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Obama Cuts Abstinence-Only Education From Budget, and Good Riddance

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name of 2:37PM June 12, 2010

I never comment on these articles, but I just can't keep my mouth shut on this one. I quote Mrs. Erbe: "Can you imagine the hubbub that would have exploded if liberals forced children of conservative families to learn in public school that they must have sex?" I hope that she can see how this question is not helping her to prove her point. It is like saying, "Can you imagine the uproar if we started teaching our students that they had to cheat?" or "Boy, those conservatives sure would be in a tizzy if we started teaching students to hate people with blue eyes!" Of course society would have a problem with all three of these teachings - because we should be teaching the opposite! Cheating and prejudice are unacceptable and immoral behaviors, as is premarital sex. Abstinence is the only way to 100% prevent the heart-ache that can be caused by premarital sex, and this is especially important at such a young age.

Lauren Lauren Bo Bauren of TN 9:53PM June 02, 2010

Having been blessed with having my daughter in one of Debbie Barnes (comment above) abstinence education groups, I am very proud to say when she got married in 2005, she and her husband were both virgins...not only because of their belief in God but knowing this was not something they needed to do to their bodies and their future spouse!
Shame on any of you that think it is better to education CHILDREN (because teenagers are NOT adults) on how to have sex rather than saving themselves for one person (their future spouse)! No wonder abortion is rampant in our country since some people put so low a value on virginity! Why should a baby's life be worth any more to those people??

Jane from TN of TN 4:37PM June 02, 2010

i have been an abstinence educator for over 15 years and have seen it work overwhelmingly well. I have had students, male and female, come to me afterwards and thank me for sharing the entire truth with them about pregnancy, disease, heart break, as well as medical information that is very thorough by the Medical Institute, a head runner for the latest statistics on sexual activity here in the US. Here's just one of the many comments I have received after an abstinence only class "thank you for giving me reasons not to have sex. It's what I needed to hear." I don't know exactly where some of the statistics are coming from that say that abstinence does not work, but I know for a fact, it does. Teens need to hear more than what they get from the media, planned parenthood, etc. We give them all the facts, and let them decide. We do give them biological info., but we do not give them information about ways to have sex....that would be talking out of both sides of the mouth, so to speak, and our teens are too smart for that.
D. Barnes, Tennessee

debbie barnes of TN 3:41PM June 02, 2010