RICHMOND, Nov. 20 -- Virginia's top Republicans called on Gov. Timothy M. Kaine (D) to restore state funds for programs that focus exclusively on teaching teenagers to abstain from sex until marriage, intensifying the partisan battle over sex education.
At a news conference Tuesday at the state Capitol, Attorney General Robert F. McDonnell and Lt. Gov. Bill Bolling joined other social conservatives and educators in accusing Kaine of ignoring state-sponsored studies that show abstinence-only education works.
"He is a Catholic, and I am a Catholic, and I know our church teaches abstinence," McDonnell said of Kaine. "I am puzzled by his decision."
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