I am about to write something that I am afraid will make me have to turn in my conservative card, so to speak, but before you label me crazy or a liberal, hear me all the way through.

I read this morning on the Fox News website about how, with Bush out of office, lots of critics would like to pull abstinance education.  (You can read the article for yourself here.)  Well, I agree.  That's right, I agree with a bunch of liberals.  Wait, wait, don't click past me, hear me all the way through. 

First of all s*x education of any kind doesn't belong in the schools.  It isn't any, and I mean ANY school teacher's job to teach children anything about the birds and the bees.  That doesn't belong in school, even if it is abstainance education.  It isn't their job!!!!  I am oppossed to ANY and all s*x education in schools.  I know, "but since they are going to do it anyway, they should at least teach the right thing."  Sorry, but that argument sounds a lot like why we should practice safe s*x that is oppossed by those who teach abstinance.  HMMMMM. 

Secondly, acording to the article, the results haven't been very good.  Now, there is a lot of debate about the results of abstinance education, with each side claiming victory.  You can make the stats read either way, but I will be perfectly honest and say that if it is true that it isn't working, I AM NOT SURPISED!!!!!

We are trying to teach children, in a Godless environment, to do something difficult (practice self control), for no apparent reason.  We can't tell them that an all powerful, all loving God wants something better for them.  All we can tell them is "no-no".  We can throw stats at them, but even in statistics, there are exceptions, and what makes our kids think they won't be the exception?  Nothing, especially since they are very, very "special" as they have learned in their positive thinking, good self esteem courses.  We can't give them a why, we can't give them something bigger, we can't give them hope, all we can do is tell them, "You can't have fun until you are married."  And every teenage boy and lots of the girls know that fun ends when you get married right? 

So, without God, it is pointless to teach abstinance, with God, this would be done by the parents or the person Biblically put in charge of the child's soul.  So, that's why I am opposed to abstinance education, especially with government money in the schools.

Now, can I still keep my conservative card?