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Only in Utah...
#1
Only in Utah...
...would they have a bill that prohibits teaching kids about birth control. Doh

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/02/23...97238.html

Quote:A bill requiring sex education classes to teach an abstinence-only curriculum moved closer to becoming a law in Utah Wednesday.

The state House passed HB 363 in a 45-28 vote following extensive debate. The bill -- which now goes on to the state Senate -- would lift the current requirement that all public schools must teach sex ed in grades 8 through 12. If the bill passes, districts would decide whether to offer sex ed classes that teach an abstinence-only curriculum, or not offer the course at all. Republican state Rep. Bill Wright sponsored the proposal.
Don’t ask.

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#2
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sex education in public school across the U.S. sucks in general especially in conservative states. This is why those states have such high rate of teen pregnancy and probably STDs and HIV
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#3
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Wow, so its either teach the kids abstinence or not teach them at all?

I can see that back-firing big style! The more you tell kids not to do something the more they are intrigued....
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Teach them nothing, or teach them nothing, brilliant play.
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#5
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WTF is wrong with these people? They're living in a dream world.
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#6
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They think children are a punishment for being sinful.

Which explains why they protect the damn embryo up until birth, then it's free to be a burden on their sinful mother who had sex out of wedlock...

That's the only reason I can fathom why 'abstinence only' or nothing thinking exists -- that the children would serve as a living 'Scarlet Letter' to that damn bitch for not closing her legs because Jeezus...
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#7
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They should ask Sarah Palin how well preaching abstinence only works.
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#8
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This is actually hilarious. I'm waiting for statistics in 2020 to say which states have the highst teenage birth rate and abortion rates. I'm putting a $100 on Utah.
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#9
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(February 25, 2012 at 4:09 am)aleialoura Wrote: WTF is wrong with these people? They're living in a dream world.

It's called christianity.
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