I'm Disgusted by Ignorance

I am absolutely floored when I hear people get angry about the proposed bill 99 from the Illinois Senate that talks about “age-appropriate” sex education in elementary school that COULD start as early as kindergarten.

First off, this bill was never passed. Secondly, the very first line in this bill is:

No pupil shall be required to take or participate in
any class or course in comprehensive sex education if the
pupil's his parent or guardian submits written objection
thereto, and refusal to take or participate in such course or
program shall not be reason for suspension or expulsion of
such pupil.

So. For parents or people out there that don’t like the idea of their children learning age-appropriate sex education from their public school teacher…WE DON’T HAVE TO WORRY….so seriously….seriously…shut up!

I swear, the next time I hear somebody complain, or gripe about this bill…I am going to ask them for their phone number. I am then going to give this phone number to the counselors…nurses….and psychiatrists that are left to try and pick up the pieces of the child’s world that fell about around them because they were sexually molested. I will then ask these counselors to give the phone number to the next child that walks into their office that has been sexually molested…and these people can then try to explain to this child WHY this happened to them. These people can explain to the child that there may have been a way for this to be prevented, but they stood in the way of it happening….and then these people can apologize to the child for being so damn selfish to realize that if this bill could save just 1 child from being sexually mistreated…1 child….it would be worth it. Then perhaps….JUST PERHAPS…these naïve idiots will then experience a fraction…a tiny fraction…of the pain…heartache…confusion…hate…rage…sadness…emptiness….that these children must go through.

And with and estimated 80,000 children being molested every year…I have a feeling that these people may be on the phone for a while.

So to the parents out there that don’t like this idea…remember how blessed your children are to have parents who put their best interest first. How blessed they are that you’re very concerned about the types of things that they could be learning at school. Then take a drive to the nearest foster home…or orphanage…or downtown street…and remember that for every “lucky” child out there…there are probably 10 more that aren’t so lucky. Children that are left to fend for themselves because of a parent that was too selfish…or because of a father that beat them…or a grandfather that went too far…or because of a mom that thought TV was a suitable babysitter…or because of a teacher, that never taught them that it was ok to say no. A teacher that never taught that what was happening to them was not ok. A teacher that never held them and said “we can get help”.

It disgusts me that there are people out there that are willing to turn their backs on the children that need them the most. It makes me sick that there are parents that are so ignorant to what’s really going on in the world…that they would be willing to deprive a child of getting an education that could end up saving their life.

United we stand??