Current Events > Conservative groups storm Utah school board to protest students asking about sex

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https://www.sltrib.com/news/education/2019/09/05/conservative-groups-storm/

Several conservative groups packed the Utah Board of Education meeting Thursday to protest a state law that says teachers can answer spontaneous questions from students about sex.

One woman called that allowance inappropriate and potentially graphic. Another said it opened the possibility for educators to get into grossly irresponsible material and stray away from discussions on abstinence. Several speakers worried about what might be taught on abortion.

If one child asks about oral sex or something explicit and the teacher answers it, it doesnt mean the other 30 kids want to hear it, said Robert Woods, who has four boys in public school. Why cant the teacher just say Thats outside our curriculum. Please ask your parents if you really want to know?

The demonstration was organized by the Utah Eagle Forum and Pro-Life Utah. Members of the two groups signed up for nearly every slot during the public comment period, sent emails to those on the state school board and carried signs that said, While you were reading this a baby was aborted. One woman wore an American flag T-shirt. One man shouted Amen.

There were about 30 protesters filling the room with some standing along the walkways.

Gayle Ruzicka, president of the Utah Eagle Forum, said they decided to speak out after she discovered a teachers guide on the Utah Board of Education website that is meant to help educators navigate how to answer questions about sex.

State code says: Utah educators may respond to spontaneous student questions for the purposes of providing accurate data or correcting inaccurate or misleading information or comments made by students in class regarding sex education. Their answers, it notes, must still abide by state law, which permits an abstinence-based sex education program.

That means teachers must promote celibacy as the most effective way to prevent pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases. They are prohibited from encouraging premarital or extramarital sexual activity and cannot talk about sexual techniques. And while there can be discussion of the use of contraceptive devices, there can be no advocacy for them.

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Tmaster148 posted...

That means teachers must promote celibacy as the most effective way to prevent pregnancy or sexually transmitted diseases.

Well celibacy is the most effective way to prevent that shit.

But why can't they talk about other things as well?
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At this point, everyone knows that abstinence-only, JUST SAY NO, etc. only makes things worse so why exactly do conservative groups continue to want to make everything worse?
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I don't think I ever had a teacher promote premarital or extramarital sexual activity...

But I definitely think teachers should teach about how to do said things in a safe manner because it's going to happen no matter what teachers or parents think.
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Oh look... More conservative hypocrisy

Conservatives: Waaaahhh! Stop being snowflakes and protesting against the anti gay people!

Also conservatives: *protest against talking about sex*

Abstinence based sex education correlated with higher rates of teenage pregnancy (when compared against a combination of abstinence and safe sex approach) if memory serves..

Ruvan22 posted...

Abstinence based sex education correlated with higher rates of teenage pregnancy (when compared against a combination of abstinence and safe sex approach) if memory serves..

This is actually the whole point of that weird "no pomegranates!!" video floating around.
The louder and more insistent something is forbidden, the more desirable it becomes.

If one child asks about oral sex or something explicit and the teacher answers it, it doesnt mean the other 30 kids want to hear it, said Robert Woods, who has four boys in public school. Why cant the teacher just say Thats outside our curriculum. Please ask your parents if you really want to know?

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Shablagoo posted...

At this point, everyone knows that abstinence-only, JUST SAY NO, etc. only makes things worse so why exactly do conservative groups continue to want to make everything worse?

that's what they want for everything.
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If one child asks about oral sex or something explicit and the teacher answers it, it doesnt mean the other 30 kids want to hear it, said Robert Woods, who has four boys in public school. Why cant the teacher just say Thats outside our curriculum. Please ask your parents if you really want to know?

Because dumbass parents like you can't even utter the word penis around your children so that's not a reliable solution.
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Shablagoo posted...

At this point, everyone knows that abstinence-only, JUST SAY NO, etc. only makes things worse so why exactly do conservative groups continue to want to make everything worse?

They're not very bright
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Shablagoo posted...

At this point, everyone knows that abstinence-only, JUST SAY NO, etc. only makes things worse so why exactly do conservative groups continue to want to make everything worse?

Conservatives aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer.
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Lonestar2000 posted...

Shablagoo posted...

At this point, everyone knows that abstinence-only, JUST SAY NO, etc. only makes things worse so why exactly do conservative groups continue to want to make everything worse?

Conservatives aren't the sharpest knife in the drawer.

They don't need no knives with the Lord Almighty Jesus in the kitchen. All they needs is the bah-bull.
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Darmik posted...

If one child asks about oral sex or something explicit and the teacher answers it, it doesnt mean the other 30 kids want to hear it, said Robert Woods, who has four boys in public school. Why cant the teacher just say Thats outside our curriculum. Please ask your parents if you really want to know?

Because dumbass parents like you can't even utter the word penis around your children so that's not a reliable solution.

But you see, they are just trying to keep their minds clean by not acknowledging their children likely have sexual desires they don't understand and will act on.
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You know, sometimes with social media, it really does feel like "okay guys, we already know about vaccination and evolution and sex ed, it doesn't need to be repeated every day"

but I forget that a huge chunk of the USA is full of uncultured, uncivilized, backwater communities that storm schools because they're too stupid to know better.
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