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stufl

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5. C'mon....Don't you know how well abstinence education works?

Reply to Turbineguy (Reply #2)

Wed Jan 25, 2012, 06:04 PM

Jan 2012

Why, not at all. Even the most pious get horny. I think SEX is a basic drive in Maslow's heirarchy...just like hunger. We don't teach abstinence because it has not worked. But, that's a fact and, afterall, we all know facts don't count.

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Santorum on Abstinence [View all] DeathToTheOil Jan 2012 OP

I guess there are people who take Santorum seriously DFW Jan 2012 #1

Why would he do that? Turbineguy Jan 2012 #2

C'mon....Don't you know how well abstinence education works? stufl Jan 2012 #5

Abstinence IN MARRIAGE, too? HockeyMom Jan 2012 #3

Just because he doesn't really desire women cpwm17 Jan 2012 #4

He is correct questions should be asked Angry Dragon Jan 2012 #6

How can they just stand there and lie like that? glowing Jan 2012 #7

EWWWW! xfundy Jan 2012 #8

He really should just be a preacher in some nowhere town and leave politics to someone else. ScottLand Jan 2012 #9

Ah!- "less economic potential" read "more jobs for men in the workplace when stlsaxman Jan 2012 #10