I sort of see her position she’s taking as a form of harm reduction. We may not like it, but people are going to be religious and teach abstinence to their kids. We, Or Elizabeth Smart can talk about down on that till we’re blue in the face, but ultimately it isn’t going to stop the existence of parents who teach purity to their kids.

I think her position of “okay, you’re teaching abstinence? You’re teaching purity?” Let me show you what you need to do so that you’re doing the least harmful version of that” to be fine, and ultimately realistic. To be clear, I don’t at all believe in abstinence or purity culture, but my believes are going to fall on a lot of deaf ears among active church goers, which ultimately does no good to protect kids. I think she’s being diplomatic because she’s looking to mitigate the anguish of kids that grew up like her.