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Lawmakers need to vote ‘no’ on sex ed
Published Monday, May 5, 2008
The Center for Disease Control (CDC) is now telling us that one in four teenage girls is infected with a sexually transmitted disease (STD). "Comprehensive" sex education advocates preach "more condoms." The Minnesota Family Institute preaches that a sexually-active lifestyle should have no part of a young student's curriculum (March Newsletter).
In Minnesota, mandatory "comprehensive" sex education would encourage 7-12 graders to develop their own sexual identity separate from their parents' influence. Many parents find this unacceptable because comprehensive sex education (SF3349) represents homosexual behavior as "normal" and represents abortion as a favorable alternative to having a baby. The Democratic Party leadership deceptively names SF3349 as "Responsible Family Life and Sexuality Education Programs." That's hogwash.
There's only one strategy that prevents both STD and HIV, and it's not part of SF3349. Call or e-mail your legislators now and tell them to vote "no" on comprehensive sex education (SF3349).
John Holley
Ironton
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Good luck with the "no sex" plan. This has never worked in the past and will not work in the future. Educating our children will go much further towards preventing disease, if that is what you are interested in preventing. Sounds more like you are interested in pushing your religious beliefs.
Posted by farmguy39 (anonymous) on May 5, 2008 at 12:47 p.m. (Suggest removal)
its also a strategy thats been proven time and again not to work
teenagers and young adults have been having sex outside of marriage since marriage began.
better you give em a change to know all the options before more of this happens
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/05/04/teen.bi...
Posted by jafo (anonymous) on May 6, 2008 at 12:06 a.m. (Suggest removal)
Sticking your head in the sand doesn't solve anything. Reality... ever heard of it? Oh, and guess what? IF a person IS homosexual... that IS normal for them. Education is a good thing, despite what some people would say... you can never have too much information.
Posted by Stonewall (anonymous) on May 6, 2008 at 10:43 a.m. (Suggest removal)
SF3349 is not about government advocating and or "promoting" sexual activity amongst teens, it is about leaders taking a proactive measure to educate teens of the possible consequences of thier actions. In a perfect world all parents would be teaching sex education to thier teens in thier homes. Studies have shown most of us don't do that, or at least don't go into detail. The bottom line is that a problem does exist, and doing nothing about it, is not a solution.
Posted by Elizabeth (anonymous) on May 6, 2008 at 9:23 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Ten bucks says the writer of this letter thinks that teaching kids medically accurate information about sex and contraception will make them have sex.
I don't know if I'm more shocked that people who support abstinence-only sex ed still exist, or how horribly uninformed this writer is.
Posted by chrreed (anonymous) on May 7, 2008 at 11:31 p.m. (Suggest removal)
Sometimes the only sex education that a kid gets is through the school district. Sorry to say that but it is true. I know because my parents never sat me down for the talk. They just didn't feel comfortable bringing the subject up and neither did I at the time. It was a good thing that the school taught me something about it or who knows what I would have learned on the street!
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