Where is there proof that the present system works?
""it is not a school's role to explicitly forbid sex.""
You can't teach a kid right from wrong in a public school? Unless you don't think teenage sex is wrong. Can someone please make a case that teenage sex is good? Children need to be told right from wrong. We don't all agree on what's right and wrong, but the vast majority of Americans would agree teen sex is wrong and not desirable for a healthy society. When they're 18 they can do whatever the hell they want.
""""you sound like a George Bush "conservative" -- there are no morals the government can't instill, no religiously oriented program the government can't fund."""""
Did I mention religion anywhere? This is a typical attack. Typecast someone as religious, then attack them while ignoring the argument.
""""Sounds like that's working really well.""""
We're dealing with sex. Nothing works very well. And single case studies are not proof of anything.
""""""i have never had sex without a condom. not once."""""
I hope that isn't a permanent situation, to not ever experience the real thing
""""Causing teens and preteens to feel guility and ashamed of sex is not how we should be educating our children.""""
They should feel ashamed just as the child who gets caught with their hand in the cookie jar should feel ashamed. I'm sorry if shame and guilt were manipulated incorrectly and abusively by your parents in your childhood but that's how we learned right from wrong.
I'd also like to ask a question. Apart from unwanted pregnancy or disease, what consequences, if any, do you all feel are possible harmful side effects to teenage sex?