..I'm speaking as a parent......pure and simple
Yes, being informed is a good thing :^
...when my county was pushing a sex-ed curriculum (straight from the pit of Planned Parenthood, btw)...parents had little recourse as it was a done deal....already mandated....but still to be voted on by the local school board.
.. they fought against it, when it became known.
And I was one of those naive parents who didn't understand the politics of this, but aggressively pursued information and spent time/energy informing other parents across the county.
We did make a difference..... and we did effect change.....to the good of our children....our children...
...and did not accept their concept but pursued/won and installed ours.
Parents aren't always informed or educated to the latest political ploy involving their children...
..but parents are their children's guardians/protectors......
..and regardless of whether you think they understand the 'talking points', does not negate their rights as parents to protest someone mandating a vaccine, a sex-ed curriculum, or etc., for their child.
And you didn't answer my question....
Are you a parent?
Well, I said I needed to know what would be best for my daughter, so I thought that would answer your question :-)
In fact, my daughter is of an age that if my state's legislature passes their law, she will be mandated to take this vaccine. But our state will have an opt-out, so I will have to decide whether to opt her out or not.
My opinion is that Perry did this because HE made an informed decision about what he thought would truly be best for the people of his state. I disagree with him, but I don't impugn his motives.
Since others were impugning him personally, I fell to the camp that defended what he was saying, in order to show that a reasonable person COULD be on his side; There's a far difference from making the wrong decision and being a bad person.
Making a decision because you received money would make you a bad person.