04/01/2005
Government website on abstinence "dictates values" and should be taken down, critics say. The website also suggests that parents who discover their children are gay and lesbian should take them to a therapist who shares their values. What's next, shock treatments?
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Posted 11:00 AM EST by Andy Towle in Elsewhere | Permalink
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I think "deprogramming" will be next. Teen queers, if a minivan with a lot of really uptight-looking men in suits starts slowing down suspiciously next to you, RUN AWAY!
Posted by: Glenn | Apr 1, 2005 6:25:50 PM
The most awkward conversation starters ever (from the site):
"That song has a good beat, but the song makes it seem like having sex makes you a man (or woman). Do you think that's true?
They never talk about STDs on that television show, even though they have lots of stuff about sex. Have you heard about anybody at your school who has gotten an STD?
I heard a commercial on the radio about always being prepared by having condoms. Do you or your friends think that condoms really make sex safe?"
If my mother ever even began to talk like that, with such awkward questions, I would be like you gotta be fucking kidding me, I'm outta here. This site doesn't seem to offer any real help to parents about sex.
Posted by: duckluck | Apr 1, 2005 7:50:27 PM
One other thing -
When more than 60% of studentat at my inner city public high school say that they're sexually active in confidential surveys, I think it's safe to say that abstinance only education shit doesn't work and scaring kids from using condoms is an even worse idea. But then, I'm stateing the obvious... I despise this administration's morality.
Posted by: duckluck | Apr 1, 2005 7:53:04 PM