Is this legislation not in conflict with the anti-condom, etc argument in public schools?

129>Many faith-based organizations have fought to keep condoms out of schools, etc.. and also fought for schools to teach abstinence only in sex education class.





There is new legislation being considered requiring the new cervical cancer vaccine to be added to the vaccine requirement list for our children to attend school.


NOTE: vaccines are required or you can not attend school.





Now, for those that may not know: this vaccine wards against a type of cervical cancer that is only transmitted by SEXUAL contact.





Is this new legislation not in direct conflict with the anti-condom, etc... argument in public schools?





Thoughts?
Reply:Yes, it is Beach Bum, see, religious people are not human, and they expect every kid to be the same. Now, before I get deleted let me explain that, human sexuality is built in. It is a natural thing. The drive to procreate is in the fiber of every ones sole. Basically we are all animals, no different then a horse or a cow in this respect, where we are different is we can suppress this drive but that really leads to frustration. To sum up Humans are animals, animals have a drive to procreate that is strong and to try to suppress this is frustrating. The religious do not believe this, however look at the good Christian people that have been charged and convicted of molestation in the last few years. Even with sex education, the use of a condom, ect. isn%26#039;t it always better to err on the side of safety then it is to come up later in life with cancer.
Reply:why would a lesbo care about condoms, you cant get pregnant with that strap on beachbum Report It

Reply:well, considering rape is a possibility, and this new drug prevents about 30% of all cervical cancer.... I say, lets do it!
Reply:as i understand it the vaccine needs to be taken by young girls in order to protect them later in life.





by this i mean, it isn%26#039;t so they can have sex in high school, it%26#039;s so they are protected for the rest of their life.





it%26#039;s like a hepatitis shot. hepatitis can be transmitted by sex.
Reply:Actually there is a clause in that rule where you can deny having it based on religious reasons. So it isn%26#039;t against the anti-condom crowd. Me personally I would have it done for my child, but that is just me. I realize teaching abstinence does not equate to going against peer pressure.
Reply:I%26#039;m sure people who are against condoms in schools will be against this vaccine as well. They will probably ignore the fact that this vaccine will protect their children for life from a potentially deadly disease.





I think this vaccine should be added to the roster of childhood vaccines.





(I also think there should be giant jars of condoms in every classroom, not to encourage kids to have sex, but to protect the ones that are going to have it anyway.)
Reply:I am a Christian - I am not a close minded man about certain issues. We have all been to high school and we all know that teens are going to engage in sexual adventures as it is human nature. God gave us this longing desire to for the opposite sex. I think that condoms are a good idea and as well as the vaccine. Men and woman who have common sense know that our children will perform in a sexual way and they understand this vaccine is important. Only the close minded who believe their child is special are blind. For they themselves most likely had premarital experimentation in sex. I do not think it is conflicting because if one experiments with sex without a condom at least this vaccine may in some way protect them from certain forms of cancer. I see no conflict with the two.
Reply:I would oppose the vaccine b/c government imposes too many already. Until we get a better handle on the epidemic increase in the incidence of Autism, we need to go at the vaccination process conservatively, not aggressively. Now, to the religious implications, I don%26#039;t see the conflict. Many parents are struggling to maintain their role as the child%26#039;s primary guidance. Uncle Sam always thinks they know what%26#039;s best. Despite what I just said earlier, I have to note that sexuality and health vaccinations, sexually transmitted or not, are two different issues.
Reply:I think its one thing to be blind to the possibility of your child having sex, and condemning the distribution of condoms in school. But quite another to decline the vaccine which could save your daughter%26#039;s life. This is just bad parenting, and neglectful.





How bout we just focus our concerns and attention on the children...not their parents.
Reply:Let%26#039;s talk brass tacks here. If you knew there was a vaccination you could get - or your daughter could get - that would protect against a fatal disease, would you take advantage of it?





Of course you would.





This whole abstinence argument is nonsense. Young people are going to have sex - I don%26#039;t care what church you belong to. It is better to educate them in the use of prophylactics and birth control and sexually transmitted diseases than to continue to support their unwanted children.





For those who say this information should come from the parents, I agree with you. Unfortunately, many parents don%26#039;t educate their kids about sex and it%26#039;s consequences.


They talk of abstinence - which is a good idea but rarely taken seriously.
Reply:it doesn%26#039;t go against an anit- condom argument (which is wrong in and of itself)





the vaccine stops cancer. do you think its good to use cancer as a deterent to sex? what about not curing lung cancer so people won%26#039;t smoke?