Tennessee governor signs controversial "gateway sexual activity" bill

[sarcasmo]

Source: Reuters

Snip < Tennessee teachers can no longer condone so-called "gateway sexual activity" such as touching genitals under a new law that critics say is too vague and could hamper discussion about safe sexual behavior.


Snip< president of the Family Action Council of Tennessee, which pushed the bill, said it does not ban kissing or holding hands from discussion in sex education classes. But he said it addresses the touching of certain "gateway body parts," including genitals, buttocks, breasts and the inner thigh.

Read more: http://news.yahoo.com/tennessee-governor-signs-gateway-sexual-activity-bill-001703989.html

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The American version of the Taliban.

[jberryhill]

1. This bill was watered down by the elbow fetish lobby

[Hugin]

2. Be afraid of sex.... Be very afraid!

Boogah! Boogah!

[roguevalley]

20. someone got weaned too young

I think the Gop have lost their minds

[cstanleytech]

37. Well then they should try bending over and seeing if maybe

its in the same place they have their heads inserted.

[no_hypocrisy]

3. It will be invalidated when challenged on constitutional grounds as too vague and extending

overbreadth to include conventional behavior.

[valerief]

4. No more trips to the gynecologist! nt

[Wait Wut]

5. That's it. I'm getting my eyes checked.

I read: "Gateley sexual activity" bill.

Look, I like Gateley and all, but I don't think we need a law keeping track of his sexual activity. It's not like he's an orangutan or some sort of endangered swallow. (The word "swallow" has no sexual connotation whatsoever. Get your mind out of the gutter.)

And then...I read it again. Oh. "Gateway body parts". That's just fascinating. Depending on your fetish, that could be eyebrows. Tennessee family reunions are going to get really boring. (GOP families, not good Democratic families that are stereotyped because they live in TN. I understand. I live in AZ.)

[LynneSin]

6. And these people were afraid that Sharia law would take over the land

They're just creating their own

[Blue_Tires]

10. the crazies hate competition

[freshwest]

16. The anti-Muslim thing was a shell game. See, no burka! Everything else, but...

[atreides1]

19. The reality is

That they were against the Islamic version of Sharia law...this law and others like it is what they've always been in favor of...you see it's the "Christian" version, not the ones that the heathens adhere to.

[indivisibleman]

35. isn't that the truth!

[KG]

7. some days i think this country is just circling the drain...

[awoke_in_2003]

38. Truthfully...

I think we are almost to the p-trap

[C_U_L8R]

8. Obama's FORWARD strategy

Is looking more brilliant everyday.

[Botany]

9. gateway body parts?

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When I was a teen or in my twenties my gateway body parts was having a
girl touch me.

Old white dudes w/ too much time telling people that they are not related to
on how to act.

****** maybe "the kids" could pull out a picture of



David Fowler of the Tennessee Society of sticking their noses where they
don't belong and that would kill the mood.

Way to go Tennessee get that teen pregnancy up there with Mississippi and other
places that teach only sex education that doesn't cover sex.

[lastlib]

11. Q: What's the difference between a conservative and a wood tick?

A: One is an insidious, primitive, small-brained, disease-carrying, bloodsucking parasite--the other one is an insect.

[IDemo]

13. Perfect!

[cosmicone]

15. LMAO

Ticks are arachnids and not insects but hilarious nevertheless.

[lonestarnot]

23. What he said!

K & R!

[fascisthunter]

12. religious nutcase with sexual hang-ups

stop trying to control people, you totalitarian undemocratic dorks.

[rurallib]

14. better start building jails

maybe this is just a way to fill the jails for the for-profit prison companies.

[christx30]

17. I'm not sure I get the

problem with this law. From what I read, it's about teachers getting kids to touch each other for educational purposes?
Is that not correct? "hey Jim. Why don't you go ahead and get to second base with Jessica?"

[roguevalley]

21. paybacks. the authors didn't get any in high school

[mbperrin]

22. Read it again. The teacher will not be allowed to discuss those body parts in relation

to sex education.

Literally, the teachers will be able to teach holding hands. And kissing.

[Marrah_G]

39. You need to go back and read it

It bans the discussion of anything except abstinence, hand holding and kissing. Basically sex ed will consist of........." someday when you get married you might hold hands and kiss your spouse and then you can have a BABY!"

[Lionessa]

18. "condone"?? I don't think teachers should condone

or condemn. It's simply their job to teach the facts. This stops all discussion though, entirely ridiculous.

[Scuba]

24. "Kissing and hugging are the last stop before reaching Groin Central Station."

[olegramps]

25. I wonder when they are going to jail kids for playing doctor.

[riderinthestorm]

27. Or the infamous football butt slap of joy

this law is ridiculous

[Iliyah]

26. Why are these religious nutjobs

worried about whats going on in my life? Now you have to hide your feelings in public, what the hell? Now peole will have to sneak and duck. Hell you might as well put women on one side of the state and males on the other if they are not married. This is fucked up, severely and seriously.

