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In reply to the discussion: Santorum on Abstinence [View all]
 

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7. How can they just stand there and lie like that?
Wed Jan 25, 2012, 06:10 PM
Jan 2012

I wish there was a law that said if a politician lies to the public, then they would face fines; and if there were too many lies told, then they could face actual time in jail.

I'm so tired of these asses telling lies... People, in general, believe that politicians, for the most part, are telling them something that is true. They don't believe that they are upstanding or that they aren't often more like used car sales people trying to sell you a lemon for your vote... but when it comes to actualized policy, they expect that their is a modicum of truth to what the person is talking about...

It doesn't even pass the common sense sniff test. Why would President Obama dictate that schools cannot teach about "abstinence"? It would make more sense to me that President Obama, or more aptly the Dept of Health and Human Services in concert with Dept of Education have told schools that they 1) must teach Sex Education and 2) that the education must include all types of preventative methods to keep one safe along and being safe and no feeling pressured into having sex before being ready... oh and that oral sex and anal sex are still sex, even if one's hymen is still intact.

I seriously doubt that congress or the President has considered legislation like this....And Sebelius banned Plan B from being sold on the shelf, even though the FDA approved the safety of the drug . Women, in general, have been the grand bargaining chip in DC to get things moved forward. So, access to info/ care/ and health has become harder to come by for women.

Nope, I don't believe ole' Frothy when he basically decides to say that President Obama is making our children learn about sex without speaking about abstinence.

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