The Virginia Senate turned down the proposal of including teachings about contraceptive methods in sex education programs in its public schools.
Claiming that not all of the contraceptives were not “effective enough” to ensure safe and unrisky sex, they decided that the magical wall of abstinence was still doing its job and handing over chastity belt keys well after marriage to those financially-stable couples.
After all, there was still that magical law, too, that was made in 1987 and is still taught today, that clarifies sex education (because our sex lives equal those of 1987–I’m from Corpus Christi, ok?).
This law narrowed down the national program to two elements:
- teaching the value of abstinence
- teaching young parents to keep their child and give it up for adoption
According to America, these are your choices. –Which brings me to this:
See the article on the Virginian-Pilot for a more personal look.
Chelsey
