If it wasn't so maddening, so crazy, so dangerous, and if it wasn't the state in which I was currently living in, affecting all the kids that I know and teach here, I would almost want to laugh. Instead, we all have to prepare our psyche for a new level of shame and rage.
The infamous Kansas Board of "Education" wants to completely ban all sex education from schools.
Should sex education classes stop at "Just say no"? Some members of the Kansas Board of Education think so, and are pushing for a change that would require abstinence-only sex education across the state.
Under a proposal to be considered at the board's meeting Tuesday in Wichita, districts that teach more than abstinence could risk losing their accreditation.
Supporters of so-called "abstinence until marriage" programs say such programs are the best way to lower teen pregnancy rates and prevent sexually transmitted diseases.
Steady yourself for the flip..
If you had any doubt whatsoever The American Taliban are in power here in Kansas, it should be wiped away. The evolution debate was just a warm up for these crazy, extremely dangerous people. I know what you're thinking: "Yes, well, that's just Kansas, isolated way out there, far far away from Real America. I can safely ignore this." Think again.
Most people, including myself, had no idea to the extent at which this is converging with The Federal Taliban's efforts to subjugate women and keep our kids barefoot, pregnant and stupid:
Abstinence-only programs got a boost from the federal government in 1999, when Congress set aside $80 million in grants for groups that promote abstinence.
Over the past five years, Congress has allocated nearly $900 million to abstinence-only education programs. To qualify, the programs cannot be faith-based or focus on contraceptive use. If they mention birth control, discussion must be limited to failure rates.
Go read the entire article - it's a great summary of how The Board of Education's ban on sex education is merging nicely with the amount of nonsense that's being taught to our kids.
<snark>Hey, I have an idea! What if we could channel our kids' natural sexual urges into some other kind of other even more dangerous urge? How about pyromania?!?
During a recent rehearsal at Kapaun Mount Carmel high school, teens practiced a "Pure & Simple" skit they plan to perform at a Catholic middle school. During one scene, a boy uses a lighter to illustrate self-control over sexual urges.
"The urges in my body come on quickly, like the fire of this lighter," he says. "My job is to learn what causes the fire to ignite; then, learn how to use the fire for a good purpose.
</snark> Of course, any teenager breathing today can give you a reality check.
Jeff Akin, a North High School senior and member of the district's "Teens Hope" program, visits middle schools to talk to kids about HIV and AIDS.
He said an "abstinence until marriage" program would be impractical and would alienate too many kids.
"When more than 90 percent of boys don't make it to marriage to have sex, those statistics are just overwhelming," said Akin, who had to complete a Red Cross HIV/AIDS training course to become a peer mentor.
"We agree with the idea of abstinence and waiting for the right time. But to sit there and say 'not until marriage' -- that's not our place."
And it's certainly not the place of the Board of Education to ban the information and science our kids need from the classroom. These kids are counting on us -- we will not religious extremists take over our schools.
This will not stand.
Vote in this poll. Then, write to The Wichita Eagle. If you live in Kansas, you should immediately take action by writing and attending meetings. In terms that this school board can understand, make sure you give them a spanking to remember.