Reply #36: I guess I'm being a bit of a devil's advocate here, because I [View All]

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actually took my kid out of class rather than have him in a sex ed class. It was kindergarten! I just didn't want a teacher teaching him about sex ed before I felt he was ready (the class was about "bad touching" and "stranger danger," a phrase that pisses me off because I don't think teaching little kids paranoia is a good idea, and because I didn't want my son thinking that the world is full of strangers just dying to touch his Johnson).

But honestly, lots of issues are in the service of public health, like condom usage and STDs, and I think the state is well within its right to insist that they be part of the curriculum. You can always take your kid out if you feel you must.

Which is an entirely different issue from the "under God" business, which while it doesn't bother me enough to work up a lawsuit against my school district or anything, I do think it imposes a religious world view and ought not be part of a public school's day.