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Wednesday, May 23, 2007
House Democratic leaders to kill funding for abstinence education
by Don Wildmon,American Family Association: Democratic leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee have reportedly decided to kill the abstinence education program this year in favor of so-called “comprehensive” programs that emphasize “safe sex” and contraception. Abstinence education programs have been shown to effectively reduce the risks of out-of-wedlock pregnancy and the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases. They teach teenagers that saving sex until marriage and remaining faithful afterwards is the best choice for health and happiness.
However, the Democratic leadership wants to replace that message with federally-funded contraceptive sex education programs that fail to teach young people about the dangers of STDs and extra-marital sex, as well as the inefficiency of contraception. As a result, we could end up with programs like Boulder High School in Colorado where a guest speaker told students as young as 14 to go have sex. The National Abstinence Education Association is touting a new Zogby International poll that shows American parents favor abstinence education over comprehensive sex education by a two-to-one margin. Click here for more information on the survey. Congressman Lee Terry who serves on the House Energy & Commerce Committee has written a strong letter urging his Congressional colleagues to fund abstinence education programs in their current form. Click Here To Contact Your Representative
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The Zogby Poll was done to test messaging not measure public opinion. Good and moral people should at least be able to agree not to lie about what it and is not public opinion. Even Zogby Director of Communications Fritz Wenzel is quoted in the media saying that this is a "message poll" and has said that "Zogby provides guidelines to clients about how to use polls publicly" but has no control over them. Honesty is an important value and you are not reporting on this poll honestly
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by Don Wildmon, American Family Association: Democratic leaders of the House Energy & Commerce Committee have reportedly decided to kill the abstinence education program this year in favor of so-called “comprehensive” programs that emphasize “safe sex” and contraception. Abstinence education programs have been shown to effectively reduce the risks of out-of-wedlock pregnancy and the incidence of sexually transmitted diseases. They teach teenagers that saving sex until marriage and remaining faithful afterwards is the best choice for health and happiness. 
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The Zogby Poll was done to test messaging not measure public opinion. Good and moral people should at least be able to agree not to lie about what it and is not public opinion. Even Zogby Director of Communications Fritz Wenzel is quoted in the media saying that this is a "message poll" and has said that "Zogby provides guidelines to clients about how to use polls publicly" but has no control over them. Honesty is an important value and you are not reporting on this poll honestly
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