Posted on 11/01/2006 10:48:21 AM PST by steve-b
WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2006 — If you're single and in your 20s, the federal government wants you to steer clear of sex.
That's the new guidance for states under the Department of Health and Human Services' $50 million Abstinence Education Program....
"Whatever happened to conservatives that were against big government," Wagoner asks. "If this isn't a waste of taxpayer dollars, what is?"
(Excerpt) Read more at abcnews.go.com ...
Whaaaaatt???!
If you're 30 and single, have as much sex as you want.
Government promoting morality and decency. What a concept.
So the govt is promoting a healthy lifestyle--is that a bad thing???
Should the govt encourage 20 year olds to act like bunnies???
If you're single, you shouldn't be having sex even if you're in your 30's.
LOL! I find this hard to believe! Is this the dim spin?
Let's see...I was born August 11, 1977...so that means...
Good point.
Government p!$$ing away our tax dollars. What a (familiar) concept.
It would fill up too much space to list all of it!
It would fill up too much space to list all of it!
On Aug.11, 2007 you can have as much sex as you want! :)
I am only 26, but I remeber that this was part of the old sex education classes. What is wrong with bringing it back?
well, this message is as mangled as a John Kerry joke.
And so the humor will flow from this. Everybody jokes and lies about sex matters.
Should government mandate that? I think not.
Hey, I'm liking this idea. Just think about "tax-payers dollars" for a second. Medical expenses for un-insured un-wed pregnancies, Medical expenses for infant care, Welfare up the kazoo for both mother and child, medical expenses for sexually transmitted diseases that keep on being transmitted, medical expenses for abortions and on and on.
"He says birth control is a smarter way to prevent pregnancies." Ya... that has worked so well.
"This is a clear signal that they're using these resources — taxpayer dollars — to promote an ideological agenda," Wagoner says. "It has nothing to do with public health."
I totally disagree: see above statements on medical expenses.
The headline is totally misleading. People should read the entire article. And as for the character quoted in your excerpt his main objection appears to be toward teaching abstinence:
Critics of the guidelines, such as James Wagoner, president of a group whose top goal is a "society that views sexuality as normal and healthy," say such statistics illustrate that most people in their 20s are already having sex.
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