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Eight Months On, HHS Still Peddles Abstinence-Only

By Joe Sonka, Advocates for Youth

September 8, 2009 - 8:00am

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No, that's not Leslee Unruh or the National Abstinence Education Association.

It's the Obama Administration.

Here's the new tv ad from 4parents.gov, run by the US Dept. of Health and Human Services:

So , let's see, you've been in office 8 months now, right Barack? And this is what we're still peddling?

It gets worse at their website. Here's what they have to say about marriage:

This Web site talks a lot about marriage, and that waiting until marriage is a sensible choice for your son or daughter to make when it comes to sex. But what's so valuable about marriage? Why is marriage any different, or any better than other family situations?

First of all, let's be clear on one important point. In general, children - and adults - do better in homes headed by a married mother and father.

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What are the benefits married people enjoy?
  • Live longer.
  • Have better physical and emotional health.
  • Are happier.
  • Earn more.
  • Enjoy better sex lives.
That's right, folks. Tell your kids they better get hitched to their heterosexual partner, or else you'll never have great sex and you'll die young, poor and unhappy. And whatever you do, don't talk about "the parts"...

Your tax dollars (still) at work...

 

This piece is also posted at Amplify.


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Sadly this doesn't surprise me. the Obama administration has been extremely solicitous of the conservative and evangelical Christian community since taking office and they seem loath to bring in members of the faith community such as the Religious Coalition for Reproductive Choice that have been working on these issues for years.

Submitted by liberaldem on September 8, 2009 - 11:49am.