But your argument was he's changing science, now you're upset because you think teaching abstinence to kids is a fundamentalist thing. That's the making of another thread that I'm not interested in.
On 8/11/07, Larry Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > So in your opinion this administration is wasting its money telling > > kids to abstain from sex. Fine, but we're talking about Bush changing > > science. The abstinence only program is in addition to the safe sex > > program not instead of. > > > > No what I'm saying is that abstinence only programs are not only useless but > may be worse than useless. They are a waste of money. The administration in > essence is giving money to their supporting religious fundamentalist groups > and trying to cloak such a giveaway in a veneer of respectability. > > Behaviorally based programs that offer a variety of different methods, > including birth control, how to say no, abstinence, etc work. The research is > very clear about that. Just say no approaches like abstinence not only don't > work but some research does show that pregnancy rates were even higher for > girlfriends of boys who went through the programs than the controls. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| ColdFusion 8 - Build next generation apps today, with easy PDF and Ajax features - download now http://download.macromedia.com/pub/labs/coldfusion/cf8_beta_whatsnew_052907.pdf Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:240088 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
