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Sex Ed for Kindergarteners 'Right Thing to Do,' Says Obama
ABC News ^ | July 18, 2007 1:13 PM | Teddy Davis and Lindsey Ellerson

Posted on 07/18/2007 3:30:56 PM PDT by Vision

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To: Vision

There is no such thing as age appropriate sex education for kindergartners.


21 posted on 07/18/2007 3:41:47 PM PDT by Maceman
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To: Vision
What's with sex education?

Chapter One-

Boys put their wangus into a girls' thingy and if you're not lucky, a baby happens.
It's OK if you're married and you want a baby ... not so good if you're just 'doing it'.
Boy and boy ... eventually you'll die ... AIDS or suicide
Girl and girl ... More likely suicide.
Stick with boy/girl.

Chapter Two-

The End

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22 posted on 07/18/2007 3:42:33 PM PDT by knarf (I say things that are true ... I have no proof ... but they're true.)
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To: Vision

An old evil of limousine liberalism rears its ugly head again.


23 posted on 07/18/2007 3:43:13 PM PDT by DesScorp
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To: Vision
Question: If the government is supposed to stay out of bedrooms, why is the government nosing around in bedroom matters here?

Question 2: Why do liberals get away with such obvious contradictions?

24 posted on 07/18/2007 3:44:02 PM PDT by The Ghost of FReepers Past (Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light..... Isaiah 5:20)
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To: Vision

The only thing about sex that a 4 or 5 y/o should know is the difference between girls and boys.


25 posted on 07/18/2007 3:45:18 PM PDT by CindyDawg
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To: Vision

Liberals actually believe that the problem is too little focus on sexuality in this society. Meanwhile we can’t even safely send our kids to public schools. It’s ultimately a tax on conservatives since we pay for the public schools and can’t use them.

From the liberal perspective, it must be amazing that the human race was able to reproduce itself before sex-education was put in place in the public schools, all those syphillis infected teenagers thinking the stork brought babies while they beat up lesbians for fun.


26 posted on 07/18/2007 3:46:15 PM PDT by Greg F (<><)
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To: Frank_2001

It appears to me that Obama is a terribly inexperienced person. He is in the wrooooong position. He’s in over his head. I predict that this election is going to quite painful for him. The worst is yet to come.


27 posted on 07/18/2007 3:46:21 PM PDT by Clara Lou (Thompson-Hunter '08-- imwithfred.com)
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To: Vision
Why do innocent children need to be bombarded with concepts they are too immature to comprehend?

What purpose could this possibly serve?

28 posted on 07/18/2007 3:46:48 PM PDT by SaveTheChief (Chief Illiniwek (1926-2007))
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To: Yehuda

Or Barney Franks, or Scott Ridder, or Bill Clinton, or Gary Studds, or Ted Kennedy or......


29 posted on 07/18/2007 3:46:52 PM PDT by fhayek
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To: HarmlessLovableFuzzball

The two of them will split the kook vote.


30 posted on 07/18/2007 3:47:45 PM PDT by darkangel82 (Socialism is NOT an American value.)
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To: Dilbert San Diego

I think what they try to do in schools is Sex “Re-education”


31 posted on 07/18/2007 3:48:50 PM PDT by elizabetty (The funding dried up and I can no longer afford Tagline Messages.)
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To: Clara Lou

Now we know another reason he is called “The Obamination”.


32 posted on 07/18/2007 3:49:25 PM PDT by GladesGuru (In a society predicated upon freedom, it is essential to examine principle)
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To: Vision
In addition to local schools informing kindergarteners that babies do not come from the stork, the state legislation Obama supported in Illinois, which contained an "opt out" provision for parents, also envisioned teaching kindergarteners about "inappropriate touching," according to Obama's presidential campaign. Despite Obama's support, the legislation was not enacted.

Taught by Bill Clinton and Mark Foley!

33 posted on 07/18/2007 3:50:33 PM PDT by Dengar01
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To: Vision

We should just reject this line of debate altogether. The Federal government shouldn’t have a role in educating our kids, and a man running for president shouldn’t have a role in teaching our kids about sex.


34 posted on 07/18/2007 3:51:30 PM PDT by americanophile
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To: Vision

Well shoot, all kids at that age are sexually curious. That’s what ‘playing Dr’ is about, natural curiosity about the human body and noticing that boys are different from girl etc etc. My own sons had questions that age regarding where babies come from, their own bodies. Normal and natural.

Answering those questions honestly and openly *is* sex education. It doesn’t have to be an instruction manual at that age, just correct terminology for body parts, respect for their own and others’ bodies. But I’d rather have been the one to answer their questions that at that age.


35 posted on 07/18/2007 3:51:55 PM PDT by ktscarlett66 (Face it girls....I'm older and I have more insurance....)
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To: Clara Lou

I wonder if he lets his inner white man out when no one is looking?


36 posted on 07/18/2007 3:51:56 PM PDT by Old Professer (The critic writes with rapier pen, dips it twice, and writes again.)
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To: Vision
Despite Obama's support, the legislation was not enacted.


Uh.. yeah, like because he was a 3rd string unknown back bench state senator who didn't do shiite.

When he beat the Dem Machine Candidate Dan Hynes in the IL primary, they went apoplectic and in unison cried 'Who The 'F' is this Barak Obama?'. And not until the IL GOP totally screwed up in picking 'our' candidate (which made Barak a lock on the senate election), did the Machine openly start backing him.

37 posted on 07/18/2007 3:52:03 PM PDT by Condor51 (Rudy makes John Kerry look like a Right Wing 'Gun Nut' Extremist)
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To: Clara Lou
What an utter fool.

What an imbecile! Maybe he wants Ms. Elders back so she can teach kids to mast..., well you know.

38 posted on 07/18/2007 3:52:05 PM PDT by 4CJ (Annoy a liberal, honour Christians and our gallant Confederate dead)
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To: Vision
“Keep in mind: I honor and respect young people who choose to delay sexual activity,” Obama continued. “I’ve got two daughters, and I want them to understand that sex is not something casual. That’s something that we definitely want to communicate and should be part of any curriculum. But we also know that when the statistics tell us that nearly half of 15 to 19 year olds are engaging in sexual activity, that for us to leave them in ignorance is potentially consigning them to illness, pregnancy, poverty, and in some cases, death.”

And you, smart man, aren’t able to teach this to your own daughters?? You are going to rely on the schools to teach them that sex isn’t something casual? And who are you going to rely on to develop a curriculum that teaches them this? Maybe they can go to the Boulder (CO) High School lecture where they will learn that group and homosexual sex and experimentation with drugs is good for them.

My little girls are too young to be sexualized by the schools. When they get to the appropriate age, they won’t be left ignorant as your children will be because you are relying on the schools to give them the proper scoop.

39 posted on 07/18/2007 3:52:17 PM PDT by keepitreal
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To: originalbuckeye

Exactly, they should be mature enough to handle it. My kids are innocent about those things, too, and we’re glad we were able to help them preserve that innocence.

I do think that one person’s definition of “sex education” is very different from another’s. For example, as soon as my kids started asking about the facts of life, I answered honestly about babies, how they develop, giving birth, the differences between men and women, etc. What I didn’t tell them about was sexual intercourse or sexuality (and definitely not about homosexuality). The parents should decide what information a child should be given and when.

Obama did not specify exactly what he thinks kindergarteners should know. He sidestepped the question and was purposely vague.


40 posted on 07/18/2007 3:53:30 PM PDT by Tired of Taxes (Dad, I will always think of you.)
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