08 Presidential Candidates, Political Analysis

In a bizarre bit of news, one of the candidates running for President, indeed the leading fundraiser from either party, announced he believes sex ed for kindergardners is “the right thing to do.”  http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalradar/2007/07/sex-ed-for-kind.html has the story.

I’m not sure which constituency this pleases, but its likely to rally parents and conservatives against him.  The vast majority of parents do not want sex being taught to their kindergardners.  Obama commented that he meant “age appropriate” sex ed for kindergardners, but did not mention what context might provide sex ed that could be appropriate for kindergarden age children.  Obama did not state whether parents would be allowed to opt their 4 and 5 year olds out of the sex ed program he wants, but did cite Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest abortion provider, as a group that might be able to run the program well.