Abstinence-only: Custer had a plan, too

[sigma7]

It'd be funny if it weren't so depressing.

An Ohio school board is expanding sex education following the revelation that 13 percent of one high school's female students were pregnant last year.

There were 490 female students at Timken High School in 2005, and 65 were pregnant, WEWS-TV in Cleveland reported.

The new Canton school board program promotes abstinence but also will teach students who decide to have sex how to do so responsibly, bringing the city school district's health curriculum in line with national standards.

Comments

[iamstillthemoon.livejournal.com]

Teens who have sex are sinners, and being punished only means asking forgiveness and taking responsibility for their actions. Pre-marital sexual activity talks promote irresponsibility, not responsibility by promoting the idea that there are no rules in the minds of teenagers. It's disgusting.

[adele87.livejournal.com]

You know, marriage was created by society and churches. Cavemen had "pre-marital sex".

[iamstillthemoon.livejournal.com]

Cavemen never existed because evolution is bunk.

I believe we are set to agree to disagree.

[adele87.livejournal.com]

Yeah and you know what? There was a point when humans were around AND marriage didn't exist either.

[iamstillthemoon.livejournal.com]

Yes, but there was an acknowledged God being served and looked to for guidance in deciding unions as a whole. God made Eve for Adam and therefore they were married under God. They therefore taught their children to look to God for everything--therefore the ritual of marriage was technically there.

[dvandom.livejournal.com]

That's the key. Sinners, not lawbreakers (in most states, anyway). Public policy should not be based around SIN. Punishing teens by keeping them ignorant is bad public policy.

[iamstillthemoon.livejournal.com]

Abstinence does not teach ignorance. Abstinence teaches the consequences of sex and says to not do them. It does not keep them ignorant. It keeps them healthy and mentally sound.