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Originally Posted by aceventura3
You will have to show me, I have not found where her position differs that much. I know her view is that sex should come after marriage, but that is her view on sex in general and I don't care if a person is married or not. My message to my son is to find a partner you can trust. Trust is earned.
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Q: Will you support funding for abstinence-until-marriage education instead of for explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics, and the distribution of contraceptives in schools?
A: Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support.
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Source: Eagle Forum 2006 Gubernatorial Candidate Questionnaire Jul 31, 2006
From Wikipedia, the article on abstinence-until-marriage education, which redirects to abstinence-only sex education:
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Abstinence-only sex education is a form of sex education that emphasizes abstinence from sex to the exclusion of all other types of sexual and reproductive health education, particularly regarding birth control and safe sex. This type of sex education promotes sexual abstinence until marriage and either completely avoids any discussion about the use of contraceptives, or only reveals failure rates associated with such use.
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And just in case you still want to argue terms, from later in the same article, emphasis mine:
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In 1996, the federal government attached a provision to a welfare reform law establishing a program of special grants to states for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. The program, Title V, § 510(b) of the Social Security Act (now codified as 42 U.S.C. § 710b), is commonly known as Title V. It created very specific requirements for grant recipients. [...] Title V-funded programs were not permitted to advocate or discuss contraceptive methods except to emphasize their failure rates.
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It's not just her view. Title V sex education programs are required to push the only safe option being sex in a marriage--not a committed relationship, marriage.