Comments on: Abstinence-Only Teaching Doesn’t Curb Teen Sex http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/abstinence-only_teaching_doesnt_curb_teen_sex/ Online Journal of Politics and Foreign Affairs Thu, 26 Nov 2009 01:20:47 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: James Joyner http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/abstinence-only_teaching_doesnt_curb_teen_sex/comment-page-1/#comment-222166 James Joyner Thu, 08 Nov 2007 15:40:21 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/11/abstinence-only_teaching_doesnt_curb_teen_sex/#comment-222166 <blockquote>What we have a problem with is the unacceptability of teenage marriage and the evanescence of the marriage bond.</blockquote> Giving the extension of adolescence into one's early 30s, I'm not sure encouraging teens to marry is the answer. And, surely, teen marriage wouldn't render the marriage bond less evanescent.

What we have a problem with is the unacceptability of teenage marriage and the evanescence of the marriage bond.

Giving the extension of adolescence into one's early 30s, I'm not sure encouraging teens to marry is the answer. And, surely, teen marriage wouldn't render the marriage bond less evanescent.

]]> By: Dave Schuler http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/abstinence-only_teaching_doesnt_curb_teen_sex/comment-page-1/#comment-222107 Dave Schuler Thu, 08 Nov 2007 14:52:35 +0000 http://www.outsidethebeltway.com/archives/2007/11/abstinence-only_teaching_doesnt_curb_teen_sex/#comment-222107 The issue raises larger societal problems. I don't believe we have a problem with too much teenage sex and certainly not with teenage pregnancy. What we have a problem with is the unacceptability of teenage marriage and the evanescence of the marriage bond. The issue raises larger societal problems. I don't believe we have a problem with too much teenage sex and certainly not with teenage pregnancy. What we have a problem with is the unacceptability of teenage marriage and the evanescence of the marriage bond.

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