"Why do you believe this is the job of the government? I thought most conservatives wanted government out of our lives?"
Good question. If I had children, I'd make sure they had this information myself. I'm not bashful or embarassed about sex.
In this country, right or wrong, we have public schools, where most of our children get their education. Even if I have taught my own children the comprehensive sex education information I want them to have, I want the kids they encounter to have the information as well. That protects my children, too, even though I have taught them.
You see, I don't trust the parents of the other kids to have taught them this information.
You don't trust parents but you trust the government-run schools? LOL. I can tell you don't have kids in public schools.