My mother always said that if you tell a child not to do something, that's exactly what they will do. My mom is very smart, she should be, she raised six kids. The Bush Administration is attempting to keep his support of the Christian religious fundamentalists should instead listen to my mother, if he really did care about children and their future. I think the fundamentalists should also listen to my mothers teaching as well. Since this abstinence program has been in place the rate of abortion has risen 14.6 percent. When I was in the Navy and a program was put in place, and it was deemed to be a failure, everyone got together, had a meeting and discussed alternatives; that's what those who teach our children should be doing; but their hands are being forced by politics and religion.
I fully support a moment of silence in our public schools so that those who may, can have an opportunity to practice their faith. Faith is important. This is one nation under God.
However, in the curriculum should be facts and figures not politics and religion. If we call ourselves American, we need to take a stand on this. Our children have a right to learn about birth control and the functions of their body without prejudice, sexism, or guilt. Based on a curriculum containing facts and figures not the beliefs and opinions of politics and religion, anything less would be unamerican. Americans aren't stupid and neither are their children, we can figure it out for ourselves, granted we are given the facts, that would be the American way.
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Protect Our Children's Health - Support Real Sex Education
Planned Parenthood / Feb. 9, 2005
President Bush has released his FY 2006 federal budget - and if it's approved, our children's health may be endangered. The proposed budget requests a 25 percent increase in funding for dangerous abstinence-only programs - programs shown to be ineffective and harmful to young people.
http://www.ppaction.org/campaign/abon...
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