You there, quit it.
Do you know anyone having sex? Are you, yourself, having sex? Are you under 30? The federal government wants you to know that it’s bad, bad, bad.
And they’re spending your tax dollars to do it.
“The message is ‘It’s better to wait until you’re married to bear or father children,’ ” Horn said. “The only 100% effective way of getting there is abstinence.”
The revised guidelines specify that states seeking grants are “to identify groups … most likely to bear children out-of-wedlock, targeting adolescents and/or adults within the 12- through 29-year-old age range.” Previous guidelines didn’t mention targeting of an age group.
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For last year’s state grants, Congress appropriated $50 million. A similar amount is expected for 2007, but the money has not yet been allocated, according to the Administration for Children and Families.
The government must also insist that you finish your broccoli and be in bed by ten.
Via Just About Everyone This Morning and USA Today
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April 16th, 2007 at 5:38 pm
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