Kurt Angle Quotes
Join me in Olympic Heros for Abstinence. The best sex is no sex.
WWF SmackDown. World Wrestling Federation, 2000.
Addressing a group of religious leaders who were objecting to sex education to reduce teen-age pregnancy:
This quotation is noteworthy as it illustrates political hypocrisy and very loose standards of accuracy. Vitter was a supporter and advocate for the idea of reducing teen age pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases. However, this was an idea of religious advocates and not one recommended by public health scientists in the same way. To Vitter and the religious right, Abstinence Education, was to be a complete substitute for all other forms of sex education. They opposed teaching about birth control and safe sex procedures at all. The public health scientists generally argued that these were necessary, and that Abstinence Education would also be useful if it worked. But the early data showed that Abstinence Education did not work very well and was certainly no substitute for the other modalities of sex education. For Vitter, his moralistic advocacy of sexual fidelity, was particularly hypocritical as a few months after this quotation, Vitter was found to be frequenting prostitutes—See {625898}.
Kurt Steven Angle is an American Olympic gold medalist, actor, retired professional wrestler, and former amateur wrestler. He is best known for his time in WWE and Total Nonstop Action Wrestling.