================================================ Subject: NCR: Hey Chastity...were you aware of this? From: "Joe Earles" To: Date: Wed 6 Feb 2002 10:35:15 -0500 ================================================ Olympics Visitors Will Be Offered Condoms, Lip Balm Wed Feb 6, 9:40 AM ET SALT LAKE CITY (Reuters) - About 250,000 condoms will be handed out to visitors of the Winter Olympics in "safe sex packs" that also include lip balm and hand warmers. SafeGames 2002, an umbrella group of 14 health groups, will have 120 volunteers wearing bright orange caps on the streets of Salt Lake City during the Games, opening Friday. Robert Jones, spokesman for the Utah AIDS Foundation, said the initiative was backed by the city's mayor but his group had not sought approval from Games organizers. Volunteers will operate outside official Olympic venues except in a couple of places where the Red Cross will hand out packs inside Games locations. The packs will include two condoms, a coil, lip balm, hand warmers, information on safe sex and emergency phone numbers, including those of local taxi companies. About 100,000 packs will be distributed and volunteers will also hand out around 50,000 condoms, Jones said. "The only people who want condoms are the people who are having sex. And I think we should encourage safer sex," Salt Lake City Mayor Rocky Anderson was quoted as saying in the Deseret News. The Mormon religion, followed by around half the Salt Lake City population, frowns on sex outside marriage. A local anti-abortion group, Generation Life, has already protested about free condoms being available in the athletes' village. About 1.6 million spectators are expected in Salt Lake City for the 17-day Games. To unsubscribe or change your preferences for the Creed-Discuss list, visit: http://www.winduplist.com/ls/discuss/form.asp