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My brain hurts on this one. Groin Central Station? What city is that in? Sodom or Ghomorrah?

http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/05/12/11668279-new-tennessee-law-aims-to-curb-teaching-gateway-sexual-activity?lite

I'm pretty sure being human is the gateway to sexual activity.

"Kissing and hugging are the last stop before reaching Groin Central Station, so it's important to ban all the things that lead to the things that lead to sex,

Words fail me.

How exactly do you teach 'gateway sexual activity' anyway? I was entirely self taught.

Apparently Tennessee has the 7th highest teenage pregnancy rate in the US, obviously effectively banning sex education will really help to bring that down.

Palindrome wrote:How exactly do you teach 'gateway sexual activity' anyway?

By looking at the opposite sex (or the same sex if that's your thing!) and thinking "wow, that person is hot..."

Basically, being a person.

Relapse wrote:My brain hurts on this one. Groin Central Station? What city is that in? Sodom or Ghomorrah?

I'm pretty sure that was Colbert's line, though the article doesn't make that very clear.

Still, I didn't think it was possible for anything to go beyond abstinence only in terms of poor conception, but it seems Tennessee has proven how creative social conservatives can be.

Ahtman wrote:I'm pretty sure being human is the gateway to sexual activity.

Yet another sound argument for abortion.

It's like they have a competition to see who fails the hardest.

Remember, instead of teaching kids about sexual diseases and how to prevent them it is best to let them learn about them on their own.

And when they get that STD you have to make sure that they don't go to the county health department for treatment. That would be socialism.

Remember kids, masturbation is the only safe sexual activity but it is also a sin. So stay safe out there.

Palindrome wrote:
How exactly do you teach 'gateway sexual activity' anyway?

You don't. It's just wired in.

I remember reading an Article in (I think it was) Time, where 1 in every 4 boys and 1 in every 5 girls admitted to looking at "illicit Images and Videos" on their Smart phones by age 11.

You know what that means? 3 out of every 4 boys and 2 out of every 5 girls are liars. But let's say the article was right. I didn't have Sex Ed in school until 7th grade (so age 12-13) BUT a small Minority(yeah right) of kids by the time they reach 5th-6th grade (10-12) have used advances in Technology and their own Natural Urges/Curiosity to learn about sex and the differences between men and women before it's actually taught in class. So what is there left to teach? The kids already know about the basics. Now they need to learn how to do it safely so they don't end up with a kid before they graduate(if they decide not to wait).

TL;DR this is a stupid idea.

Melissia wrote:It's like they have a competition to see who fails the hardest.

Hugging and kissing is banned, but "Are you from Tennessee?" is now part of the required curriculum.

dogma wrote:

Relapse wrote:My brain hurts on this one. Groin Central Station? What city is that in? Sodom or Ghomorrah?

I'm pretty sure that was Colbert's line, though the article doesn't make that very clear.

Still, I didn't think it was possible for anything to go beyond abstinence only in terms of poor conception, but it seems Tennessee has proven how creative social conservatives can be.

Ahtman wrote:I'm pretty sure being human is the gateway to sexual activity.

Yet another sound argument for abortion.

I just couldn't resist adding that, even though it was Colbert who said the line about Groin Centra Station.
The whole gateway thing is so bizzare to me, though, and I consider myself conservative.

Does Tennessee congress goons a bane of 'Sex and the City' series?

Lone Cat wrote:Does Tennessee congress goons a bane of 'Sex and the City' series?

I'll allow that one.

This is a stupid idea...

So many tragic puns...

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Praise be to His Noodly Greatness, that I don't live in the USA.

Why am I not surprised? Damned social conservatives and their silly book! Ugh.

Next time on American Idiocy today: Arizona bans condoms and Alabama legalizes lynching! Also, Kentucky makes it a legal requirement that schools must teach that the atomic bombs were dropped by Al-Quaeda!

Or that pi is equal to 3.

Melissia wrote:Or that pi is equal to 3.

That plucky little bill never had a chance. Where's Gene Hackman when you need him?

And, of course, that global warming is a lie started by the liberal left-wing media to destroy capitalist America as part of the ICC.

Squigsquasher wrote:And, of course, that global warming is a lie started by the liberal left-wing media to destroy capitalist America as part of the ICC.

Nah, it was started by liberals in general, the media is just their tool.

These social conservatives need to stop being so anal about sex education.

Was that a pun?

Palindrome wrote:Was that a pun?

Pun? What's a pun? I didn't write it with a pun, if that's what your asking.

WTF?

I think that about covers this law...

A lot of data sets I've seen put Tennessee at below average IQ. Not saying that this is causation, or that those data sets are even accurate, let alone the effectiveness of IQ as a true measure of intelligence. Just pointin' it out.

http://www-958.ibm.com/software/data/cognos/manyeyes/datasets/iq-by-state-us/versions/1.txt

More interesting still is when you compare the set of states that are below average IQ with the set of states that use "Coke" as the generic term for popular carbonated sugary beverages commonly served in cans.

It's not fair to label an entire state's population stupid on the bases of one rather dodgy looking set of figures.

That data set shows most of the states as below average IQ, and places California, which is seething with hi-tech industries, lower than Tennessee.

Eye contact is the first thing that leads to sex. Maybe muslims have it right, those burqas that cover even the eyes are SURE to curb teenage sex!

Exalted Pariah wrote:Eye contact is the first thing that leads to sex. Maybe muslims have it right, those burqas that cover even the eyes are SURE to curb teenage sex!

No we can't have burqas. I think we need to cut out the eyes of all teenagers when they hit puberty. That'll learn them!

How about if we simply lobotomize rowdy teenagers, only leaving fit parents in the Gene Pool?

Naked pile protest!