The Republican party knows a thing or two about sex and children (Mark Foley, we're looking in your direction), but their latest attack ad is beyond the pale. The spot suggests that Senator Obama supported legislation requiring comprehensive sex ed for kindergartners(!). This is a huge, malicious whopper.
The Facts: The bill, introduced in the Illinois legislature, called for non-mandatory sex education for grades K-12 that was "age and developmentally appropriate." For kindergartners, that included, among other things, "how to say no to unwanted sexual advances." In other words, empowering little Timmy or Susie to avoid a pervert.
Yes, only the right-wing smear machine could take a measure designed to help parents protect their kids from sexual predators and twist it around to sound dirty and wrong. If you happen to see the spot, be sure to call, fax or email the station to voice your disgust that they would even run it.
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