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I can't speak for any other areas, but I know that when the issue was raised here somewhat recently, the Wake County School Board here kept the curriculum to abstinence only before a heterosexual, monogamous marriage. There's a difference between saying it's okay not to have sex and saying that you can't have sex, period. As it is, the system here isn't being at all open-minded, factual, or even very smart. Nearly everybody I've talked to about sex-ed already knows a helluva lot more than the class is teaching and views the whole thing as a joke because it's so close-minded while it simultaneously lies about facts.
When I rant to my dad about this, because I took sex-ed in Wake County and live there now, he just says, "Well, what else're they gonna teach?" (Sometimes I wonder if my lineage actually intersects with his...)
Maybe they could start teaching that having sex before marriage is actually pretty common. Maybe they could teach more about contraceptives so that kids actually know about them and how to use them as opposed to being totally ignorant of them and having unprotected sex. And instead of telling Johnny that sex before marriage is going to ruin his life, maybe they could try pointing out that sex is a healthy part of any long-term relationship, but should be taken just as seriously. It's not like I'm advocating that they teach sexual positions in school, I just want them to tell the truth and be open-minded to the fact that accepting pre-marital sex is not at all the same as advocating for it.
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