Comments on: Juno Is Popular In Gloucester

By: Thanksgivingmom

Thanksgivingmom — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 20:24:08 +0000

The idea to blame Juno about this is making me sick myself – I just wrote about this very issue on my blog as well (http://thanksgivingmom.wordpress.com/2008/06/24/juno-vs-the-state-of-massachusetts/)…gotta point a finger somewhere, and no one in Gloucester is directly responsible for the movie, so that seems like a good target. Ah, the logic…

By: Margaret

Margaret — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 15:51:07 +0000

I completely agree about peer pressure and stigmatization. That’s what kept ME honest back in the day! But fat chance in today’s culture. According to the Gloucester school superintendent, motherhood will give these teenagers “status.” That’s the actual word he used. Status.

Just posted my own take on the situation…

http://www.lcweekly.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=623&Itemid=94&mosmsg=Item+successfully+saved.

By: CL

CL — Tue, 24 Jun 2008 13:42:30 +0000

We all know the “progressives” in Gloucester aren’t asking for funding of abstinance programs or in any way criticizing the students for having sex. So apparently the mayor would have preferred that Juno had an abortion to avoid glorifying life – I mean “pregnancy.”

Nothing “glorifies” teen pregnancy more than the efforts of this high school to encourage this type of behavior:

“The high school has done perhaps too good a job of embracing young mothers. Sex-ed classes end freshman year at Gloucester, where teen parents are encouraged to take their children to a free on-site day-care center. Strollers mingle seamlessly in school hallways among cheerleaders and junior ROTC. “We’re proud to help the mothers stay in school,” says Sue Todd, CEO of Pathways for Children, which runs the day-care center.”

http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,1815845,00.html

A little peer pressure and social stigmatization would have prevented this ridiculous pact.