[Nutbag church's] abstinence campaign raising some eyebrows

[Bill McBlueState]

MAUMEE, OH (WTOL) - Cedar Creek Church in Perrysburg is launching an attention-grabbing abstinence campaign that has leaders at a nearby school questioning the approach.

A billboard rolls by Anthony Wayne High School advertising the website MyGodMadeSex.com. It's a site run by Cedar Creek, and Head Pastor Lee Powell says "It's an attention grabber, and so far, that's working for us."

Though Powell is quick to explain the message behind the ad. "It's about a series that we have where we're teaching abstinence -- no sexual relationship outside of the married relationship. That's what the Bible teaches. But if students have made a mistake, there's forgiveness."

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Anthony Wayne High School Principal Jeri Hoellerick says their school already has an abstinence-only approach to sex ed and says the Cedar Creek campaign sends a mixed message. "The first thing you think of is not abstinence."

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It's that last paragraph that bugs me. It's one thing for a church to ignore evidence that abstinence-only education doesn't work. Ignoring evidence is what churches do best. It's far worse for public schools to participate in this boondoggle.