Here's why: Governor Sarah Palin is a staunch advocate of abstinence-only programs. She opposes sex education in public schools (while supporting creationism in public schools). She opposes making contraceptives accessible to teenagers. Palin, and right-wingers like her, believe that the only thing teenagers need to hear about sex is: DON'T DO IT! Yeah, see how well that works? It's not that she must be a bad mom, or that she can't manage her own family, let alone a nation. Seriously. These things do happen to real families of all political stripes. It is not a personal issue. It's a relevant political issue. If she has her way, she will snip out any and all sex ed your kid might get in school. If she has her way, anyone under eighteen won't even be able to purchase a condom without parental consent. If she has her way, all young women who have been denied the facts of reproduction and access to contraceptives will also be denied the right to decide for themselves what to do with their own bodies, and their own lives. Governor Palin's 17-yr old daughter's pregnancy serves to underscore the utter futility and ridiculousness of the "just say no" approach to teen sex.
Newsflash! Young people really like fucking. And, as with all enticing yet forbidden things, the more they are denied it, the more they gotta have it. Particularly if "it" is fucking. I'm quite fond of fucking, myself [sad, but true, if unintended pun]. Evangelicals are asking our hormone-overloaded teens to deny their biological imperative; a biological imperative forged by millions of years of evolutionary processes. Oh, right... she doesn't believe in evolution. She thinks "God" poofed everything into existence a few thousand years ago. Who's the one with the pregnant teen, again?
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Well said! That is EXACTLY why it is relevant. That woman makes me sick!
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