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Originally Posted by twistedmosaic
I don't understand what you're objecting to, then...that's sex education. Abstinence-only sex education answers NO to all of those questions, and Palin's policies, which you claim to support, would not address any of those issues.
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My view of sex and marriage differs from Palin's. I have never read or heard of her taking a position against sex education. My view also differs from some on the left, simply in regards to having a clear and consistent expectation of abstinence. My fear is that some in the school system would treat the issue too casually for my taste. The attitude of passing out condoms and thinking that is a good thing is a joke in my view. If you give a boy a condom, he is going to be doubly motivated to use it. When he tries to use it, he won't - or he will only have one but need two. I think people wanted to paint me as some extreme religious zealot regarding sex. I have no hang-ups and most of the conservatives that I know don't differ much from the way I see it - including Palin.
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Also: If you agree that teen birth is bad, why wouldn't you like teenagers to be on birth control?
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That is a decision for the girl, her parents and her doctor. I don't want a teacher saying - "girl, you need to start taking birth control pills, here is a number to a free clinic that will hook you up." I want that teacher to say - talk to your parents and your doctor. Period.
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You're applying logic to a situation that doesn't involve it, by making the statistically unfounded assumption that teenagers with easy access to birth control are more likely to have sex. The only thing they're more likely to do is not become parents.
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I was a teen once. I went to a school with an above average teen pregnancy rate. My sister had two children before she was 20. I knew a person who died of AIDs in his 20's. Generally, I would say I went to a school that treated students like cattle. I have a 12 year-old son and I started talking to him about sex several years ago. When you think he has absorbed information, you later find out he really did not. If he had sex with a girl today, he would not fully understand the risks. He doesn't understand the risks in many things he does. Teens process information differently than adults do. Mentally he is not prepared. Will he be at 13? I don't know, but it won't be because of a lack of access to information. I don't want some uncaring teacher to undo what I am trying to do - they need to tell him to talk to me.