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This is a problem.
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My friend posted this, but I couldn’t figure out how to re-blog it. It’s pretty graphic.
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![jeffersoncampbell:
pantslessprogressive:
thedailywhat:
Abstinence-Only Bill of the Day: With the nation’s attention trained on the media’s breathless coverage of Super Tuesday, Utah’s legislature this evening quietly passed a bill requiring schools to teach abstinence-only sex education, or else skip the classes altogether.
Additionally, both teachers and students would be prohibited from discussing contraception and homosexuality in the classroom.
HB363 passed in the state Senate by a vote of 19 to 10. Utah’s House approved the bill last month.
Senator Stuart Reid (R-Ogden) said the legislation takes sex ed out of the hands of teachers “who we have no idea what their morals are” and turns it over to parents.
But Democrats countered that parents already had control over their children’s sex education, as they were given a choice whether to keep their child enrolled in sex ed classes or pull them out.
Under the new legislation, sex ed classes — if they are offered at all — must teach abstinence only, and parents are required to opt in if they want their child to attend.
“It’s concerning when now we’re trying to dictate morality,” said Sen. Ross Romero (D-SLC). “We’ve been discussing this as if every child has the benefit of two loving and caring parents who are ready to have a conversation about appropriate sexual activity, and I’m here to tell you that’s just not the case.”
The Utah PTA expressed vehement opposition to the bill. “I just can’t believe they did this,” said the association’s president-elect, Liz Zentner. “I think they’re going to have to revisit it in a couple years when the teen pregnancy rates and teen [sexually transmitted disease] rates shoot through the roof.”
It remained unclear if Gov. Gary Herbert would sign the bill into law or veto it. Speaking ahead of a House Education Committee hearing on HB363 last month, Herbert said he felt the existing curriculum “works pretty well,” but also said he personally supports abstinence as a form of pre-marital contraception.
[sltrip / fox13.]
Abstinence-only education is about as effective as trying to hold a rational discussion with Rush Limbaugh.
Please click here to petition Governor Herbert to veto this bill. Nothing like this should be enforced in any state, let alone already conservatively-biased Utah. Utah already makes it hard for students who are not aligned with traditional conservaitve values to attend public schools. Not only does the banning of discussion on homosexuality and contraception feel unconstitutional, and not only will it make std levels and teen pregnancies shoot through the roof, but it will make it harder for students who struggle with lgbtq issues to be able to endure in this type of environment. The idea that those types of things can’t be discussed in the classroom, by teacher or student, will only enhance the traditionally conservative views that are already prevalent in Utah. So please sign this, if you have a moment.
GO JEFFERSON! p.s. LOVE the Rush Limbaugh reference.](http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m0hwezFi7E1qzpwi0o1_500.jpg)
Abstinence-Only Bill of the Day: With the nation’s attention trained on the media’s breathless coverage of Super Tuesday, Utah’s legislature this evening quietly passed a bill requiring schools to teach abstinence-only sex education, or else skip the classes altogether.
Additionally, both teachers and students would be prohibited from discussing contraception and homosexuality in the classroom.
HB363 passed in the state Senate by a vote of 19 to 10. Utah’s House approved the bill last month.
Senator Stuart Reid (R-Ogden) said the legislation takes sex ed out of the hands of teachers “who we have no idea what their morals are” and turns it over to parents.
But Democrats countered that parents already had control over their children’s sex education, as they were given a choice whether to keep their child enrolled in sex ed classes or pull them out.
Under the new legislation, sex ed classes — if they are offered at all — must teach abstinence only, and parents are required to opt in if they want their child to attend.
“It’s concerning when now we’re trying to dictate morality,” said Sen. Ross Romero (D-SLC). “We’ve been discussing this as if every child has the benefit of two loving and caring parents who are ready to have a conversation about appropriate sexual activity, and I’m here to tell you that’s just not the case.”
