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Old 05-02-2012, 12:53 PM
 
Location: Michigan
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Tennessee lawmakers say kissing and holding hands are "gateway sexual activities"

Tennessee lawmakers don’t want teenagers having sex, which is why Sex Education courses in Tennessee public schools teach kids that abstinence is the way to go.

I Want to Hold Your Hand
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Old 05-02-2012, 12:55 PM
 
Location: Londonderry, NH
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What Tennessee "lawmakers" want and Tennessee kids do seem to be disconnected. I wonder why?
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Old 05-02-2012, 01:04 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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A government so small that it will fit in... your hands.*

* Paraphrased from a funny poster used in a rally in Austin.
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Old 05-02-2012, 01:57 PM
 
Location: Southcentral Kansas
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Tennessee lawmakers say kissing and holding hands are "gateway sexual activities"

Tennessee lawmakers don’t want teenagers having sex, which is why Sex Education courses in Tennessee public schools teach kids that abstinence is the way to go.

I Want to Hold Your Hand
There a lot of public operated schools where rules like that exist. Maybe some of those lawmakers had seen it working in schools and wanted it outside school.
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Old 05-02-2012, 02:03 PM
 
Location: A great city, by a Great Lake!
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Tennessee lawmakers say kissing and holding hands are "gateway sexual activities"

Tennessee lawmakers don’t want teenagers having sex, which is why Sex Education courses in Tennessee public schools teach kids that abstinence is the way to go.

I Want to Hold Your Hand

Wow! How a**backwards can you get? Next they'll require all women to dress like puritans. Long skirts. No shorts, no jeans, or slacks of any kind.
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Old 05-02-2012, 02:04 PM
 
Location: Dallas, TX
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There a lot of public operated schools where rules like that exist. Maybe some of those lawmakers had seen it working in schools and wanted it outside school.
Government so small that it can fit outside the school.
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Old 05-02-2012, 02:05 PM
 
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I went to a high school where handholding was banned but hardly enforced. Both high schools i attended in fact.
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Old 05-02-2012, 02:11 PM
 
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Tennessee lawmakers say kissing and holding hands are "gateway sexual activities"

Tennessee lawmakers don’t want teenagers having sex, which is why Sex Education courses in Tennessee public schools teach kids that abstinence is the way to go.

I Want to Hold Your Hand
In Texas we use Tequila......FYI
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Old 05-02-2012, 02:12 PM
 
Location: Syracuse, New York
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Tennessee is bent on making the preacher from Footloose look like Larry Flynt by comparison.
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Old 05-02-2012, 03:56 PM
 
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More huge government and anti-freedom proposals from the GOP? Get outta here!
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