> From: John D. Giorgis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > At 02:09 PM 3/12/2004 -0800 Deborah Harrell wrote: > >I am likewise incensed that *my* tax dollars go to > >fund abstinence-only programs (which in MN at least > >have failed to prevent teen pregnancy - see my post on > >the ENABL report), and faith-based anything, as these > >violate 'separation of church and state.' > > First, the is no a priori religious connection to abstinence. There are a > number of very sound reasons for strongly advising high school students - > and younger, to not have sex.
Who does the government turn to when they want to preach right-wing propaganda in the Schools? They turn to Right-Wing Sugar-Daddy Moon, a Cultist and The Biggest backer of right-wingers and right-wing propaganda. Who does the government turn to when they want to pretend to fight HIV in afrika? They turn to Right-Wing Sugar-Daddy Moon. > Secondly, even the recent study of "virginity pledges" found that > abstinence-only education was successful in prolonging the first incident > of intercourse and had fewer sexual partners - which may well both be > worthy goals. In addition, it is worth noting that non-abstinence programs > tend to overlook the fact that condoms are not effective at preventing a > number of serious STD's. I should note, however, that I am very skeptical > of this study, as it found that 99% of non-pledgers had sex before marriage > and a whopping 88% of pledgers had sex before marriage. Those numbers > don't appear to add up to me..... 93-97% of all teenagers having sex before > marriage????? What bizzarro world have you been living in? <<http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/shows/georgia/>> _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
