Wisconsin Senate Bill Requires Sex Education Focus On Abstinence, Marriage

[bluestateguy]

I think if I had a kid in the Wisconsin public schools I would just yank him/her out of school during the sex ed unit.

Also, they want to promote marriage. So then what if a gay 16 year old boy or girl raises their hand and asks what they are supposed to do? Gays cannot marry in Wisconsin.

And I suppose these puritans would tell an unmarried man or woman at age 35 that they must remain celibate? Appalling.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/03/wisconsin-senate-bill-requires-abstinence-sex-ed_n_1074499.html

A bill that would require schools in Wisconsin to promote abstinence and marriage in sexual education classes has passed in the Senate, the Northwestern reported.

The bill, which passed 17-15 along party lines, wouldn't bar lessons on contraception, but mandates that curricula highlight abstinence as the only reliable way to avoid pregnancies and STD's.

The Republican-backed motion comes after Democrats passed a bill last year which regulated that sex ed lessons touch on all forms of contraception.

Democratic Sen. Jon Erpenbach argued against the legislation, telling FOX News that the passed bill is "taking a step back to the Flintstone era."

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[RKP5637]

1. Sometimes it's hard to tell which state is winning the race to the bottom. n/t

[johnd83]

2. Abstinence only education results in the highest teenage birth rates.

The impulse to breed is extremely strong. It is better to teach kids to use contraception so they are at least relatively safe. Telling them not to have sex is like telling them not to eat.

[saras]

3. Abstinence AFTER marriage. It's the Republican way.

[msongs]

4. this is religion based there unconstitutional nt