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These people are idiots who don't realise abstinence only sex education doesn't work. Do you really think they'll understand that no sex education whatsoever will be just as detrimental?

Hang on, Gbaji hasn't read an article based on the conclusion paragraph yet to tell us the study actually says the opposite.

Are you surprised? I don't think they've introduced black people into Utah yet.

I'm not so sure that Utah's lawmakers are thinking of the goal. It seems they just don't want teachers teaching or talking about sex to the students.

I feel like this is the modern definition of 'conservative'.

My grandpappy didn't have no god-dam sex education and he lived to be 97!!!

Sounds like there could be a business opportunity available - Private Teen Sex Ed Courses.

As a Mormon currently living in Utah, I am thoroughly disgusted by this bill. I believe that comprehensive sex education is key to preventing teen pregnancies and STDs. Of course, I grew up in Los Angeles, so I am much moire liberal-minded than other people of Utah.

As far as the Utah culture is concerned, sex is evil. At least that is the impression I get from the Mormons who were born and raised here. It's like they believe that even talking about sex, is an abomination to the Lord. I read Utah parents saying, "No school is going to teach MY children about sex. I'm going to teach them about sex." The problem is, they never do. Case in point: My husband. His parents never talked about sex and what little education he received from school, didn't even cover how to put a condom on. I had to teach him how to do that.

We already decided to be open about sex with our children. Our motto is, "If they are old enough to ask, they are old enough for scientific answers." My three-year-old already knows the difference between boys and girls. I hope, that by teaching her when she's ready, she will never be afraid or embarrassed to ask me questions.

In addition to this bill, the governor has already stated that he will ignore all Facebook, online petitions, and social media sites calling for him to veto this bill. He has more or less stated that only the people who call or write a letter will be heard from.

/sigh

I just wish there was a separation between church and state here.



Edited, Mar 12th 2012 11:57pm by Sevlrin

It's the same reason that (smart) Pols and poli strats weight letters multiple times the value of emails, and evaluate calls multiple times the value of social media postings.

The only thing online petitions are good for is displaying how many people you can supposedly get to sign your online petition.

In other words, the governor of Utah doesn't care about some French dude clicking a "Sign This!" link because he saw a Facebook status somewhere.

Congressional member websites are similar. They ask for your address and, while some let you send a missive without being in their state/district, others won't and all say they'll only respond to people they directly represent.

'Google boobies' is a pretty fun little phrase. It needs to be in a tongue-twister.

Pretty much this. Same thing I tell conservatives when they get all pissy about Romneycare in Mass. The same states rights that allows Massachusetts to pass one form of health care law, allows Utah to pass something else. The point being that when it's done at the state level, you have more say in it if you live in the state, and if you don't, it doesn't affect you. It's the whole reason for allowing (and even encouraging) this sort of thing at the state instead of national level.



/shrug. Perhaps he knows the constituents in his state better than you or I do? If he is voted out of office for this, then he was wrong about what the citizens of his state wanted. If he isn't, then he was right and our opinions really don't matter.