Regarding sex ed, the reps. of course support abstinence-only education, in turn, conflating the notion of providing education on measures of prevention with advocating early sexual activity; in other words, they believe education promotes practice. Let me tell you, education does not promote practice - just ask millions of students who've taken French 1 and can't recall a single verb conjugation. Furthermore, they forget that there was already a time when all we had was abstinence-only education - it was called our entire history up until the development of modern science!
"We love our kids. We just prefer to love them in a pre-1700's, pre-vaccine, pre-Newtonian, Salem Witch Trial kind of way!"
Social and religious conservatives brandish their naivete best when they pontificate out loud on how to control, legislate, and decide for everyone, what everyone can do behind closed doors. Which apparently is easier in the South, where most of those doors are screen doors. Their notion of "parental control" being exerted over children-as-property is actually strikingly similar to the way a remote control works on a tv: both are operated exclusively from the couch, both confuse the user, and while parental control sometimes employs battery, remote controls just run on them.
Their overall hypocrisy is captured succinctly in this line by Blackburn:
"This should not be a partisan issue. This should not be a partisan issue... As Connie mentioned, the liberal media would have you believe..."
Ah yes...
And then thankfully they leave and I begin to laugh when Fred Thompson comes on after them. He can't say the phrase "...as President of the United States, I..." without sounding like a terrible con-man at my front door. I can't bare to watch anymore. But for the right, this FRC event is like church and the county fair combined into one; coming to see these crazies speak is both affirmation and an excuse to get Granny out of the house, so they'll mos def get their applause on.
