Editorial questioning abstinence-only education pulled from school paper

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Press group, state lawmaker question move by high school paper
By Bruce Lieberman
UNION-TRIBUNE STAFF WRITER

August 7, 2008
JOHN GASTALDO / Union-Tribune
Margaret Dupes, shown in her family's garden, said she doesn't understand why her editorial on President Bush advocating abstinence-only sex education was pulled from the the Fallbrook High newspaper in May. She graduated in June and is preparing to attend California State University Fullerton.

“Why do the schools only preach 'abstinence only' education?” Dupes wrote in her editorial. “It is not the decision of your health teacher, your principal, the school nurse, or even your school board – but a decision forced upon state and local governments by the Bush Administration that is ideologically, rather than empirically, driven.”

The piece never saw the light of day. Fallbrook High Principal Rod King ordered the student paper's adviser, Dave Evans, to pull it from the last issue in May.


For a real thrill, check the comments at the end of the article... :puke:
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