Abstinence-only Program Losing Funding, Lots of Jesus Pushing.
Writing by on Monday, 27 of February , 2006 at 2:13 pm
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Nationwide abstinence-only Jesus pushing program has had it’s government funding gone, right now Leader of program wonders how he is going to make his next Rolls Royce payment.
Now a study shows that these types of programs do not work, in fact the Miami Herald reported, "found that more than 80 percent of virginity pledgers did not keep their promise." So I guess this was money well spent.
From PlanetOut
Technorati Tags: Crazy Evangelicals, Culture of Life, The Radical RightA nationwide abstinence-only program lost federal funding Wednesday after a lawsuit accusing the program of using the money for Christian evangelization was settled between the ACLU and the Department of Health and Human Services.
The settlement means the Silver Ring Thing, which doles out silver rings to remind young people of their promise to abstain from sex, will not be eligible for federal money unless it changes its program to ensure the money isn’t used for religious purposes.
The organization has received more than $1 million in federal funding during the past three years, the Associated Press reported.
The American Civil Liberties Union filed suit against the program in U.S. District Court in Boston in May.
In August, the Department of Health and Human Services suspended funding for the program, saying, "The federal project that is funded . . . includes both secular and religious components that are not adequately separated."
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