Obama on Sex Ed in Kindergarten: "It's the Right Thing to Do"

Excerpted from RushLimbaugh.Com:

RUSH: Now, this is the next McCain ad that really has the Obama camp fit to be tied. It's entitled "Education."

RUSH: Oh, this has got 'em fit to be tied. How dare they say this about Obama? Well, let's go back in 2007, on November 20th, Obama spoke at a Planned Parenthood event, and he said this about Alan Keyes, who was his opponent in the Senate race in 2004.

OBAMA: I remember him, uh, using this in his campaign against me, saying, "Barack Obama supports teaching sex education to kindergarteners." (laughter) And, you know, which -- I didn't know what to tell him. But it's the right thing to do.

Rush: I've got a news article that ran September 27, 2007, on the Fox News website after a Democrat debate. An excerpt from that article reporting on the debate says this:

"A fairy tale about two princes falling in love sparked a backlash -- and a lawsuit -- against a teacher and a school last year when it was read to a second-grade class in Massachusetts. But the three front-runners in the Democratic presidential race suggested Wednesday night at their debate in New Hampshire that they'd support reading the controversial book to children as part of a school curriculum. ... Obama agreed with Edwards and revealed that his wife has already spoken to his 6- and 9-year-old daughters about same-sex marriage."

This was said by Obama in a debate... that a book about two princes falling in love should be read as part of the education curriculum to school kids.

RUSH: In 2007, Barack Obama complained about Alan Keyes using this argument [teaching sex education to kindergarteners] against him in the Senate race, but then listen to how he ends up.

OBAMA: I remember him, uh, using this in his campaign against me, saying, "Barack Obama supports teaching sex education to kindergarteners." (laughter) And, you know, which -- I didn't know what to tell him. But it's the right thing to do.

RUSH: I have here in my formally nicotine-stained fingers (shuffling papers) a copy of a page of the actual bill in Illinois that Obama voted for that proscribes "comprehensive sex education" taught in grades K through 12. Here is the excerpt:

"Each class or course in comprehensive sex education offered in any of grades K through 12; shall include instructions on the prevention of sexually transmitted infections including the prevention, transmission, and spread of HIV. Nothing in this section prohibits instruction in sanitation, hygiene, or traditional courses in biology."

So, it's there. This was Senate bill 0099, and this is the Bill that Obama voted for -- and all the McCain ad says is exactly that, that Obama supported legislation to teach comprehensive sex education to kindergarteners. It's right here. K through 12. He voted for the bill. Now, he can go out there and try to revise history all he wants, but we have the legislation.

Click here to read the text of the Illinois bill from the Illinois General Assembly website.Originally, the bill was to include only grades 6 and up, but eventually "greater minds" prevailed - the number 6 was crossed out from the text and the letter K was added to include Kindergarten students.

Also read Obama, the Illinois Sex Education Bill 0099 and the SIECUS Guidelines - Is this "Age Appropriate" Education?!