Re: Abstinence (was Gallup/creationism)

[David]

On Tue, 27 Feb 2001, Marie Helweg-Larsen went:

> What is fascinating about federal funding is that provision of the
> two major federally funded programs is that materials must conform
> to what has come to be known as the (a)-(h) definition of abstinence
> education. Among other requirements, this definition mandates that
> funded programs teach abstinence until marriage

...brought to you by the same Federal Register that says: 

  "...the word `marriage' means only a legal union between one man and one
  woman as husband and wife, and the word `spouse' refers only to a
  person of the opposite sex...." 
      (Pub.L. 104-199, http://www.access.gpo.gov/nara/publaw/104publ.html)

--David Epstein
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