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Fast forward. \u00a0A girl shows up to school with a T-Shirt that promotes *gasp*\u00a0abstinence\u00a0and is told the shirt is entirely inappropriate<\/a>. \u00a0I thought maybe there was something about \u2018don\u2019t have sex, have Jesus instead.\u2019 \u00a0 Nope. \u00a0Just one suggesting that from backseat accidents come little kids. \u00a0I guess my college class was right, you just shouldn\u2019t teach morality\u2026if you\u2019re a student. The school, apparently, can mandate moral absolutes until the cows come home, especially if they promote the same hedonism and\u00a0debauchery\u00a0we so yearned for back in the day.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"