I saw this sentence in a Salon article (which was actually about something else entirely, so no point in linking to it) that made me want to-- I don't know, something drastic that would somehow miraculously make these politicians fund school lunch programs and after school programs and yank this crap off the table:
The Silver Ring Thing, or SRT -- a Christian outreach organization that, with the help of more than $1 million in government money from the federal faith-based initiatives program, threw concerts[*] and gave silver rings to youths who vowed chastity and/or abstinence until marriage.*concerts with highly paid pop stars like Christina Aguilera, which is what the article was about
Still think that faith-based initiatives are a good way to spend tax-payer dollars? Because personally I think this proves that the "faith" is a blind faith that ridiculous ideas like this would work on kids. At least with reality-based initiatives, they have been scientifically developed.
And this brings me to a post on Broadsheet, Salon's women's blog. Apparently, after 1 school year of their abstinence-only sex ed program in Canton, Ohio, 65 girls out of 490 got pregnant, so they are cancelling the program and re-introducing safe-sex teachings.
Too much faith, not enough reality.
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