Posted on 09/10/2008 8:08:17 AM PDT by Mike Bates
John McCain's ad denouncing Barack Obama for supporting sex education for kindergartners when he was in the Illinois Senate hit a nerve. Today, in a posting titled "Does the Truth Matter Anymore?," Columnist E.J. Dionne of the Washington Post expresses outrage on the newspaper's Web site:
And now comes a truly vile McCain ad accusing Obama of supporting legislation to offer "'comprehensive sex education' to kindergartners." The announcer declares: "Learning about sex before learning to read? Barack Obama. Wrong on education. Wrong for your family."
Margaret Talev of McClatchy newspapers called the ad a “deliberate low blow.” Here’s what she wrote in an excellent fact check: “This is a deliberately misleading accusation. It came hours after the Obama campaign released a TV ad critical of McCain's votes on public education. As a state senator in Illinois, Obama did vote for but was not a sponsor of legislation dealing with sex ed for grades K-12. But the legislation allowed local school boards to teach ‘age-appropriate’ sex education, not comprehensive lessons to kindergartners, and it gave schools the ability to warn young children about inappropriate touching and sexual predators.”
Is McCain against teaching little kids to beware of sexual predators?
The subject of Obama's support has come up before. In July of last year, MSNBC's "First Read" reported:
Obama spokesman Bill Burton tells First Read: "You can teach a kid about what's appropriate and not appropriate to protect them from predators out there." In addition, he issued a document showing that the Oregon Department of Education has guidelines for sex education for children in grades K-3 (which includes understanding the difference between a good touch and a bad touch), and that the Sexuality Information And Education Council . . .
(Excerpt) Read more at newsbusters.org ...
Teaching kids not to take candy from strangers, or to let anyone touch them where there underwear covers isn’t “sex education.”
I will digress from the main topic to tell you that you are incorrect. Most predators are related to the child, or have a close relationship with the family. So Stranger Danger is an incomplete message and may actually thwart your child’s ability to find help from a “safe” stranger if separated from you in public. Read “Protecting the Gift” by Gavin De Becker for a good inroduction.
Children need to be well-informed by their parents/guardians, not by Government Schools.
McCain has repeatedly stated he is against allowing homosexuals to adopt children.
Oh, I can tell you first hand that I am not uninformed on this matter.
I do agree with you that we don't need schools to teach our children about inappropriate behavior among adults.
Bottom line don't leave your children with just anyone. Common sense and intuition go a long way!
Our daughter is now 13. So far so good. I won't rest till she's 45 or I'm dead.
Does his lil childrens already know about the birds and the bees or do they just know not to marry whitey?
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