The latest 2008 Presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, is using a grant from the largess of the Bush administration to ensure that black and Hispanic 12 - 14 year-olds in Massachusetts learn about abstinence. I'm not against abstinence but this federal program is spending $50 million of our money and it is given to states only if their sex education program does not consider condoms or other methods of birth control.
The goal of preventing births to teenagers is laudable. But, why is there only one way of achieving the goal? This is another example of our money being spent on religious prejudice.
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I believe in abstinence for old folks. No Viagra. Sorry, I'm peeved that my email is always full of sexual enhancement ads. Why aren't the sex police bitching about God's intentions on this front.
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