Is Hugging, Cuddling, and Holding Hands 'Gateway Sexual Activity'?

WHERE IS THE COMMET ON TEENAGER'S AND LEGALITY

whom ever think doing one or all of these things is going to take you right to have sex has sexual issues we have to be more responsible and respect one another

takes away rights!

Sex needs to be talked about openly and not behind closed doors.

YES WHO SAID THIS ,NOT ME

where in nc are you from

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But the fact that the kids are maturing make it hard for them not to notice and react to each other. No rules can change that.

But Tennessee politicians were educated in a conservative environment that ranks at the bottom of the educational barrel for the country. What do you expect?

"The state dropped from 45th to 46th in the nation in fourth-grade math; from 39th to 41st in fourth-grade reading; from 43rd to 45th in eighth-grade math; and from 34th to 41st in eighth-grade reading. Also according to the results, 26 percent of fourth-grade students are proficient in reading, and 30 percent are proficient in math. Twenty-seven percent of eighth-grade students are proficient in reading, while 24 percent are proficient in math."
http://blogs.knoxnews.com/hum...

Sounds like a Repulican thing to do.

Banning hugs and hand holding, just makes them want to do it even more... The way it is..

I believe politicians is a bigger problem than nature.

to a much smaller extent of course.

It could be, it just all depends.(:

ludicrous it's about parents giving kids a proper upbringing and even that is not a guarantee of kids not messing around. It is part of human nature and unless your going to rewrite the human biological code your going to lose. Bunch of Fu++++* idiots

The bible belt is completely overrun with the crazies.

That would be the strength of the Tea Party and the Obama haters. When politicians are this nuts, why does anyone believe a word they say?

If they are not, then what is the point of doing them?

But such vague language in bills is likely to cause great mischief. Other vague legislation such as ObamaCare and Dodd-Frank Too-Big-to-Fail or the Sherman Anti-Trust Act have all caused terrible problems.

to some certain extenet yes but they should be a little more specific i guess?

Laws need clear definitions, not definitions which vary depending on the opinion of the person charged with enforcing it.

Sometimes just seeing another person can give way to sexual urges, or the sound of someone's voice, their unique smell as they pass by, or the way they look as the breeze brushes against their hair. Until the actual sex takes place anything about another person may excite one's sex drive. Love at first sight is not fiction, it occurs every day in schools, at work, in a restaurant or anywhere else people are.

If Tennessee were to pass this law they will become the next laughing stock of the USA. That, and the near fact that the law would be thrown out in a federal court, thus causing a cash strapped state to uselessly spend tax payer money in defense of it. Kids will be kids and teens will be teens. I believe it was Socrates or maybe Plato who said something like: I do not understand the youth of today. They listen to strange music, dress in their own fashion, ignore rules imposed on them, sass their parents and intermingle in inappropriate ways. I did not put this in quotation marks because I can only remember the gist of it.

It Starts somewhere

Holding hands? Hugging? Seriously?!

((However, I will be the first to admit that I wouldn't mind a stop to people making out with their significant others in front of their lockers. We all know how much you love each other, but eww.))

Hugging, cuddling, and holding hands are expressions of love and caring. These are expressions I share with my children and grandchildren every day and I hug my friends
whenever I see them as an expression of warmth and caring. I was fortunate to get to
hug Michelle Obama this past Monday when she visited Tucson. One of the best qualities of human beings is our ability to honestly and innocently show our love for one another
as fellow members of mankind.
I am sorry for the youth of Tennessee. Educating them about the consequences of
teen pregnancy and providing necessary information about prevention seems a
better way to achieve success.

agreed. i give my friends hugs all the time

You can prevent teen pregnancy, but you can't necessarily prevent teen sex. Yes, with someone you're attracted to, "innocent" hand holding, touching, snuggling, etc. is the precursor to getting it on. That's just nature. All you can do is let your kids understand what you expect of their behavior and give them the facts. My mom said finish high school and don't get pregnant. I listened to her. I had sex for the first time at 18. I think that's a good age to start, you're legally grown, hopefully have a HS diploma and can get a job and marry to support a kid.

i think they can eventually lead to that espically cuddling

Making out in the middle of a school hallway is one thing, but hugging and cuddling? It's just affection, nowhere even close to sex. And if the teen pregnancy rate is so high in tennessee, then what are they teaching the kids in their Health class or sex ed class? How many people here remember those powerpoint presentations full of the nasty, disgusting, hideous truth about all the consequences of sex, unprotected sex, multiple partners, etc? And if all the facts and information didn't put us right off the idea, then the photos certainly would. As much as I hated those presentations, they were very effective.

Yea, and marijuana is a gateway drug to harder drugs. NOT.

But banning it will only make the kids more eager to do it.

Yup, hugging leads to other things.
I wouldn't be hear if mom & dad never hugged.

We are humans. There is nothing wrong with holding hands and hugging. These people have lost their minds.

Obviously.

Watch the bill get passed and the teen pregnancy rate will climb higher...so stupid. Maybe if parents would be the main teacher in their kids lives and talk to their kids about sex, maybe...JUST MAYBE...their teens wouldn't get pregnant.

Bad sex education or none at all is a gateway to teen pregnancy.

Ah the Religious Reich strikes again. Jesus is so proud!

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