The Mad Rants of an Unconventional Soccer Mom

The 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child.

Bristol Palin, one of Alaska Gov. Palin's five children with her husband, Todd, is about five months pregnant and is going to keep the child and marry the father, the Palins said in a statement released by the campaign of Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

Hummm…I wonder if Bible-thumpers have more pregnant teen kids than those of us who actually teach responsibility to our kids? 

But anyway...the real reason I even touched on this and the real story here is that abstinence only education doesn't work.  It's unrealistic and dangerous.  Preaching religion, abstinence, and "just say no", does a great disservice to kids.  Teenagers are going to have sex. You cannot control human nature with prayer and freaky, creepy Purity Balls. What tennagers need is to be educated on how to protect themselves from diseases and unwanted pregnancies.

And I really, really feel sorry for this girl. Can you imagine how awful this must be for her? She is faced with the daunting task of raising a child and doesn’t deserve to have her personal life exposed to the entire world because of her mother’s political aspirations. I wish her the best of luck.

Btw…I also want to point out that Palin opposes any use of birth control by married couples – condoms included. How well do you think that is going to play with Hillary supporters and your average soccer mom? I don’t think too well.