http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/new_jersey_to_feds_s New Jersey officials rejected $800,000 in federal abstinence-education funds, saying the new rules bar teachers from talking about contraception and require them to describe sex within marriage as "the expected standard of human activity." New Jersey is the fourth state to reject abstinence education dollars. "Some of the elements required are inconsistent and violate our own educational standards," said Health Commissioner Fred M. Jacobs. But Jacobs said new guidelines require the organizations to follow all sections, including one that teaches that monogamous in marriage is the only expected standard and that sex outside of marriage is likely to have harmful... Copyright 2008 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:44:23 -0800 Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:52:59 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss I know it's the wheel of chance, but no Stranger writer posts anything for an hour, and then after I catch Jen's post, 6 (maybe 7 by this point) posts go up in the next hour. Perhaps we're all on the same wavelength? I like slogging about art and there were some good comments. Sorry Erica, for busting in here, maybe Jen will post something again soon. Again, sorry, and um, yes, preach abstinence, courtship, manners all that, I guess.

]]> jonathan http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/new_jersey_to_feds_s#c482613 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/new_jersey_to_feds_s#c482613 News Fri, 27 Oct 2006 14:50:22 -0800 Kudos to NJ...first the decision on gay marriages...now this. The Garden State's looking better every day!

]]> Joey in SF http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/new_jersey_to_feds_s#c482641 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/new_jersey_to_feds_s#c482641 News Fri, 27 Oct 2006 15:23:10 -0800 But everyone knows that abstinence makes the heart grow fonder ...

]]> mistress jerry rodham falwell http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/new_jersey_to_feds_s#c482679 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/new_jersey_to_feds_s#c482679 News Fri, 27 Oct 2006 16:21:50 -0800 So I'd like to know what other states rejected the money....

]]> Dianna http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/new_jersey_to_feds_s#c482745 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/new_jersey_to_feds_s#c482745 News Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:33:04 -0800 PA, CA, and ME. It's in the article :)

]]> Em from Philly http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/new_jersey_to_feds_s#c482756 http://slog.thestranger.com/2006/10/new_jersey_to_feds_s#c482756 News Fri, 27 Oct 2006 17:52:59 -0800