The Utah PTA expressed vehement opposition to the bill. “I just can’t believe they did this,” said the association’s president-elect, Liz Zentner. “I think they’re going to have to revisit it in a couple years when the teen pregnancy rates and teen [sexually transmitted disease] rates shoot through the roof.”
It remained unclear if Gov. Gary Herbert would sign the bill into law or veto it. Speaking ahead of a House Education Committee hearing on HB363 last month, Herbert said he felt the existing curriculum “works pretty well,” but also said he personally supports abstinence as a form of pre-marital contraception.
Abstinence-only education is about as effective as trying to hold a rational discussion with Rush Limbaugh.
Please click here to petition Governor Herbert to veto this bill. Nothing like this should be enforced in any state, let alone already conservatively-biased Utah. Utah already makes it hard for students who are not aligned with traditional conservaitve values to attend public schools. Not only does the banning of discussion on homosexuality and contraception feel unconstitutional, and not only will it make std levels and teen pregnancies shoot through the roof, but it will make it harder for students who struggle with lgbtq issues to be able to endure in this type of environment. The idea that those types of things can’t be discussed in the classroom, by teacher or student, will only enhance the traditionally conservative views that are already prevalent in Utah. So please sign this, if you have a moment.
GO JEFFERSON! p.s. LOVE the Rush Limbaugh reference.
Posted on March 13, 2012 via The Daily What with 1,948 notes
Source: thedailywhat
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Can I just say that I love these women? I’m going to get cheesy for a second, but honestly I’m so lucky to have these ladies as my buddies. And Anna- what would I do with out you to enable me in my diet?!
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Leprechaun Fever.
I’ve been getting these emails from travel agencies about super cheap deals to Ireland. And I’ve been listening to Irish bands. And, recently been having an especial affinity to the color green. This spring weather isn’t helping matters either. ;)
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Put a Bird on It.
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I’m watching Australia as I type. And I realized, that maybe the movie should have been called HUGH JACKMAN and Australia. Just cause, ya know, he’s a good actor and stuff. ;)
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So I was talking with a friend last night about the craziness of the middle east. Found this article interesting. This world we live in. Man oh man.
http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/obama-warns-iran-israel-bluff-15836725#.T1RYMfEgdLc
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“I want to see miracles, see the world change
Wrestled the angel, for more than a name
For more than a feeling
For more than a cause
I’m singing Spirit take me up in arms with You
And You’re raising the dead in me
Twenty four voices
With twenty four hearts
With all of my symphonies
In twenty four parts.
I’m not copping out. Not copping out. Not copping out.”
“But behold, if ye will awake and arouse your faculties, even to an experiment upon my words, and exercise a particle of faith, yea, even if ye can no more than desire to believe, let this desire work in you, even until ye believe in a manner that ye can give place for a portion of my words”. Alma 32:27
I love this quote by Mumford and Sons: “Raise my hands. Paint my spirit gold. And bow my head. Keep my heart slow”.
Had an interesting night tonight. I feel like we get so used to going through the motions of everyday, that sometimes we forget the meanings of those motions? I know that it’s good to question things, but sometimes I feel like to question things is to be a dissenter. But with out being honest with yourself, how can you be honest with others? I’m thankful for the beauty and truth of words.
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I came home
Like a stone
And I fell heavy into your arms
These days of dust
which we’ve known
will blow away with this new sun
And I’ll kneel down, wait for now
And I’ll kneel down, wait for now
So break my step
And relent
Well you forgave
And I won’t forget
Know what we’ve seen
And him with less
Know in some way
Shake the excess
And I’ll kneel down, wait for now
And I’ll kneel down, know my ground
Now I’ll be bold, as well as strong
And use my head alongside my heart
So take my flesh
And fix my eyes
And tear the night free from the lies
And I’ll kneel down, wait for now
And I’ll kneel down, know my ground
I’ll kneel down, wait for now
Raise my hands
Paint my spirit gold
Bow my head
Keep my heart slow
Raise my hands
Paint my spirit gold
Bow my head
Keep my heart slow
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