They're not telling you to have sex. They're informing you so that if you DO, you're not a complete moron about it.

I don't see what the problem is, or where the contradiction is. Comprehensive sex ed. is about keeping you safe, not telling you what to do or what not to do.

um what.

religion =/= school. how dare they have different ideas about contraceptives!

Everyone wants their idea to be the one. It's never going to happen. :/

Churches and schools are not intertwined, they can teach whatever principle they choose to stand for. It's ridiculous to expect them to cater to each other.

you knoww, no one's forcing you.

So...go to church and be told to abstain?

Just 'cause you KNOW how to be safe doesn't mean ya gotta have sex before YOU want to.

The schools DID try and tell kids not to have sex, and some still do. Guess what: it doesn't work.

Rather than just say "don't do it" like some churches (and not all of them, by the way), they are trying to tell you the risks involved, and that if you are going to have sex, regardless of what they said the risks were, here are some ways to stay safer.

Yea, you need to think about this before you post. Kids are gonna have sex, and they might as well be informed about it. And school and religion are two totally separate things. By educating the population about sex, teenage pregnancy goes down.

Religion and school will ALWAYS be fighting with each other. You have to choose for yourself what you want to do. Besides, I guess it would depends a little on what sort of religion you belong to.

School teach sex ed mainly so people can be informed if they choose to have sex. I guess they rather want teen pregnancy and STDs to go down, than telling everyone not to have sex.

Ok, so let's to what others tell us to (or not to) do. Always a good idea...

Uh, schools usually emphasise that you have choices. You can choose to have sex with/without contraceptives, or you can choose not to. It's your decision. Whereas churches usually have more strict ideas about sex, when it is right to do so and who with, etc. So yeah. Why would your school TELL you to have sex. Emphasising personal choice is not the same as encouraging something.

I think they would rather encourage you to have safe sex than preach abstinence all together when they know that kids are going to have sex.

We just had to do a survey thing about Abstinence today at school |D

I selected Definitely Not when the question "Will you wait for marriage to have sex?"

I'm being serious, 'cause I know I'll find someone waaaay before I get married. Besides, I may not get married til' I'm like 29 or 30, and I do NOT want to be a virgin at that age. The school can screw itself.

But it'll be safe you know. I don't wants babehs or STDs D:

you're like that a lot aren't you?

Law requires separation of church and state- hence why you are taught about Darwin's theory of evolution and not about Adam and Eve in school.

The Comprehensive Health and Physical Education Core Curriculum Content Standards require students to understand both abstinence and contraception. It's a requirement for public schools. You should be taught how to use both. They pass out condoms "just in case" and for people to practice on how to use them. It's merely a precaution.

The standard age of a person having sex their first time is 16. Students are having sex at a young age of 13 even. Schools are just trying to put in methods to keep kids STD/HIV and pregnancy free. I am sure they teach you about abstinence as well as how to use a condom.

I think you're over-exaggerating the situation. If it bothers you so much, maybe go to a private institute, I recommend a Christian school.

From another point of view, Puritans were taught that they should refrain from anything sexual and they lived in a strict religious environment. Didn't stop them from having sex before marriage, affairs occurring, and lustful advances from one gender to another. Even if they did teach nothing but abstinence (and they did for the longest time in schools), people would still have sex. The school needs to consider the liability they incur if their students are having sex without the proper education on how to protect themselves from disease and conception.

public schools are always taking the crap no matter what they do. why can't kids just sit in a damn class and realize that the center of the universe doesn't exist in their denim. talking about sex-ed is about prevention just as much as any zealot fear-mongering.

they know kids are going to do it anyway :/ and you cant really talk about religion in school

yes he would dumbass. feeling like "you truly love someone" doesnt justify SINNING. if you follow The Bible and take it really to heart ... i dont know how you can find loopholes in "well god wants me to be happy"

i dont know the bible so i dont know if it SPECIFICALLY SAYS no sex before marriage, but "i think god wouldnt mind because i really love them" is a cop out to do what you want.

god would care.

The true is... If you have sex, you will get pregnant. And die.

lol! you forgot the part about the babies living off your dead body. :P