DA's Sex Ed Warning Befuddles Wis. Teachers, Kids

From the AP via the New York Times courtesy of Eschaton:

Juneau County District Attorney Scott Southworth last month sent a letter to area school districts warning that health teachers who tell students how to put on a condom or take birth-control pills could face criminal charges. The warning has left many teachers, school administrators and parents flabbergasted.

''Seems like a step back in time,'' Taake said of Southworth's logic.

Southworth, a Republican and a Christian evangelical, took issue with a law Democratic Gov. Jim Doyle signed in February requiring schools that teach sexual education to adopt a comprehensive approach.

Southworth warned that teaching a student how to properly use contraceptives would be contributing to the delinquency of a minor, a misdemeanor punishable by up to nine months behind bars and a $10,000 fine. He said it would be promoting sex among minors, who are not legally allowed to have sex in Wisconsin.

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Janine Geske, a Marquette University law professor and former state Supreme Court justice, said she didn't understand Southworth's legal logic. She said that if he tried to prosecute a teacher for adhering to guidelines approved by the Legislature and governor, the case would likely be dismissed.

More here.

Yeah, I heard about this a few days ago and have been avoiding posting about it because it just seems so incredibly stupid. But stupid is one of the main problems facing our great nation today, so I figure I might as well make a few totally obvious points, you know, just to combat rampant American stupidity:

1. Clinical discussions about sex led by bored, tired, middle aged, asexual high school teachers cannot in any way be construed as "promoting sex among minors." If you're really curious about what actually can be construed as "promoting sex among minors," turn on your television.

2. Teenagers really will have sex whether or not adults talk about condoms, not only because we live in a sexually obsessed mass media drenched environment, but also because teenage bodies are so soaked in sexual hormones that it is often difficult for them to think about anything but sex--ah, those were the days! Given this reality, it is insanity to teach abstinence instead of birth control.

3. It is also insanity, given this reality, to criminalize sex among minors. What the fuck is up with Wisconsin?

4. It is also insanity, as observed in the excerpt above, to believe that following state law constitutes breaking state law.

5. Evangelicals, fundamentalists, "Bible believing" Christians, whatever you want to call them, are stupider than dog shit festering on the sidewalk on a hot day in July. Yeah, it's funny, but I'm not kidding. I'm really sick of this shit. I'm really sick of hearing fundamentalists talk total bullshit and having everybody take them seriously. It's like when you're "born again" they take an icepick to your nose. What happened to all the cool stuff about love and forgiveness and compassion for the poor? Nowadays it's all about teen sex and gay sex and "the End Times." How can anybody be attracted to such views?

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