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The Future of Abstinence

Sarah Kliff
Posted: October 29, 2009.
Published: October 27, 2009.

Print: Newsweek

For as long as anyone can remember, McLennan County has been abstinence country. Nestled in the heart of Bible-Belt Texas, it’s the kind of place where the local newspaper prints “In God We Trust” on the front page of every edition. So when the McLennan County Collaborative Abstinence Program (MCCAP) came to her a little more than a decade ago, offering an abstinence-only sex education program, she says, “It was the answer to our prayers. It was exactly the way we wanted to go.” All that may change with a recent federal funding cut for abstinence only programs.

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Former gov palin is living proof of the validity of the abstinence program.

And people stand in line to see her and listen to her words of wisdom.

I guess Levi did not buy into the abstinence program

Or did people buy into Reagan’s drug program of just say no

Americans policy of drug prevention is to stop the drugs from entering the country. The insanity and self-denial of that approach borders on psychosis.

Make just say no as part of the abstinence program

Reagan’s economic policies bankrupted our nation and we named a ship and airport after him.

One gov official lied to get us into a war with Iraq and we gave him a Medal of Freedom award

We call ourselves a Christian nation and are proud that we can make mega profits off the sick and needy. There are no words to fully describe the hypocrisy of that insanity. To say that Christianity died on the cross is an understatement.

The Christians call Jesus god and worship him not realizing that is the very definition of a cult. The largest cult in the world is Christianity and wait it gets better those that don’t believe in their cult beliefs go to hell for eternity because their god is a loving god, a perfect loving god, unconditional love but of course has human traits like jealousy, wrath, and chosen people.

We are an interesting species

One group thinks we are here by chance and another group thinks god is some sort of super human king.

One group puts their compete trust in ancient authority.

Another group puts their trust in scientism.

And here is the interesting part both groups think they know the facts of life.

Our human vanity does not allow us to admit to our ignorance.

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Good for Obama for refusing to spend millions of dollars on something that does not work.

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They should try abstinence from religion. Works wonders

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Abstinence helps create a bond with your other!
Ben Lindquist

posted on June 11, 2011
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