Banning abstinence only programs will be the Scopes monkey trial of the 21st century

In The Washington Post today, they talk about some talking points of our federally funded abstinence-only programs that are currently taught in schools. Among these points are:

• A 43-day-old fetus is a "thinking person."
• HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, can be spread via sweat and tears.
• Condoms fail to prevent HIV transmission as often as 31 percent of the time in heterosexual intercourse.

First of all, what the heck is a 43 day old fetus thinking? Gee, it's comfy in here. Now, this could be a debateable point and we could go on forever about it, but it is nothing compared to the mis-information in point #2:

AIDS can be spread through sweat and tears. Why is this even MENTIONED in an abstinence program? Are they trying to frighten kids from even touching each other? This is just the first step in declaring HIV positive people as modern day lepors. "Don't touch them son! You could get leoprosy AIDS!" The next step will be putting them all on an island until the scourge is cured. Doesn't anyone remember in the early 80s, the bathhouses being closed in San Francisco because people believed that AIDS was spreading through the hot water. In retrospect it was probably because of a lot of unprotected sex, but the implication was that the baths themselves were unsafe. These "facts" have gone right back to those old uninformed opinions.

Teaching our kids lies should be illegal, and teaching them these lies using federal funds should be a federal crime. I'd be mad, but I expect this under an "ends justify the means" administration.