Quote Originally Posted by purplehaze11
Abstinence only education is a failed policy.
Actually Parenting is the failed policy. Ultimately the consequences your child faces directly reflect the beliefs you've instilled into your child. Who ever said it was the school's job to teach children about sex? Don't you feel first and foremost such a sensitive matter should come from the parents?

I personally would never rely on public education if I had kids to teach them about sexual responsibility.

And for the record I don't think her daughter being pregnant should have ANYTHING to do with this election, it should be a private matter. But the media just loves to stir up anything that will drive up ratings. The thing that bothers me about Palin in this situation isn't her pregnant daughter, its the fact that her daughter got pregnant while she was advocating abstinence only education and she still supports it. Maybe if they had better sex-ed her boyfriend would have wrapped his shit up.
How do you know he wasn't wearing a condom, or that she wasn't taking some form of birth control (many teenage girls do as it can help regulate their periods and even sometimes control the severe cramping they get), or something else?

The fact is that you don't know and neither do I or the general public. You are making judgements and assumptions over things that you will never know. And people wonder why it's "guilty until proven innocent." it's because the general population are so damn judgemental when there is no reason to be. Our own judgements and biases have led to the "guilty until proven innocent.". It's no wonder so many people think this way.

As far as abstinence.... That is what Sarah Palin believes and despite what has happened to her daughter she still feels that is the most RESPONSIBLE form of birth control.

I admire her from not budging from her beliefs.. this is something you would never see a liberal do if they were caught in a tough situation. They would cave in just to save themselves. Look at Obama, he threw William Wright, Bill Ayers, Tony Rezko and a number of people under the bus just to save his own standings in the presidental election.