Sex education
Detroit Free Press (Free subscription) | 5 hours ago
Where do you stand when it comes to the issue of sex before marriage? What do you teach your kids?
Sex education
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LA Times: Palin appears to disagree with McCain on sex education
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | yesterday
Sarah Palin and John McCain campaigned together Friday. Teen pregnancy and sex education were thrust into the spotlight this week when Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin revealed that her 17-year-old daughter is five months pregnant. Palin's running mate, John McCain, and the GOP platform say children should be taught that abstinence until marriage is the only [...]
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Palin, McCain Appear To Disagree On Sex Education
The Huffington Post (Free subscription) | 4 hours ago
Teen pregnancy and sex education were thrust into the spotlight this week when Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin revealed that her 17-year-old daughter is five months pregnant. Palin's running mate, John McCain, and the GOP platform say children should be taught that abstinence until marriage is the only safe way to avoid pregnancy and disease. Palin's position is less clear.
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Charter high school in Philadelphia rekindles the debate over same-sex education
Star Tribune (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
But ACLU attorney Mary Catherine Roper said those regulations conflict with the Constitution and Title IX, a federal law banning sex discrimination in education. There are nonexclusionary ways to improve education, such as decreasing class sizes, she noted.
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Palin supported education about contraceptives
PrairiePundit (Free subscription) | yesterday
LA Times: Teen pregnancy and sex education were thrust into the spotlight this week when Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin revealed that her 17-year-old daughter is five months pregnant. Palin's running mate, John McCain, and the GOP platform say children should be taught that abstinence until marriage is the only safe way to avoid pregnancy and disease. Palin's position is less clear....
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Clergyman pays fine for woman who took sex ed book from library
Library Stuff (Free subscription) | 2 hours ago
MaineToday.com - “A clergyman who ministers to children has paid the $100 fine imposed on a Lewiston woman who borrowed a sex education book from the city’s public library last summer and refused to return it because she deemed the contents obscene.”
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Dumbing it down tries a return to Park Ridge 207.
PREA Prez (Free subscription) | 6 hours ago
Last year I reported on the attempt by a small group of Park Ridge parents, backed by national proponents of abstinence only sex education (Hey Sarah. How’s that working for you and yours'), to dumb down the District 207 science curriculum. That attempt failed. But, they’re back. A concerned parent writes me: I am writing to alert [...]
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Minister pays fine for Maine book censor
Boston Globe (Free subscription) | yesterday
A minister has paid the $100 fine imposed on a Lewiston woman who borrowed a sex education book from the city's public library last summer and refused to return it because she deemed the contents obscene.
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In the News
Generations for Life (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
A couple days ago I was interviewed by a local TV station for a story dealing with teen pregnancy and the debate over abstinence education vs. so-called comprehensive sex education. I can’t seem to link directly to the story, but you can watch it by going here. Then, in the search field below the video [...]
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New review: Loving outside the lie of monogamy - Tristan Taormino’s new guide to open relationships
The F-Word Blog (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Two-person relationships are the default in our culture, but why? Red Chidgey reviews a book which lays open the potential for different kinds of relationships Tristan Taormino has a solid background in promoting radical, provocative feminist sex education. An award-winning...
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Maureen’s excellence
Justine Larbalestier (Free subscription) | 09/05/2008
Maureen Johnson has surpassed herself with this post on the importance of honest sex education. Go read it.
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Planned Parenthood Brings Sex Ed To Hipsters • Number Of Child Brides Rising [Leftovers]
Jezebel (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Planned Parenthood has launched a new sex education website called Take Care Down There that spreads the message about sexual health with hipsters in t-shirts. • The number of child brides in poor... [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]]
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Ekow Yankah on Sarah Palin's Sex Education
PrawfsBlawg (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
Greetings from Milwaukee. FoP Ekow Yankah (Cardozo) writes in with the following post: The news of 17 year old Bristol Palin’s pregnancy has been immediately met with calls by people across the political spectrum to respect the privacy of the Palin family and resist using this as a political tool. The statements, from Obama himself to the Republican and social conservative blocs, have been nearly uniform...
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I hope this spurs an honest debate
BlueNC - Comments (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
about sex education, but I doubt it will. Palin and her ilk subscribe to a faith-based version of raising children ... and quickly credit "god's will" with whatever happens to come along. Pregnant? God's will. War in Iraq? God's will. Drilling for oil? God's will. Killing defenseless animals from an airplane? God's will. The O-No! article was okay as far as it went, but even so, they have a stake...
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Hurricane Sarah
Nancy's Blog (Free subscription) | 09/04/2008
A veritable cacophony has erupted with the selection of Sarah Palin as the GOP vice presidential candidate. On the Right, there is jubilation over her extremely conservative social positions including the criminalization of abortion, abstinence- only sex education, and the teaching of Creationism in the schools. To add further gravy to this feast is [...]
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ELECTION 2008-JOHN McCAIN-POSITION ON ABORTION
raimondo | 02/27/2008
John McCain Senator from Arizona Party: Republican Religion: Baptist Website : www.johnmccain.com Position on Sex Education: McCain has declared his support for abstinence-only-until-marriage programs on a regular basis and, in February 2007, he spoke to 1,500 students in South Carolina about abstaining from pre-marital sex. "Senator McCain has a long legislative record of supporting abstinence-based
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ELECTION 2008-MIKE HUCKABEE-POSITION ON ABORTION
raimondo | 02/27/2008
Mike Huckabee Former Governor of Arkansas Party: Republican Religion: Baptist Website : www.mikehuckabee.com Position on Sex Education: Governor Huckabee favors abstinence-only education and opposes abstinence-plus education. (1) He does not believe in teaching "about sex or contraception in public schools," as he says "that is the responsibility of parents." (2) Position on Abortion: Governor Huckabee
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ELECTION 2008-HILLARY CLINTON-POSITION ON ABORTION
raimondo | 02/27/2008
Hillary Clinton Senator from New York Party: Democrat Website: www.hillaryclinton.com Religion: United Methodist Position on Sex Education: Senator Clinton supports "replacing funding for abstinence-only programs at home and abroad with scientifically based HIV prevention programs that would include age-appropriate sex education." (1) In 1996 as First Lady she helped launch the National Campaign to
