Editorial: State lawmakers should abstain from diversions
A symptom appeared in the state-imposed tax freeze that froze spending for every local government but not the state. Now the agenda has reared its head in Senate Bill 286 by state Sen. Mary Lazich, which has the state dictate that abstinence be taught in human growth and development classes. The bill passed the Senate earlier this week.
What this bill represents is political red meat. It’s politically popular for Lazich and others to get behind this because, one, it doesn’t cost the state anything and, two, these elected officials look like they’re tough on something.
Politicians figure that if they focus on hot button social issues, it will detract attention from the larger problems facing our state. We have rising poverty, the loss of family-supporting jobs and a growing number of children without health insurance, to name a few.
The Final Thought: State Sen. Mary Lazich may have support for a bill to require school boards to promote abstinence, but the bill does nothing to address the real problems in the state.
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