Sex Education

The Tennessee state House Education Committee on Tuesday approved the controversial "Don't Say Gay" bill by a vote of 8-7. The measure had initially failed on a voice vote, but passed in a roll call vote requested by its sponsor. [ Read more → ]

Proponents claim that abstinence before marriage is the best and only way to ensure that one does not get pregnant or contract STD’s. This poses a problem for LGBT youth in states – such as Utah – which have marriage amendments, because the reality of their sexual experience is left unaddressed. [ Read more → ]

SALT LAKE CITY -- Utah's Republican Governor Gary Herbert on Friday vetoed a controversial measure which would have banned the state's public schools from teaching contraception as a way of preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. [ Read more → ]