Legislators from the party of the insane need to open up their eyes. The same people who are instilling these types of law are their themselves perverted, only sick minds think like this. This has nothing to do with GOD.

[DFW]

28. Next thing in Tennessee: mandatory earplugs

The ears are gateway organs for extremely dangerous things, such as ideas, and
a good Christian state like Tennessee can't allow such radical things entering the
gateways of its students, can it?

[OVERPAID01]

29. Very confused

I am not being sarcastic, I read this twice, and don't get it. What is it they are outlawing? Could someone take the time to explain what this law even means in layman terms. People can't discuss these things, can't perform them or what? Don't understand why a teacher would need to touch people in this manner to teach a class...

Seriously I am missing the point of this law, feel really dumb. I am usually able to read between the lines on these kinds of laws, but I find my self clueless as to the point of or even the meaning of this law passed. It is vague and confusing as towhat they are attempting to do or push.

[octothorpe]

31. I'm with you on that...

It seems like a law meant to protect some fucked up hypothetical situations that never happen (or at least are extremely rare and are probably covered under some other laws or rules)

[sarcasmo]

32. I'M pretty sure it's an attempt to keep teachers from discussing sex ed.

[truthisfreedom]

30. Remember, when you speak to someone, you're speaking to everyone they've spoken to, and everyone

they've spoken to, and so on and so on.

Always wear a gag.

And blinders.

And earplugs.

[quaker bill]

33. Kids will figure it out anyway

They just will not know how to avoid STDs and unwanted pregnancies. There is a ton of evidence for this. The body is pretty well programmed to strongly desire romantic / sexual activity at a certain age. Having raised two kids, there is this point where suddenly, personal hygene becomes very important to them. Up to that point you have to argue with them to get them to take a bath / shower, after it, they go on their own and take alot of time at it.... It turns like a light switch, in short order there is a boyfriend or girlfriend....

The force behind this sudden change is vastly more powerful than parents or teachers. Try to put a lid on it if you want to, it does not work.

[TygrBright]

34. "It is unclear from the bill's wording whether Tennessee teachers could promote masturbation."

Amazing.

Simply amazing. OK, here is my mental picture of the first day of what back in my day was called the "Interpersonal Hygeine" unit of "Health" class.

"OK, settle down, students. We're ready to... Michael, was that your ring tone I just heard? I want you to bring that phone up here, turn it off, and leave it on my desk until it's time to go. Now." (waits....) "Alright, thanks. I know, you just forgot to turn it off. Anyone else 'just forget?' Now's your chance to turn 'em off, because the next one will go to the office until the end of the day." (some rustling...)

"Alright, then. Today we're starting our "Interpersonal Hygeine" unit, which covers the physiological processes of reproductional maturation and how this affects persons in adolescence who should never ever ever ever even consider doing anything that might involve physical contact more explicit than a very short handshake. Meaning, all of you. I'll take questions as we go along... yes, Monique?"

"What's 'reproductional maturation?'"

"Good question, Monique, glad you asked that. 'Reproductional maturity' is the physiological state of being capable of human reproduction."

"You mean... sex? Sexual maturity?"

"I'm not allowed to say that, Monique. For now, we're using 'reproductional maturity.' So, we have two basic items to cover here, and then we can move on to our next unit on anabolic steroids. First item: Young men, keep your hands and every other body part to yourselves. Second item: Young women. If you allow more than two square inches of skin anywhere between your collarbone, wrist bones, and ankle bones to be seen, it's your own fault if you get raped and pregnant, and there will be no abortion for you. That concludes out unit on reproductional maturity. Any questions, students?"

(Long silence. Just as the teacher is about to speak again a hand goes up.)

"Yes, Marshall?"

"Umm... if we're supposed to keep our hands to ourselves, does that mean it's okay to... um... I mean, can we... uh..." (trails off. Teacher consults a heavy stack of paper, flips through...)

"The lege doesn't say, Marshall. Fap at your own risk. Alright, class. Anabolic steroids, who knows what they are?"

The stakes for this year's "Stupidest State Legislature" award are pretty high. My money's still on Arizona but I have to admit Tennessee & Kansas' entries are impressive!

amazedly,
Bright

[sarcasmo]

40. Nailed it

[rug]

36. Thank God feet are not off limits.

[CarmanK]

41. POOR, PATHETIC BACK WOODS TN. With all the farms, U wld hardly think kids don't know abt sex

This is just another example of where the state should really stay out of the business of regulating sex. Just who is going to be the SEX POLICE?? As if law enforcement doesn't have enuf troubles in UNJUST TN. Now they want to add another egregious attack on human dignity and rights in the state.