Democrats on Capitol Hill yesterday called for a new sex-education funding program that matches abstinence-education funding dollar for dollar.
Young people "deserve this and they need it," said Rep. Barbara Lee, California Democrat, lead sponsor of the Responsible Education About Life (REAL) bill, which calls for $206 million in federal funding for comprehensive sex education — the same amount proposed this week for abstinence education in President Bush's budget.
Nice to see the Dems taking on the self-appointed morality poilice head-on. All the evidence points to absitinence-only being a complete failure, and I like this approach both politically and as the parent of a teenager.
Tangent: This article was in the Washington Times of all places with the headline
Young people 'need' new sex-education funding plan
with "need" in quotes, just like their style book treats gay marriage as gay "marriage".
Tangent 2: I'm going to try a little experiment and tag this with "teen sex" as a category, just to see if it makes the hit counter spin. I suspect a lot of sick people will be disappointed. Stay tuned...
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