Apparently the Tennessee legislature has chosen to ban all displays of affection among minors rather than admit to the failures of "Abstinence-only Education." Now I have to admit teenagers can sometimes get carried away with public displays of affection (PDAs) but that is no reason to go to such extremes. It does not seem to have occurred to them that not only will this not solve the problem they claim to be concerned with, teen sex/pregnancy/STDs, but could have the reverse effect. Shouldn't we encourage genuine affection? If teens have more of an emotional bond it seems to me they would take sexual relations more seriously. They might even rethink fooling around for a little while longer. Probably not, but it seems slightly more plausible in comparison to this foolish idea of banning all displays of affection.
According to the state Bill (SB 3310, HB 3621) even hugging and holding hands should be seen as "gateway sexual activity." Really?! This is just stupid. How about giving actual sex education a chance? I guess that would be too intelligent for these self-righteous windbags.
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