Thursday, November 10, 2005

Rep. Mark Olson and Personal Rapid Transit

Representative Mark Olson of Big Lake is a big supporter of PRT. He introduced a bunch of PRT bills in the 2005 Minnesota legislative session. Mark Olson, a Republican even has links to Taxi 2000 on his campaign website .

Rep. Mark Olson has some other weird ideas:


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March 26, 2003

Purity test

by Asa Wilson

"Many women have a stash of memories of high school romances to look back on, images that can still fill the stomach with a tingling of excitement. And while most of us hope that young women remember their first explorations of sexuality without an aftertaste of fear and guilt, state Rep. Mark Olson (R) of Big Lake has another vision in mind: a new breed of modest teens who wouldn't dream of physical intimacy before marriage.

"Speaking recently at a House Education Policy Committee meeting, in support of a bill promoting an abstinence-only education curriculum, Olson, the vice chair of the committee, stunned onlookers with comments about the importance of protecting a woman's modesty. Olson later told MWP: "A woman's modesty is her natural protection... Some sex education encourages touching and intimacy. They need to protect their purity."

"Olson expressed fear that young women who are taught to safely enjoy their sexuality will become insatiable sexual monsters. "It leads young ladies to be very free with their bodies," he said. "They will be harmed permanently for life. Some people believe that a young woman can grow up and have sex with hundreds and hundreds of men and it's no big deal."


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