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Re: Sex ed bill goes back to House

randyfields — Wed, 24 Jun 2009 07:12:06 -0400

Our kids deserve all the information they can get in this day and age - my son is about to graduate from high school and we are trying to make sure that he has all the information he needs when he leaves home - how to do the laundry, how to cook himself dinner, how to balance a checkbook (actually, that may be a lost art!), defensive driving - shouldn't pregnancy and STD protection be on that list? Obviously parents have a big role to play - but the job of the schools is to make sure our young people are prepared to go out into the world!

Re: Sex ed bill goes back to House

paigej — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 19:47:36 -0400

Sex education is widely supported by parents of all political persuasions. The N&O seems intent on ignoring this and pandering to sensationalism. Trying to be the NY Post does not become the state's news of record. Please get real: talk to a few parents or teens and stop perpetuating rightwing talking points.

Re: Sex ed bill goes back to House

Gosh — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:53:32 -0400

Huh?

Was it the quote about the "mutual masturbation" Republican talking-point you covered or the mere mention of Representative David Almond?

It's not like I brought up Cary Allred.

Sheesh, that would be inappropriate. Think of the children.

Re: Sex ed bill goes back to House

markjohnson — Tue, 23 Jun 2009 18:34:46 -0400

Inappropriate comment deleted.

Re: Faison's son

bnartist — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 17:32:07 -0400

Abstinence didn't work for Adam & Eve. It's been downhill ever since.

Re: Faison's son

CRISTY — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 16:57:00 -0400

What a dork! Abstinence works IF YOU FOLLOW THE RULES! No birth control works if you ignore the rules. I'm sure your son appreciated this comment about as much as I did.

Re: Faison's son

GrayJ — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 14:32:54 -0400

Or because he had sex with a female without using birth control.

Spam is not our friend

James_Protzman — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 13:35:58 -0400

Please. We already understand from your previous comments that the reactionary right has nothing more important to do than watch self-affirming propaganda on television. Point taken.

Because Rachel Maddow is more than a partisan hack

CitizenOpinionated — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 11:58:02 -0400

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Re: Faison's son

j1c2kp — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 10:50:11 -0400

I would like to think that the reason you have a 42 year old son is that God knew what he was doing.

Re: Sex ed bill clears House

tangoz — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 18:47:25 -0400

Faison needs to give himself a little more credit.
He probably got a lot of votes from 20 year olds this past election. Tell us what you really think about teenagers and young twenty somethings. If you could not figure out what unprotetcted sex could do then blame your parents not your school.

Re: Sex ed bill clears House

FurbishLousewart — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 16:26:26 -0400

Good.

precocious reps

Isaac136 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 15:56:03 -0400

Tell it, Faison!

Re: How to title a controversial bill

cornbread — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:32:08 -0400

Real people, real problem, really recently.

Here ya go.

If we only did this to every straight couple that called the police, we could "stimulate" the bailbondsman industry and increase revenue from court fees.

Re: How to title a controversial bill

meckcommish — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 10:20:33 -0400

Lawrence V Texas only prohibited prosecution if the behavior occured in a 'private' setting. The statement in the article above that 'state statutes were found unconstitutional' by this decision is untrue. In fact, Mecklenburg County (Charlotte, NC) arrests roughly 250 homosexuals a year for either a 'crime against nature' or 'soliciting a crime against nature'. Proof that the law is being used to arrest, prosecute and jail those that 'solicit' such behavior. The above is a good example of unformed reporters who claim what they 'think' the US Supreme Court said versus what it actually said.