Quote Originally Posted by daihashi
The last time I checked birth control was neither a moral or religious belief. It was just birth control. Maybe I'm naive though? From my point of view I don't understand the need to use government funds to tell kids how to put on a condom, what birth control is and what the consequences of having sex are. These are all common sense things that a parent can and should address. I just don't think it's the role of the government to teach kids how to use birth control.
If you thoguht I said birth control was a moral or religious belief, you misunderstood. I said the opposite. I said teaching about it was part of giving a person a clinical understanding of human health, which is a perfectly legitimate school subject. In my high school it was part of a Health and Safety and Drivers Education class that covered a wide range of subjects designed to teach people to make safe choices as they started making their own decisions about things. It didn't seem like a big waste of moeny to me --- I liked it. I think everyone kind of ridiculed it at the time, but actually liked it and learned something.

The other thing I said was that those who advocate for ABSTINENCE-ONLY education do so out of their own moral convictions, not out of a legitimate concern for public-safety. Teaching moral values is somethng to do at home. Teaching clinical facts is for school.