About 30 years ago, sex education in public school was one of the raging fronts of the culture war. The right argued that parents should provide sex education in keeping with their religious and moral standards. The left argued that parents were failing in that responsibility. Unfortunately, the left had a pretty strong argument, and they had lots of support. A large fraction of Americans had already come to expect government schools to provide not only educational services but also nutrition, entertainment, and supervisory/babysitting services.
The left’s proposition was that the government schools should provide value-free, scientifically oriented sex education.
A few skeptics understood that government sex education would eventually reflect the values of Hollywood, DC, and Planned Parenthood. They were dismissed as cranks in the same way that opponents of the ERA who predicted gay marriage and an end of sex segregation in public restrooms were dismissed.
BTW, PP just got half a billion from the GOP Congress. It’s mainstream now.
Indeed.
The situation 30 years ago was that some kids “didn’t know nothing” about sex. Which was unfortunate.
Today, thanks to the Left, all the kids know that perversion is really cool, all men are rapists, homosexuals are better than heterosexuals, there are 73 genders, and the government should pay for your birth control, including abortions.
Progressives are really good for that kind of progress.
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A large fraction of Americans had already come to expect government schools to provide not only educational services but also nutrition, entertainment, and supervisory/babysitting services.
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‘Cause the right was, at BEST, lax in its duty to nip the other transgressions and Socialism-creep in the bud when they first reared their head(s).
Just like today, 40 yrs. after vowing to abolish the DoEd, the (R)N(C) will happily throw taxpayer $$ after taxpayer $$ w/o concession(s), quality nor care of outcome.