Watch the creepy rallies. Hear the classroom teacher explain how pre-marital sex causes psychological injury. Listen to the tax-funded prayer. Boggle at the righteous ignorance over condoms. Meet the nice young couple that has taken the pledge, hook, line and sinker.
No, it's not some twisted comedy starring Christopher Walken and David Allen Grier. It's our Government's approach to public health. -- McLir
Denny Pattyn, a Christian youth minister, founded Silver Ring Thing in 1996. "After three-and-a-half hours of giving them our best shot [on stage], 75 percent become convinced and put on the ring," says Pattyn. "Our goal actually is to create a culture shift in America. We want to see the concept of abstinence be the norm rather than the exception."
...The federal government is spending $167 million this year to spread that abstinence-only message. And there’s a law that says that for a program like Silver Ring Thing to receive government funding, it must not talk about the health benefits of using condoms -- only about how they fail.
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