State Senate passes Abstinence Bill: SB 286

Its hard to believe that the Senate has to pass a bill that sexual abstinence is the "preferred choice" for behavior of unmarried pupils; one would think that is a given. Its harder to believe that three Planned Parenthood representatives spoke against the bill at the public hearing and that nine Senators voted against it. The young women from Planned Parenthood looked upon this bill as an infringement on the rights of Americans--this bill's language was so benign it could infringe on nothing and nobody. But it seems that any standards of behavior are unacceptable when it comes to sex according to Planned Parenthood. Imagine what type of behavior could walk through that wide open door as our cultural sensitivities are further blunted. One representative went so far as to say that the government is obligated to pay for the consequences of a citizen's exercise of the right to sex because of its duty to protect that right. So I guess it would follow that our "private" behavior when it has "public outcomes" like STDs, unwed pregnancy, HIV and all the resultant fallout is just not the individual"s problem. The government to the rescue! Wonder if they know yet that the government is you and me! Maybe we should tell them!