Bristol Palin's Truth Telling on Teen Pregnancy Sets Right-Wingers Sputtering

Bristol Palin's Truth Telling on Teen Pregnancy Sets Right-Wingers Sputtering |

AlterNet by Geoffrey Dunn | Feb. 23, 2009 (News Analysis)

I don't pretend to be an expert on teen pregnancy. But for the record, I think Bristol was spot-on in her comments about abstinence. If Sarah Palin's evangelical base really wants to confront teen pregnancy, they'd be smart to listen to Bristol Palin and others in her shoes and absorb some of their real-life wisdom. Full Story »

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by Gary Holcomb - Feb. 24, 2009

What can I say that hasn’t already been said many times before now? Ignorance, excuse me, abstinence based programs are simply absurd when confronted by age appropriate, comprehensive, empirically proven sex education. This comment or opinion on the hypocrisy of Sarah Palin’s mother and on the quality of the thinking process of religious right wingers is cogent when considering the abuse religious nuts heap on us, the people of America who just want what works best for our families.

I’m absolutely confounded that this controversy is still raging on in spite of the facts that show the overwhelming difference in the value of each; one being valid the other being nothing more than a childish demand for approval of one’s right to be irrational.