Amy Proctor | Amy Proctor | Sept. 14, 2008
You’ve probably seen John McCain’s You Tube ad saying Barack Obama’s only legislative accomplishment on education was voting yea on teaching kindergarteners sex education. The Obama campaign refutes the ad. They say the legislation taught kindergartners how to discern sexual predators.
Not true. The McCain ad is right. Obama voted in the Illinois Senate to pass a bill for comphrensive sex education for grades K-12.
- This is the full text of Bill SB0099, the bill Barack Obama supported.
- This is the life and death of the bill, filed on 1/29/2003 and died on 1/11/2005.
- Here is a list of all bills sponsored by Barak Obama in the Illinois Senate
The curriculum Obama wanted to use is from SIECUS which provides the Guidelines for Comprehensive Sexuality Education, Kindergarten through 12th Grade (Source: McCain/Palin website/MSNBC)
Let’s take a look at what Obama wanted to teach kindergartners through 3rd graders. Kindergarten is referred to as Level 1 , or “middle childhood, ages 5 through 8; early elementary school”.
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