why is it immoral to teach sex-ed in schools?

It's not immoral, actually I would say it's highly moral especially if the parents are so emotionally bound up that they cannot talk to their children about it.

You are also correct in saying a teen that wants to have sex is going to have sex no matter what is said to them. So in that case, teaching them about birth control and condoms is also teaching them how to be responsible for the actions that they take.

I am Christian, and do not think its immoral to teach sex ed. I think the class I had to take as a 31 year old getting married should have been taught at age 11 instead.

Teach sex ed, show how to use condoms, and follow it up by saying that the only positive way to protect against pregnancy and STD's is to not have sex in the first place.

I was blessed to have parents who taught me. Any question that came up they would answer. Anything. So we used to come up with some pretty off the wall questions to see if my Dad would blush. And guess what? Three kids, no STD's, no pre-marraige pregnancies. And yeah, we all fooled around, but at least we knew what we were doing! And the kids whose parents didn't say anything or totally condemned any sex stuff at all were the biggest perverts in our schools! My parents taught us that sex was a loving act between two consenting adults. When we were under 15, they said between married parents, but then realized we did live in the real world. The way my Dad discouraged promiscuity among his children was to say that he hoped we would have more respect for ourselves than to be that way. And hey, that worked for me.

One of the most idiotic things I ever heard was from a very religious lady who had 7 children, and went to the schoolboard saying her daughter "got pregnant from reading the book "Of Mice and Men"." I was about 8 years old and knew that wasn't possible! Her youngest kid was a friend of mine, and she knew nothing at all....and would have gotten pregnant at 15 too if her friends didn't tell her how a baby was made! My Grandmother had 7 kids, and she had four before she put together intercourse is what makes a baby! That just blows my mind. She had a 147 IQ, but lived in an age where sex wasn't talked about. She thought you could get AIDS from reading about it.

Ignorance isn't bliss. I had to have a talk with her, too!

What amazes me now is all the parents that had a lot of teenage sex when they were young now expect their children to abstain merely because they tell them not to.

That wouldn't have worked on them but they expect it to work on their kids.

Sex Ed is NOT about teaching kids new ways to have sex, they've already figured that one out. They do need to learn how to protect themselves from disease, pregnancy and sexual predators. Being simply told to abstain is fostering ignorance. In the heat of the moment ignorance can be disastrous.

Forewarned is forearmed. Knowledge is power and education is never wasted.

It is not immoral to teach sex ed in schools. Quit the contrary, it is immoral and unethical to NOT teach sex ed in schools. And in my opinion, parents shouldn't be able to get their kids out of it. The more up tight they are about it, the more likely their kids aren't learning what they need to know even at home.

I think sex-ed should be taught in school. Knowledge is power. So why not arm teens with the power to make good decisions in life.

I agree with you completely. One set of my grandparents had a baby 7 months after they got married. It doesn't matter what is said. Teens will have sex. They might as well have protection.

It's not. I think its great.

I think some people are confused about "Sex Ed"....

they're not teaching a kid how to have sex and what positions are the best and what not!! Are you crazy? It teaches how to be safe! which is what these kids need.

Maybe both. Don't have sex until your married, but if you do then listen to safety. Still wait for marriage, fewer single parents teen parents unwanted adopted kids, kids thrown in the gutter so on so on

It's fine to teach sex ed as long as you are ALSO discouraging them from the idea. Telling them HOW TO DO IT makes them WANT TO DO IT MORE.

If sex ed is working so well why all these babies?? And why all these single mothers choosing to have babies w/o daddy's cause their kid doesn't need one? Where is sex ed on this? Why all the need for abortions if sex ed is so great and how come kids have the highest numbers of STD's if sex ed is such a success?? Why not tell kids not to do it? It wasn't until my generatiion that sex became an acceptable sport, all those years before kids were told no and the problems were only a few. It would seem kids can't get it right even with sex ed.