Law Not Justice

This is especially worrying. Not surprised that this came from the land for fruits and nuts.

In a recent ruling, a three-judge panel of the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals (that be the Left Coast) determined that parents do not have a fundamental right to control when, where and how their children are taught about sex.

Rather the state - in its far greater wisdom about what's right and wrong - has ultimate power over your kids.

And here is what is really offensive:

Kids ages 7 through 10 were asked, for example, to rate the following activities according to how often they experienced the thought or emotion:

"Touching my private parts too much."

"Thinking about having sex."

"Thinking about touching other people's private parts."

"Thinking about sex when I don't want to."

"Washing myself because I feel dirty on the inside."

"Not trusting people because they might want sex."

"Getting scared or upset when I think about sex."

"Having sex feelings in my body."

"Can't stop thinking about sex."

"Getting upset when people talk about sex."

Obviously, not every 7-year-old is ready to contemplate those kinds of questions. If you're a parent, there's no contest as to who should determine when such subjects are raised. Parents should.

Worst of all:

The court made clear that it was not passing judgment on the appropriateness of the questions themselves, but only on the constitutional questions raised in the case. Herewith, plaintiff's evidence as to why the law is, indeed, an ass and why what is "legal" is not always right.

This is one of those cases where I have trouble with legalism. There is no justice in this.

I'd say that anyone worried about their kids should use this type of behavior in schools to make the politicians completely liable for this crap. Any politician that doesn't completely condemn these actions, shouldn't be allowed office ever. This is one of those topics that is a true litmus test of who is more important, the citizen or the state.