09:41 PM
Observatorium I live in a really stupid state

CNN.com - Battle over Texas sex-ed textbooks - Aug 5, 2004

"Texas educators are debating what will be taught in new sexual education textbooks for its high school students. The 15-member Texas Board of Education is considering and will likely approve four books, all of which extol the virtues of abstinence. Three make no mention of contraceptives at all while one makes passing reference to condoms."

and of course the above would have no bearing on this:

According to Centers for Disease Control figures, Texas has been among the top five states in the country for teenage pregnancies for several years.

Remember how teens in the 1950's thought you could get pregnant just by kissing? Apparently that's rocket science compared to these books:

...one textbook under review advises that a good way a teen-ager can prevent a sexually transmitted disease is to get plenty of rest so he or she can have a clear head about sex and choose abstinence.

Getting plenty of sleep has nothing to do with raging teenage hormones! I got plenty of sleep in HS and I can verify that it had no effect on my choices about sexual activity.

This is merely a part of a larger battle:

The education board has been at the center of many political and religious battles over the years including a recent proposal by evangelical Christian groups to have the state's textbooks include items debunking evolution.

It's still 1925 here in Texas....

I guess I shouldn't expect any better, this is the same state where Governor George W. Bush decided that a strictly voluntary plan was the best way to get manufacturers and refineries to spend millions of dollars for compliance with the 1990 Clean Air Act because, of course, these companies would do it out of the goodness of their teeny tiny rocks shaped like hearts. (We're still in violation of that act and Houston's air is now rivaling LA for smog.) (And guess who donated tons of money to GW's presidential campaigns?)

[Speaking of 1925, here's another site that debunks some of the myths of that famous trial.]