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cal04

(41,505 posts)
Sat Mar 17, 2012, 08:24 AM Mar 2012

Utah governor vetoes bill curbing sex education in public schools

Source: MSNBC

Utah Gov. Gary Herbert on Friday vetoed a controversial bill banning public schools from teaching contraception as a way of preventing pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

The bill, which also sought to bar instruction on homosexuality or other aspects of human sexuality other than the teaching of abstinence, would have been the first of its kind in the nation if it had become law.

It had previously cleared Utah's Republican-controlled House and Senate, and Herbert was widely expected to sign it.

(snip)
"If HB 363 were to become law, parents would no longer have the option the overwhelming majority is currently choosing for their children. I am unwilling to conclude that the state knows better than Utah's parents as to what is best for their children," he said.



Read more: http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2012/03/17/10728322-utah-governor-vetoes-bill-curbing-sex-education-in-public-schools

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Utah governor vetoes bill curbing sex education in public schools (Original Post) cal04 Mar 2012 OP
He VETOED it?? In UTAH????? He just ended his political career there. kestrel91316 Mar 2012 #1
Good for him. woo me with science Mar 2012 #2
Good... he vetoed it.... but... AlbertCat Mar 2012 #3
It appears Aerows Mar 2012 #4
Oh dear goodness, what will Rome have to say about this? PM Martin Mar 2012 #5
Why would he care atreides1 Mar 2012 #7
maybe he knows some polygamous Mormons with 25 kids wordpix Mar 2012 #8
Maybe... usrname Mar 2012 #6
 

AlbertCat

(17,505 posts)
3. Good... he vetoed it.... but...
Sat Mar 17, 2012, 11:07 AM
Mar 2012

"I am unwilling to conclude that the state knows better than Utah's parents as to what is best for their children," he said.

This may and may not be true depending... certainly true with this bill.

But parents DON'T always know what's best for their children (look at whom the parents put in office!) and I hate that tired old cliche. "Parents" is too broad a term.

 

Aerows

(39,961 posts)
4. It appears
Sat Mar 17, 2012, 12:03 PM
Mar 2012

That one or two Republicans are waking up to the idea that these staunchly socially conservative laws that legislators are trying to pass will end up hurting them.

I hope the sane people in Utah vote the legislators who came up with this out of office.

Our main problem isn't just the presidency - it's the legislators who keep coming up with this crap and the governors that go along with it.

wordpix

(18,652 posts)
8. maybe he knows some polygamous Mormons with 25 kids
Sat Mar 17, 2012, 10:37 PM
Mar 2012

Not good for the kids if they're not well cared for and not good for the state if the state has to care for them.

A little birth control goes a long way.

 

usrname

(398 posts)
6. Maybe...
Sat Mar 17, 2012, 06:53 PM
Mar 2012

He's hoping the legislature will override his veto and so he can wash his hands of this mess: he'll claim he vetoed it, but can also claim to be part of the historical record of being the administration that let this legislation go through.

Such political game-playing is not unusual.

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