Hoorah
Here's the gist of it: the new moderate Kansas school board has repealed conservative sex-education policies and replaced them with better policies. Now, instead of opt-in abstinence only education, Kansas students will have abstinence-plus education, with opt-in/out status determined by district.
In worse news, conservative board member Kathy Martin is still a royal idiot.
Idiot
"Abstinence until marriage is the best message we can give our children," Martin said.
She said the old standards "emphasized self-control over birth control," and the new standards "fail to give a true picture."
She said the old standards "emphasized self-control over birth control," and the new standards "fail to give a true picture."
Yes, because actually telling kids factual information about birth control and disease prevention instead of screaming "DON'T DO IT" is missing the "true picture." rolleyes
