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I was merely pointing out that the ad is not a lie. If that's where the Obama campaign stands on the issue, then proudly say so, rather than responding "lies!!" because that is deceitful in itself. And your clarification that "..sex ed for kindergarteners is about age appropriate things such as "where do babies come from", offers an opt out to the parents..." Well, why the heck should a kindergarten school curriculum offer an "opt-out" to parents on such an important, personal topic? Shouldn't that be the exclusive responsibility of the parents at such a young, impressionable age?? Sex ed in later years sure, but at five or six years old? This is how public policy makes children of us all! I don't need, and shouldn't need, a schoolteacher teaching my young child about sex because it is too uncomfortable for me and I want to opt out. I should be held responsible for that, in whichever way I want, and rightly so.
