UTICA, N.Y. — The majority of parents want high school sex education classes to focus on abstinence, a Zogby International poll commissioned by Focus on the Family has found.
Ninety-six percent of parents of children younger than 18 said they agreed strongly or somewhat that such classes should teach that “abstinence from sexual activity is best for teens.”
Ninety-one percent agreed that high schoolers should be taught that it is best for sexual intercourse to be linked to love, commitment and intimacy, qualities that “are most likely to occur in a faithful marriage.”
Forty-seven percent of parents said the best message for sex education programs to send is that young people should not be involved in sexual intercourse until marriage.
Thirty-two percent said they should be taught not to have sex until, at least, they have completed high school and are in a relationship with someone they want to marry.
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