of women in testimony before a Congressional Committee.

          Speaker Tilley said that the Hall honors “famous Missourians” – not “universally loved Missourians.”  So, why isn’t Jesse James among those so honored?  All I know is if Limbaugh is “enshrined” in the Hall of Famous Missourians, I’m going to quit claiming Missouri as my state.

          I’m sure glad we have an excess of stupidity among our state’s legislators.  Gives me something to write about.