U.S. (NEA) Teacher’s Union Lists Favorable Review of Abstinence Then Blasts It

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U.S. Teacher’s Union Lists Favorable Review of Abstinence Then Blasts It
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By Peter J. Smith
WASHINGTON, October 5, 2006 (LifeSiteNews.com) – The National Education Association has announced a review of three abstinence programs that encourage teens to wait until marriage for sex and which are meant to provide “an excellent portrait” of the types of abstinence programs funded by the federal government. However, NEA, an aggressive promoter of sex-education and condom instruction for children, says that the abstinence curricula “are riddled with messages of fear and shame, gender stereotypes, and medical misinformation that put young people at risk.”
According to an NEA, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the U.S. (SIECUS) reviewed three federally funded abstinence programs: WAIT (Why Am I Tempted?) Training, Why kNOw, and Heritage Keepers; all programs that encourage teenagers to wait until marriage to have sexual intercourse.
The three programs are meant to represent how abstinence-only educators make references to the Bible about true love; challenge the perpetuated myth of the condom’s well known failure of “100% effectiveness”; indicate that men and women are biologically different; emphasize that modesty promotes respect for the differences between men and women; state that procreation is a natural part of sex - all unmentionable facts for both the NEA and SIECUS.
For the “best guideline about love ever written”, the Why kNOw gives a paraphrased Biblical quotation of 1 Corinthians 13:4. “Real Love: is patient; is kind; does not envy; does not boast; is not proud; is not rude; is not self-seeking; is not easily angered; keeps no record of wrongs; does not delight in evil; rejoices with the truth; always protects; always trusts; always hopes; always lasts; (and) never fails.”

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Here is the press release that is discussed in the LifeSite article.
Over the past six years-since President Bush came into office- almost $800 million federal dollars have been spent on abstinence-only-until-marriage programs. President Bush is seeking an additional $204 million in Fiscal Year 2007 alone.
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“We hope exposing policymakers to the messages included in many of the abstinence-only-until-marriage curricula will encourage them to rethink their commitment to these unproven and harmful programs, and support a more comprehensive approach,” Smith said.
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communityactionkit.org

This is a site that tells you how to fight against Abstinence only Programs.Brought to you by SIECUS the group that evaluated the abstence programs.
The Community Action Kit provides you with the tools you will need to become knowledgeable about sexuality education, build support in your state or community, work to implement sound policies, and institute or defend an effective comprehensive sexuality education program. The Kit is designed to serve as a tool for all advocates whether they are students, parents, teachers, school administrators, health professionals, youth-serving professionals, policymakers, or concerned community members.
Although the Kit focuses on school-based sexuality education, it covers many other related issues such as HIV and other STDs, adolescent pregnancy, condoms and other contraceptive methods, and prevention programs. We believe that the Kit can be helpful to advocates facing a wide variety of situations.
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May I ask what is “sexuality education”?
 
the NEA is one of the strong advocates for the Culture of Hedonism & Death. What they advocate in the schools, I consider sexual abuse of children.
 
Oh brother. I can’t believe this. Can it get any worse?
 
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