I'm not sure they even want to discourage sex outside of marriage, so much as make sure that the people who do it "get what they deserve".
But it's just possible that I have some blinding rage issues on this front.
It's all about choices, Faith. The ones we make, and the ones we don't. Oh, and the consequences. Those are always fun.
Angelus ,'Smile Time'
Natter 63: Life after PuppyCam
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
amych - Mar 05, 2009 5:15:18 am PST #9186 of 30000
Now let us crush something soft and watch it fountain blood. That is a girlish thing to want to do, yes?
Jessica - Mar 05, 2009 5:11:58 am PST #9187 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
Amych is me.
Aims - Mar 05, 2009 5:17:43 am PST #9188 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Some of those abstinence only programs are whack as hell. Some of them get even basic genetics wrong. A great report on them as they are used nationwide was done by Rep. Henry Waxman out of California. I used the report for a research paper I did. [link]
Also interesting? Just under a year after the highest amount of federal funding went out to abstinence-only programs, the US saw a rise in the teen pregnancy rate for the first time in like 20 years.
I have anger about this, but my rage has been redirected to those who want to ban Gardasil because it promotes promiscuity.
tommyrot - Mar 05, 2009 5:19:48 am PST #9189 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
I'm not sure they even want to discourage sex outside of marriage, so much as make sure that the people who do it "get what they deserve".
I think someone here theorized they don't really care about reducing teen pregnancy, as pregnant teens (who've been through a religious abstinence program) are likely to get married and produce more offspring for their church. (And yes, a lot of public school abstinence programs are explicitly religious.)
tommyrot - Mar 05, 2009 5:20:58 am PST #9190 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
those who want to ban Gardasil because it promotes promiscuity.
Yeah, those people suck mightily.
Are they still around? (I mean, arguing this?)
Jessica - Mar 05, 2009 5:22:54 am PST #9191 of 30000
And then Ortus came and said "It's Ortin' time" and they all Orted off into the sunset
I have anger about this, but my rage has been redirected to those who want to ban Gardasil because it promotes promiscuity.
My rage reserves are deep enough to cover both.
Aims - Mar 05, 2009 5:23:08 am PST #9192 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
Oh yeah. And, not surprisingly, in the same parts of the country where they teach abstinence only! My god, the stupid, it burns. And drowns, if I'm near liash's work.
Aims - Mar 05, 2009 5:24:14 am PST #9193 of 30000
Shit's all sorts of different now.
My rage reserves are deep enough to cover both.
And this is thy we love (and fear) you.
Jesse - Mar 05, 2009 5:24:16 am PST #9194 of 30000
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
But it's just possible that I have some blinding rage issues on this front.
Oh yeah. It's bad enough that I consciously avoid thinking about all of it, because it's so fucking appalling I can't handle it.
tommyrot - Mar 05, 2009 5:33:38 am PST #9195 of 30000
Sir, it's not an offence to let your cat eat your bacon. Okay? And we don't arrest cats, I'm very sorry.
Jess Hemerly showed me this photo of a delightful alteration of an emergency hammer box. I asked her where she got the image and she just said, "the Internet."