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See http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/11/12/AR2007111201716.html

RICHMOND, Nov. 12 — Virginia Gov. Timothy M. Kaine has cut off state funding for abstinence-only sex education programs, citing recent studies finding that teenagers should also be taught about birth control and condoms to protect against pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

Kaine (D) submitted plans last month to close a budget shortfall in part by eliminating a $275,000 matching grant for a federal program that provided funds for 14 nonprofit groups that taught abstinence only.

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Planned Parenthood of Virginia, which had lobbied for the change in policy, sent out a statement Monday praising Kaine for joining its nationwide campaign to eliminate abstinence-only programs, which urge youths to refrain from sex until marriage.

“There is no evidence that abstinence-only programs equip teens with the education they need to delay sexual activity or prevent unintended pregnancies or the spread of sexually transmitted disease,” said Becky Reid, an organizer for Planned Parenthood Health Systems.

On that subject......Do you expect me (or other Christian teacher) to justify every program taught in my school? Am I to go into every classroom burning books that offend me? Demand that every teacher get down on their knees and pray for salvation? Stand at the corners while students pass and preach from John?

If I did any of those acts, I would be an incompetent teacher. I was hired to teach reading, not to be the censor or religious studies teacher. My classroom is my domain and I am responsible for everything that goes on within it.