Govt. Tells Singles, No Sex Till You're 30

[razors edge]

http://abcnews.go.com/Health/story?id=2619061&page=1

WASHINGTON, Oct. 31, 2006 — If you're single and in your 20s, the federal government wants you to steer clear of sex.

That's the new guidance for states under the Department of Health and Human Services' $50 million Abstinence Education Program. HHS officials say it's not a requirement — just another option for states to combat what they call an alarming rise in out-of-wedlock births.

A record 1.5 million babies were born to single mothers in 2004, according to the National Center for Health Statistics. More than half of them were born to women in their early 20s.

Critics of the guidelines, such as James Wagoner, president of a group whose top goal is a "society that views sexuality as normal and healthy," say such statistics illustrate that most people in their 20s are already having sex.

[Hav]

1. .

Hahaha that sounds like a real winner for a campaign slogan!

[Not Me]

2. "Love the sinner, hate the sin" Part II

Give them an inch and they will take the mile.

[fasttense]

3. And how many government officials didn't have sex until they were

married or 30 years old? Don't do as I do, just do as I say.

[Hubert Flottz]

4. Best take Dick Cheney's advice!

Cuff it don't stuff it!

[Auggie]

5. This is too absurd to comment on

[sweetpotato]

6. Maybe they can get Paris Hilton to be the spokesperson!!!

hehe.

[Hubert Flottz]

7. "Go forth and get thou balls blown off in Iraq for Exxon and

solve the problem!"

[NOLADEM]

8. How any one can support these monkey dicks is beyond me

They are sillier than Monte Python, and they don't even know it.

What the hell kind of idea is this?

The only 30 year old virgins out there are lacking genitalia or mobility, and self-hating Log Cabin Repubes.

[fhqwhgads]

23. i'm just a few months away...

...and i don't lack genitalia or mobility, nor am i a log cabin repuke. but thanks.

[razors edge]

9. I'm sure the target groups will white, right?

[Bad Penny]

10. ...

[searchingforlight]

11. The evangelical right wing has made a mockery of marriage.

Their blurring of the lines between a religious commitment sanctioned by the church and a legal commitment sanctioned by the State has turned many people off of the act altogether. I think it is a rebellion of sorts. - - - Or maybe they are at their most sexual and deal with the consequences later?

Maybe it is like getting revenge fever and going to war without reason or preparation.

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

12. Wow! Should we buy stock in companies that make chastity belts????

:shrug:

[LeftishBrit]

13. So will it soon be "No Sex Please, We're American"?

Somehow I doubt it.

'such statistics illustrate that most people in their 20s are already having sex.' Well, I think one could have guessed that anyway; but ... OMG how ridiculous the current government seem to be. How can they stop people from having sex - send agents to lurk behind beds or what?

[Ganja Ninja]

14. When will someone tell the GOP what an embarrassment ...

they are to the country? No sex in your twenty's!??? Good luck with that morons.

[PuraVidaDreamin]

15. didn't teen pregnancy rates go up in TX when the kids signed a pledge?

Some type of celibacy pledge they had highschoolers
sign- cannot recall exactly what it was called,
I just remember it didn't work.

[YOY]

16. Make sex 'dirty'

Make buying condoms embarrassing.

Make birth control illegal.

Make sex education 'optional'.

Make abortion an abomination.

Make your body an embarrassment.

Go against one of the most harmless parts of human nature because you are narrow minded.

Then bitch about kids getting pregnant.

Yup, RWers...

[verdalaven]

19. RWers would be amusing, if they didn't hold power right now

They aren't even talking about kids. They are talking about adults, which is what really blew me away. The RW repubs are doing their level best to get right into the middle of our lives by crawling in bed with us.

Time to get ALL religion the hell out of our government.

[YOY]

22. Quite right, but these cretins start with your mind as a kid and teenager

Basically letting you think that sex is dirty and violence is peachy keen.

The spill over into the misinformees' 20's is just a residual effect.

[Ex Lion Tamer]

17. They should promote marriage--it seems to lead to abstinence!

Just kidding! ;-)

[verdalaven]

20. Yes!

:rofl:

[verdalaven]

18. And this is what they fund?

I thought I was pretty lucky that my daughter wants to wait until she is eighteen! LOL! I DIDN'T!

This is the most ridiculous BS I have ever seen in my life. They may include men in their guidelines, but we all know that this targeting women. Fundamentalists just do not like women to have any power at all, including the power to start her own family without a husband.

First thing I read in the morning, and my blood is boiling! I don't think I need that second cup of coffee now.

[gollygee]

21. I don't even get this

so they think sex before marriage is bad but they're OK with it once you hit 30?

And they think people are going to abstain for like 17 or 18 years after they hit puberty?