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	<title>Stop on a Dime &#187; abstinence education</title>
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		<title>Palin supports abstinence-only sex education</title>
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Sarah Palin, whose conservative moral values is one of the main reasons John McCain chose her to be his running mate, is officially on the record as supporting abstinence-only education, but it is an opinion that stands in direct contrast to her own kin&#8217;s sex life. Excuse me for saying it, but Palin obviously didn&#8217;t [...]]]></description>
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<p>Sarah Palin, whose conservative moral values is one of the main reasons John McCain chose her to be his running mate, is officially <a href="http://whereistand.com/SarahPalin/23624" target="_blank">on the record as supporting abstinence-only education</a>, but it is an opinion that stands in direct contrast to her own kin&#8217;s sex life. Excuse me for saying it, but Palin obviously didn&#8217;t do a very good job of imparting these values in her own house. As the Daily Kos <a href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/1/13540/20367">suggests</a>, Bristol may have done well with some sex education.</p>
<p>The news that her 17-year-old daughter Bristol is 5 months pregnant came as quite a shock. Though liberals and open-minded individuals may have an easier time making sense of teen sex, it&#8217;s feasible to imagine that Sarah Palin and many, many other conservatives might be outraged. But Palin isn&#8217;t mad at all. In fact, she said in a statement, “We’re proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support.”</p>
<p>So, Palin thinks her conservative values should be forced on others but her own daughter, having gone against her mother&#8217;s (and God&#8217;s?) wishes, is in no way being made into an example.</p>
<p>Female members of the GOP are <a href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/09/03/gop-women-call-palin-criticism-sexist/">rallying behind</a> Sarah Palin, saying the media treatment of her is sexist. This is spin beyond control.</p>
<p>Palin is supposedly going to attract a lot of people because of her conservative positions. But the idea to teach abstinence-only sex education may not be one of the positions she&#8217;ll thrive on. On <a href="http://whereistand.com/">whereIstand</a>, only 22 out of 274 people, public figures included, <a href="http://whereistand.com/Opinions/22171/45">think it should be taught</a>.  And the Huffington Post <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/06/24/states-reject-abstinence_n_109002.html">reports</a> that many states are rejecting Federal Funding for abstinence-only education.</p>
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