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November 29, 2005
Maine Abstains
It's an amazing thing to see, individual states standing up to Republican tyranny and mismanagement of the country to support their radical anti-America hate ideology. In this case the State of Maine has decided to stop taking federal money because the Republicans had the requirement that they abandon a wildly successful program for lowering teen pregnancy and replace it with what can only be described as juvenile and moronic abstinence only program supported by the radical right. For the radical right there is no acceptance of the reality that teenagers are actually going to do bad things when people aren't looking. Actually it's back to the fact that the Republicans don't give a damn if teenagers break the rules they only care about the fact that they must be punished for it by having unwanted pregnancies and STD's. It's the right's mentality that the only learning that can be achieved is that which comes from suffering. People that don't follow the rules should suffer and those that do should have the joy of feeling superior because they aren't suffering. Beyond that mindset being childish, it's just plain cruel. Would we all be happier and better off as a nation if teenagers abstained? Absolutely. But should we kill our kids and doom the next generation to prove a point? Absolutely not. It's moronic. Despite the desperate shrieks from the Neo-Christians about teenage sexual activity it has not increased in any way because of education. The only change is that they are less likely to suffer any long term physical side effects from it. Which is exactly what we as a society should want. Our children should have a chance to overcome childish mistakes instead of it dooming them and their futures. Growing up is about making mistakes and becoming a better person because of them. And I hear all you godless Neo-Christian fanatics hyperventilating about it destroying the nature of family and marriage. These institutions are not endanger from these kind of programs. Successful marriages and families have almost nothing do with sex. As a matter fact I can think of no more childish impression of the institutions than that. It explains a lot about people that think that way and why they are so perpetually unhappy with both.
Read more over at Tom Paine.
Posted by ManDrake at November 29, 2005 2:57 PM
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