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Mar 1, 2008

Joan

The Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) and Office of Public Instruction (OPI) have appointed two new members to the Montana AIDS Review Panel. Joan Uda, columnist for the Helena Independent Record newspaper, retired United Methodist minister, former state attorney, and legal advisor to Governor Tom Judge, is filling the position of faith community representative. Kayla Hanna, a junior at Helena High School, has joined the panel as student representative.
…a brief checklist for you to consider when creating your (who?) health promotion materials.
The panel, a joint committee of DPHHS and OPI, is a requirement of cooperative agreements with the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and serves to consider the appropriateness of messages designed to communicate AIDS prevention information to various population groups.

This appointment must be part and parcel of the faith base intrusion into our state government programs. What do they mean by “consider the appropriateness of messages” Is she going to stand up and say "Would Jesus Approve of this Message?" I don’t know how having this irrational person on this board is helpful other than making nice. She does have connections and was involved in politics in the 70's. I have to give her that.
She is obviously a liberal Christian but that doesn't make it much better. Like Sam Harris says, the liberal and moderate Christians are guilty of supporting religious fundamentalism by saying Nothing against them. The silence is telling.

In today’s Helena IR
Joan says Influenza is a blessing (people can die from this Joan)

Typical sappy muddled thinking or she couldn’t think of anything else to write. And by the way how did she get this gig? She is a retired United Methodist (United?) minister who has been writing such things like this for the Helena IR (I don't know how long). This one was on Saturday, not in the religious section on Sunday where it belongs.

Removed referenced article per Joan Uda

NO! Give me a break. The fever must have burned out a few brain cells or she was delirious

I’m sure she is probably a very nice woman, and I probably shouldn’t make fun of her, but someone has to do it. I know other people think this she is harmless and don’t say anything.

People like me do not think this kind of cognitive dissonance is harmless.

Irrational people make bad decisions

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