[jessduntno]

"Those who attack Perry point out that Perry issued an executive order in February 2007 mandating that all Texas girls be vaccinated with Gardasil before admission to the sixth grade." -snip- "
Perry’s defenders counter with two points: first, that the Executive Order was not truly mandatory, as there was an opt-out clause for parents..." --------------- Which was it?

[grey_whiskers]

There was an opt-out clause: but why set it up that way if you are conservative?

It undermines morality and parental authority.

Much better to make it explicitly optional, with an "opt-in" -- and that'd've opened up a whole new firestorm from the conservative parents about morality...

Cheers!