“Destroying the innocence”? Do you know the statistics on how many children are molested in some form by the time they reach 18? And I don’t mean children the same age playing doctor. What constitutes a molestation is when there is a five year age difference. So that would be a five year old and a ten year old. Big difference in size and power and it happens! Leave it to the parents? What if the parents are MIA, or worse, one of them is molesting as Kelley points out.

A lot of people have real ass-backward views about sexuality that subvert it so that it comes out in f**d up ways. Can we say thriving porn industry in US? And, after reading many ignorant posts here and other places, it’s no wonder why.

To those with knee-jerk reactions against this, do yourselves a favor: crack your minds open a little, do some research on SEXUALITY (not just sex) and molestation. A good place to start is with Debra Haffner. She has written some wonderful books on how to talk to your kids about sexuality issues from the time they are small. She went head to head with Bill IgnO Riley and, when she spoke about the importance of naming body parts with their real names, he objected about teaching kids about the word uterus. Oops! Am I allowed to say that?

Mom of two responsible teens

Personally, I don’t think destroying the innocence of every five year old in the country is justified based on the off-chance that you might be able to help the very few who are being abused in their homes. There are other ways to help those abused children – teachers can (and are) taught to watch for and report signs of abuse.

Well, why don’t we “assume” that the parents and community can determine what should be taught to 5 yr olds, WIITHOUT the state government mandating sex ed?

The Law reads as a guideline that the local school board would follow in instituting education that includes personal safety, abstinence and health and family issues. It even says that it should be included with other subject matter, which says to me the emphasis is on health and safety not sex. This law does not mandate any program. I would assume that the community and the involvement of parents would moderate what is actually curriculum.

More importantly, a state law is usually enacted in order to address issues in a state that the citizens have raised. Reading a law out of context with why the law was proposed is not fair or even respectful of the right of the citizens to govern their own state. Obama was not the only legislator [there are 59 state Senators and 118 state representatives - thats 176 duly elected representatives of the citizens of Illinois] and the source of the legislation is not purported here.

For non-citizens of Illinois to criticize what the duly elected representatives of the free citizens of Illinois has enacted is downright wrong and irrelevant.

In the notion of determining the values that Obama brings to the national scene, I believe that a voting record is not enough. We elect representatives to vote for or against laws based upon many conditions. What is behind the vote, whether a reflection of his own family values or the influence of a lobbyist and all influences of right compromise should be taken into account. We elect these people from varius states to manage a system of laws that can uniformly be enforced in our pluralistic society of region, religion, culture and natural selfishness.

which means what is said to a Kindergarten kid is at their level. ask an educator what this means before spreading your BS.

and btw, MANY states also have this law in effect….