Slog - Comments on We've Heard This Song Before http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before Someone wake me when the Bush administration is over: Experts say sex abstinence program doesn't work Programs teaching U.S. schoolchildren to abstain from sex have not cut teen pregnancies or sexually transmitted diseases or delayed the age at which sex begins, health groups told Congress on Wednesday. The Bush administration, however, voiced continuing support for such programs during a hearing before a House of Representatives panel even as many Democrats called for cutting off federal money for so-called abstinence-only instruction. "This is starting to get monotonous," says Slog tipper Karla. I couldn't agree more. And you know what else is... Copyright 2008 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:05:30 -0800 Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:17:03 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Will in Seattle Actually, they're more into multiple child brides for old white guys.

Pay attention to what they do, not what they say.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before#c1005220 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before#c1005220 Sex Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:09:57 -0800 Comment by Youth Pastor Hey, I'm all in favor of teen sex.

]]> Youth Pastor http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before#c1005228 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before#c1005228 Sex Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:15:03 -0800 Comment by Providence Dan, if we wake you up when the Bush administration is over, should we knock you unconscious when the McCain administration begins?

Of course I will have already drunk myself into a coma by inauguration day, so you'll have to find someone else to do it.

]]> Providence http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before#c1005235 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before#c1005235 Sex Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:23:11 -0800 Comment by Jiberish more reason to let the lieberman/clinton wing of the party go

]]> Jiberish http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before#c1005260 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before#c1005260 Sex Thu, 24 Apr 2008 10:48:41 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle 170 days and a wakeup.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before#c1005339 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before#c1005339 Sex Thu, 24 Apr 2008 11:38:11 -0800 Comment by Kat What IS Obama's stance on abstinence only?

Dammit, now I gotta go do research. *grumbles* I hate reading stuff.

]]> Kat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before#c1005528 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before#c1005528 Sex Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:19:45 -0800 Comment by V For Kat @6 and other curious souls,

Google indicates that the Freepers and WorldCatholicDaily are up in arms about Obama talking about the need for comprehensive sex education. He said that encouraging abstinence for kids is nice and should continue, but there will be many kids who have sex anyway and we need to educate them as well.

Here's a transcript of his comments, and his answers to a questionnaire about sexual and reproductive health issues.

]]> V http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before#c1005566 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before#c1005566 Sex Thu, 24 Apr 2008 13:37:19 -0800 Comment by Kat w00. Thank you, V.

]]> Kat http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before#c1005658 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/04/weve_heard_this_song_before#c1005658 Sex Thu, 24 Apr 2008 14:17:03 -0800