"Gateway Sexual Activity"

[elfs]

Tennessee senators approved an update to the state's abstinence-based sex education law that includes warnings against "gateway sexual activity," such as holding hands.

In the bill, a uniformed policy on sex education is defined with terms like "gateway sexual activity." The bill prohibits teachers from demonstrating gateway sexual activity.

If an instructor goes beyond the curriculum, the bill gives parents more legal rights, stating, "The parent or legal guardian shall have a cause of action against the instructor or organization for actual damages."

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[drewkitty.livejournal.com]

So in my high school, where they left a condom and a banana on every student's desk, this would be a crime in Tennessee?

No wonder they have a high STD and teenage pregnancy rate. One of my fellow grad students did a study on teenage pregnancy and found that the majority had been impregnated illegally by adult men. Their _average_ age: 30, by which I mean THIRTY!

Perhaps instead of abstinence they should be teaching NRA Basic Pistol and knife work to young teenage girls.