Danish Taxes Used for Hookers

No, it's not a scandal. It's public policy. Under the new 'Sex, irrespective of disability' initiative, the Danish government is hiring prostitutes to have sex once a month with disabled citizens.

I guess this is just one more example of how far out ahead of us the Europeans are when it comes to moral sensibilities. I mean we're still shucking off those Puritan roots while those kind-hearted Danes are taxing their citizens to buy sex for the handicapped. When will we stop being so close-minded and tight-fisted?

Actually the policy has many vehement critics at home, but its advocates are standing firm.

Stig Langvad of the country's Disabled Association said the politicians critical of the plan are showing "double standards".

He said: "The disabled must have the same possibilities as other people. Politicians can debate whether prostitution should be allowed in general, instead of preventing only the disabled from having access to it."

GREAT argument. I mean really when you think about it, if there's a group of people not having much sex and you don't use public funding to buy them prostitutes--that's pretty much outright discrimination. It's too bad Martin Luther King was taken away from us, cause I feel like he would have really gotten behind this one.