Project SOS is a controversial abstinence-only program -- based out of Jacksonville, FL -- that has come under increased scrutiny in recent weeks after the Florida Independent noted that its founder, Pam Mularkey, had close ties to a leading anti-gay pastor in Uganda who has called for the death penalty for gay people.

Moreover, Project SOS has come under fire from the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States, which said that Project SOS teaches misinformation and downright lies about HIV/AIDS to students. The American School Health Association also said that the curriculum that Project SOS uses in its abstinence-only work is "unacceptable," and does not do a good job of educating students on the issue of human sexuality.

So why is Jacksonville's Sheriff, John Rutherford, giving his full-throated endorsement to the program? 

Send Sheriff Rutherford a message that his office has no business endorsing a program that misleads students on such important issues as HIV/AIDS and human sexuality, as well as has ties to rabid homophobia in Uganda that could institute harsh laws criminalizing homosexuality with the death penalty or life imprisonment.

Does Sheriff Rutherford really want his office tied to something so vile?