Comments on: Is This a Coincidence?

By: Randar

Randar — Sat, 13 Sep 2008 02:23:55 +0000

poor guy, just think all you want to do is get lucky, probably in the car, under the bleachers, just a little action and the next thing you know, BAM! You are on a national stage.

By: martymankins

martymankins — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 22:52:33 +0000

Shotgun weddings and abstinence-only teens… they go hand in hand.

By: Eliza

Eliza — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 17:30:28 +0000

Statement from the Palin family, as quoted in a Seattle Times story today:

“Bristol [the pregnant daughter] and the young man she will marry [identified only as "Levi"] are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family.”

Smacks of “ha – you sinned, now you have to pay the price, but look how wonderful we are in supporting you”

By: Siamang

Siamang — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 16:46:36 +0000

Sarah Palin is against teaching children anything but abstinence.

Cue Dr. Phil voice:

“Yeah… How’s that working out for you?”

By: Aj

Aj — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:50:10 +0000

This is turning ugly fast… First the rumours about Sarah’s fifth child. Then about her being against birth control, that seem to be lies. Now they’re posting picks of her daughter Bristol drinking alcohol, big deal, all the teenagers I know did. I don’t think this is doing the Democrats any favours at all.

However, she’s a Republican, she should swallow the comments about abstinence education when her teenage daughter gets pregnant. It’s her damn party, and it’s been one of their corner stones in recent years. Her party is putting many girls into this situation by keeping them ignorant and restricting abortion.

I don’t know what “explicit” sex education is although I’m guessing it’s normal sex education, but Sara Palin is against that and school-based clinics, and the distribution of contraceptives in schools which certainly doesn’t help making sure teenagers don’t have any unwanted pregnancies. So while she’s not pushing abstinence only like some in her party, she’s not an advocate of sex education either. We’ll have to adjust our jokes, “I bet sex education and free condoms don’t seem like such a bad idea now Sarah”.

By: rekounas

rekounas — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:29:48 +0000

Like mother… I guess they both like it raw. LOL!

By: WayBeyondSoccerMom

WayBeyondSoccerMom — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:58:21 +0000

Um, Perez Hilton has uncovered drinking photos of Bristol Palin:

http://perezhilton.com/2008-09-02-what-did-her-mom-do-wrong

Underage drinking by the daughter of the governor. Let’s see. A lot of kids drink, I suppose. How dumb are they to pose for pictures while doing so, when their mom is the governor of their fair state?

By: Steve Caldwell

Steve Caldwell — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:17:00 +0000

K wrote:

“Schools in Alaska do teach comprehensive sex ed.”

Actually – this isn’t entirely accurate.

Schools in Alaska can teach comprehensive sexuality education and the state education folks provide a list of CDC-approved curricula for consideration by local schools in the state.

But they don’t mandate the teaching of comprehensive sexuality education in all public schools.

Also, the state laws allow for parents to opt-out of public school sexuality education.

Check out the SIECUS (Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States) web site for more details:

http://www.siecus.org/index.cfm?fuseaction=Page.viewPage&parentID=487&grandparentID=478&pageId=822

By: Derek

Derek — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:02:44 +0000

Dammit Hemant, quit dicking around and ask her out already!

By: mikespeir

mikespeir — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:12:39 +0000

The age of consent in Alaska is 16, as it is in many other states. It’s not perfect, these laws can never be, but it’s a fair age I think.

Yeah, I’d agree with that.