>Baptist Press has an article in which discusses the Obama administration’s reaction to a pro-abstinence study. This article is worth reading. The following is an excerpt from the article:

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (BP)–In response to public pressure, the Department of Health and Human Services has disclosed a taxpayer-funded study that reflects positively on abstinence education, having first kept the full study under wraps while funding for such programs was slashed.

The National Survey of Adolescents and Their Parents in 2008 found that about 70 percent of parents agreed with the statement, “It is against your values for your adolescent to have sexual intercourse before marriage,” as well as “Having sexual intercourse is something only married people should do.” A majority of adolescents in the survey responded similarly.

Though the survey was presented at two conferences last year, when Lisa Rue, a researcher at the University of Northern Colorado, asked for a copy of the full survey, her request was denied. She tried again, the second time filing under the Freedom of Information Act. That request also was denied.

“The second denial from the Obama administration leaves me to reflect on the role of cultural values with regard to prevention science,” Rue wrote in an editorial. “If we are truly interested in learning how to prevent two critical epidemics currently devastating our country (out-of-wedlock child bearing and sexually transmitted infections), then the nationally representative findings provide momentum and support for accessing cultural values of parents and children which promote optimal health choices for adolescents.”

This article is worth reading. To read the article click here.

Parents with children understand that sex education is very important, but at times the government usurps that authority that belongs to parents.

Claude Mariottini
Professor of Old Testament
Northern Baptist Seminary

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