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BOSTON -- Officials at the Saint Kevin School in Dorchester are upset over a safe sex ad promoting condom use that has been placed across the street from the school.
The billboard ad, part of a city-wide campaign which promotes condom use, displays two hands holding a condom and asks people to get tested for AIDS. The ad is one of three in the city of Boston sponsored by the Boston Public Health Commission, which said that it is promoting condom use in the prominently African American community.
"We really wanted to get the message out there that HIV and AIDS is a concern for all residents of the city," Dr. Nancy Norman, Boston Public Health Commission, said. "But we especially wanted to make sure that we got that message out to communities of color because we know that the rates are rising in the black and latino communities."
City officials recieved only one complaint regarding the billboard, coming from administrators at the Saint Kevin School. The Catholic school is across the street from where the ad is, and students have a clear view of it from their classrooms.
Officials at the Saint Kevin School were not available for comment, however some residents epressed their concern.
"I was shocked at first because it's so blatant," Cheryl Melvin said.
The ad campaign, which started during gay pride week in June, includes two other billboards and smaller signs on buses and in stores. The campaign is only for one month, and Mayor Menino promises that the billboard will be remove prior to the beginning of the school year.
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