Not just a brand of fruit

Wisconsin Gov. Jim Doyle signed a bill yesterday that will require all sex education classes in the state to put an extra-special emphasis on abstinence.

A spokesman for the governor assured that most Wisconsin schools already take that approach.

Then why is it necessary to make it mandatory?

Is it to appease outside influence? To hush the whining and screaming of The Christian Mob?

Sex education teachers must present abstinence as the preferred behavior for unmarried people under the bill.

Homophobic influence is written all over this legislation, since gays can't marry and all. No sex for you, sodomizing sinners. EVER.

The legislation means teachers must emphasize that refraining from sex before marriage is the most effective way to prevent pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases.

Except that research shows otherwise, including similar rates of STD's.

And in Wisconsin alone, the overall infection rate of the four top sexually transmitted diseases actually increased by 3 percent among teens between 1993 and 2004.

None of that matters though, cause ignoring scientific research is the new black these days.