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August 20, 2004
Sex Doesn't Include Condoms
At least not in Lewisville, TX. Although 93% of people in the US seem to think that sex education should be taught in schools, Kevin Fisher, Lewisville's secondary science supervisor, believes that not having books that mention anything such as condoms, or having abstinence-only education reflects the will of the parents in the communities.
(I admit that this is not my main point here at all but I don't understand how abstinence-only education helps unless what they mean is "sex ONLY within marriage". It seems to me that you are implying what sex should be for everyone and that if a person would make badly-informed decisions as a youth, a kid receiving this information would simply make those poor decisions later on. I've seen what this type of ignorance can do, and it isn't pretty, even in the fortunate cases.)
Here is an interesting case. Should the will of the community outweigh what the rest of the country thinks? I tend to think so, actually. I like the idea of communities following their own destiny and will. The values of those in Lewisville aren't necessarily the values of those in Austin, so why should Austin, or Washington, for that matter, get to decide something like this for them? Of course, you get into what the role of the federal and provincial/state governments should have, but that itself is a worthwhile discussion. What do you think?
Posted by JonasParker at August 20, 2004 9:54 AM
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