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Are Cracks Forming in Evangelical Alliance against Sex Education?
Adelle M. Banks of the Religion News Service wrote today that doubt is growing among evangelicals over the cost of abstinence-only education. Banks cites admissions from
Holding Hands Is Gateway Drug To Nookie, Tennessee Senate Warns
Just when you thought Tennessee lawmakers were taking a few weeks off from being the strangest, most sexually hung-up lawmakers in the land, they decided
Wisconsin Legislature Votes Against Private Abortion Coverage, For Abstinence-Only Sex Ed
Wisconsin seems to have come down with a case of the Mississippi’s. This country is getting scary, y’all: The Republican led Wisconsin assembly voted to
Forbidden Sex and Chicken Sandwiches
(Weekly Column) It was mid-afternoon and I was driving into Stillwater to speak at Oklahoma State University. Hungry, I saw a gleaming red Chick-fil-A restaurant
The North Dakota Nanny State?
Yesterday, I spoke to college students at North Dakota State University in Fargo and Concordia College in neighboring Moorhead, Minnesota. I also spoke to a
Focus on the Family Sending Abstinence Education to China
It’s always nice when American Fundamentalists decide to be a little bit more equal opportunity when they inflict their poor education and disproven methods on
Focus on the Family Promotes Misinformation about HIV/AIDS
Steve Jordahl of Focus on the Family declared yesterday: The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) announced this week that gay- and bisexual-identified men are 50
Resistance to Comprehensive Sex Education Fuels Rise in Youth Infections
New cases of sexually transmitted infections are rising among women and African-American heterosexuals, according to the Centers for Disease Control. CNN reports: The CDC began
More Evidence that Abstinence-Only Education Promotes Unwed Sex, Shotgun Marriage, and Abortion
For more than three decades, the so-called pro-life movement — of which I was once a participant — has claimed to uphold sexual morality and
Virginity Programs Invade Ivy League
If the empty mantra, “Just Say No,” failed to keep teenagers off of drugs, it certainly is not going to work for sex. Yet, our
