Abstinence-Only Clowns?! Your Federal Tax Dollars at Work

AlterNet, Think Progress by Amanda Terkel | Jan. 16, 2009 (Special Report)

Thanks to George W. Bush and a complicit Congress, we currently spend $1.5 billion a year to fund abstinence-only until marriage sex education in our public schools. And yes, that money goes to people like Derek Dye, as he is employed by the Elizabeth New Life Center that received a $800,000 CBAE grant in 2007 to promote abstinence until marriage. Full Story »

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Subjects: U.S., Politics, Business, Sci/Tech, Living, Health, Education, Religion
Topics: Bush Administration, Religion and Politics, Health Care, Science and Religion, Youth, Sex
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Posted by: Posted by Dwight Rousu - Jan 18, 2009 - 10:48 PM PST
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 by Dwight Rousu - Jan. 18, 2009

This falls in the category strange but true Bush use of tax dollars. Advocacy by clowns seems somehow to fit.

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