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Govt. Tells Singles No Sex Till You're 30
ABSNews Health ^ | 10/31/06 | Brian Hartman

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 ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: genx; government; nannystate; sex
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Good question.
1 posted on 11/01/2006 10:48:23 AM PST by steve-b
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To: steve-b

Whaaaaatt???!


2 posted on 11/01/2006 10:49:20 AM PST by Alex1977
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To: steve-b

If you're 30 and single, have as much sex as you want.


3 posted on 11/01/2006 10:49:34 AM PST by HaveHadEnough
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To: steve-b

Government promoting morality and decency. What a concept.


4 posted on 11/01/2006 10:50:21 AM PST by balch3
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So the govt is promoting a healthy lifestyle--is that a bad thing???

Should the govt encourage 20 year olds to act like bunnies???


5 posted on 11/01/2006 10:50:21 AM PST by Pondman88
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To: steve-b

If you're single, you shouldn't be having sex even if you're in your 30's.


6 posted on 11/01/2006 10:50:32 AM PST by Brilliant
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To: Alex1977

LOL! I find this hard to believe! Is this the dim spin?


7 posted on 11/01/2006 10:50:59 AM PST by alice_in_bubbaland (New Jersey gets the corrupt government it deserves!)
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To: steve-b

Let's see...I was born August 11, 1977...so that means...


8 posted on 11/01/2006 10:51:09 AM PST by RockinRight (Maintaining a Republican majority is MORE IMPORTANT than your temper tantrum.)
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To: steve-b
Ten years wasted!


9 posted on 11/01/2006 10:51:15 AM PST by Yo-Yo (USAF, TAC, 12th AF, 366 TFW, 366 MG, 366 CRS, Mtn Home AFB, 1978-81)
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To: Brilliant

Good point.


10 posted on 11/01/2006 10:51:40 AM PST by alice_in_bubbaland (New Jersey gets the corrupt government it deserves!)
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To: balch3

Government p!$$ing away our tax dollars. What a (familiar) concept.


12 posted on 11/01/2006 10:52:04 AM PST by steve-b (It's hard to be religious when certain people don't get struck by lightning.)
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"If this isn't a waste of taxpayer dollars, what is?"

It would fill up too much space to list all of it!

13 posted on 11/01/2006 10:52:09 AM PST by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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"If this isn't a waste of taxpayer dollars, what is?"

It would fill up too much space to list all of it!

14 posted on 11/01/2006 10:52:14 AM PST by unixfox (The 13th Amendment Abolished Slavery, The 16th Amendment Reinstated It !)
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To: RockinRight

On Aug.11, 2007 you can have as much sex as you want! :)


15 posted on 11/01/2006 10:52:41 AM PST by alice_in_bubbaland (New Jersey gets the corrupt government it deserves!)
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To: Yo-Yo

I am only 26, but I remeber that this was part of the old sex education classes. What is wrong with bringing it back?


16 posted on 11/01/2006 10:52:47 AM PST by Trygar
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To: Yo-Yo

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.


17 posted on 11/01/2006 10:52:48 AM PST by Dilbert San Diego
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To: Brilliant

Should government mandate that? I think not.


18 posted on 11/01/2006 10:53:15 AM PST by RockinRight (Maintaining a Republican majority is MORE IMPORTANT than your temper tantrum.)
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To: steve-b

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.


19 posted on 11/01/2006 10:53:22 AM PST by Integrityrocks
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To: steve-b

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.


20 posted on 11/01/2006 10:54:00 AM PST by Bigg Red (Never trust Democrats with national security.)
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