"Half of all gay teens have AIDS" and other comedy

Derek_Meister · December 1, 2004, 10:13pm

[Washington Post:

(http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A26623-2004Dec1.html)]Some Abstinence Programs Mislead Teens, Report Says

By Ceci Connolly
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, December 2, 2004; Page A01

Many American youngsters participating in federally funded abstinence-only programs have been taught over the past three years that abortion can lead to sterility and suicide, that half the gay male teenagers in the United States have tested positive for the AIDS virus, and that touching a person’s genitals “can result in pregnancy,” a congressional staff analysis has found.

Those and other assertions are examples of the “false, misleading, or distorted information” in the programs’ teaching materials, said the analysis, released yesterday, which reviewed the curricula of more than a dozen projects aimed at preventing teenage pregnancy and sexually transmitted disease.

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Tyjenks · December 2, 2004, 9:47am

I hope they at least cover the problems with masturbation facing American males who pursue abstinence. After 20 or so years, my sight has just now fully returned and the hair has, thankfully, stopped growing on my palms for the most part.