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Abstinence. This makes no sense. Follow me here. Abortion is wrong because, heck, you could have aborted Beethoven or Einstein. I see this argument all the time. But Beethoven's or Einstein's parents could have just as easily prevented them by engaging in abstinence. So abstinence must be wrong too. When you reach puberty it is your god-given duty to have sex as often as possible and as fruitfully as possible.
"Doeth the rabbit of the field think unto himself that he shall abstain when he shall see before him a bit of hot tail. Nay, verily, and neither do I say this unto you." John 8:10 (this is the original coptic, which explains why the whore bit doesn't show up until the middle ages)

Posted by kinaidos | March 7, 2007 10:24 PM
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Josh, I want to know why Paull Shin voted against it when he was a sponsor of the bill.

Posted by cuyahoga | March 7, 2007 10:49 PM
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It would be interesting to find out why Paull Shin voted against it when he was a sponsor of the bill.

Posted by cuyahoga | March 7, 2007 10:50 PM
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Crap. Sorry for the double post.

Posted by cuyahoga | March 7, 2007 10:51 PM
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Hurray!

Posted by golob | March 7, 2007 11:33 PM
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triple crap - that a lot of crap
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GOOD WORK DEMS, ABOUT TIME TO BLAST THE FOLLY OF THE MORALITY POLICE

I raised three kids, gave them good books and condoms at puberty, a few very straight forward candid answers

All seem well adjusted, happily married. My daughter told me years later, she wasn't too active but her girlfriends really appreiated them.

May sanity and rational thinking prevail.

Posted by rorry | March 7, 2007 11:35 PM
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Nevertheless, teens do look at porn, no matter what it takes. I still remember my first porn, a picture captures from a computer hijacked on pcanywhere with a 14.4 modem (come to think of it, my mom's office had very weird ways of letting users access their email from home). Think slow, like 15-minutes-per-page slow. Especially since porn in those days was like car keys: you could be sure never to find any if you were looking for it.

Posted by Mokawi | March 8, 2007 12:08 AM
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The interesting thing is how many are in Middle School.

Seriously. At least, that's what my high school ages son told me.

Posted by Will in Seattle | March 8, 2007 12:09 AM
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My mom is a super christian. She comes from a family of super christians. In 1959, while in high school, and after being taught by her parents (and strict christian code) that NO SEX BEFORE MARRIAGE, aka abstinence.

Oddly enough she was either 3 months pregnant with my sister when she got married or my sister was 3 months premature. I'm guessing it was the first thing.

So, abstinence worked out real well for her. Oh yeah, they divorced in 1976. You guessed it, they are pro-life, anti-gay marriage.

Posted by monkey | March 8, 2007 6:38 AM
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Someone needs to ask the Republicans why they have this intense, bizarre fear of sex. If you read the Senate debate in the paper, it really sounds like they're about to become even more unhinged than usual. Didn't a study recently confirm that 95% of Americans have sex before marriage? Talk about hysterical denial of reality.

"Ignorance Only" education isn't policy; it's pathology.

Posted by Original Andrew | March 8, 2007 8:17 AM
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"Talk about hysterical denial of reality."

The hallmark of the religious right.

To tell you the truth, I don't have a problem with them sticking their heads in the sand. Just don't make everyone else subscribe to it. In other words, if you don't want your kids to hear about condoms, home school the little bastards.

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