Sex Education and Religion

Whether to teach sex education or not has become a big controversy in the United States. Many religious groups are against the teaching of sex education, but opponents say that children need to learn about sex in order to protect themselves in the future. Religious groups say that children should not be taught about sex because the will be more inclined to have sex, so they have been protesting and lobbying for abstinence-only sex education. I think this is wrong, I believe that children need to be taught sex education. They need to know about the consequences of sex and about how to protect themselves from getting pregnant or getting some kind of infection or disease. If kids are not taught these things they risk getting a disease or pregnant because may not know how to take precautions. Teaching abstinence only does not seem very affective to me because it shows children that the only way not to get pregnant or get a STD is to not have sex.

I remember in my own sex education class, my teacher not only taught me how to take precautions, but she also told me about the type of relationship I should have- a healthy relationship versus a bad relationship. So I feel like sex education also teaches children how to take care of themselves not only physically, but emotionally as well.