Safe Sex at the RNC
Roland Martin from CNN sits down with the Young Turks and talked about Sarah Palin and the importance of safe sex policies. Also addresses the color divide between the two conventions. Martin jokes that the GOP Convention has "about 12" African Americans in attendance at the conference. They also only have about 41 young people.
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Abstinence clearly didn't
Abstinence clearly didn't work in her home so i'd also like to hear what her position is on the subject now that her daughter got pregnant. I was in the UK the last few days and watched the debate from there and even some london escort as well as most of the room all were against the abstinence only teaching policy it's never going to work and an ignorant way to teach.
Finally what happened
finally what happened to sarah palins daughter, she gave a birth last week. thanks god she didnt get elected, she cant even look after her own under age daughter.how shes gonna look after whole nation. funny thinks last week i met a London Escorts girl whose sarah palin look a like.
Safe Sex Exducation & Policy
I think its extremely important in todays times, especially where we live in communities where sex is right in your face, be it TV Commercials, Adverts, Movies, Print Commercials, Soaps, Porn or easily accessible Escort Agencies providing Male and Female Escort Services, that teenagers and adults alike are well aware of the dangers of practicing unsafe sex. We really cant stop them from being drawn to it or experimenting with it but we can stress upon them in a very serious manner the importance of practicing safe sex not just becuase of STD's but also situations like pregnancy which may arise out of such liasons like it happened with Palins own daughter so that when the young do experiment they do it right.