In response to the Responsible Family Life and Education bill before the Minnesota state legislature, a measure that would set the standard for comprehensive, the Minnesota Family Council has been sending creepy as hell automated calls asking parents if they want their children learning about “anal and oral-anal sex.” Of course, the question has been made for callers, as any child who happens to pick up the phone will receive home schooling on the acts in question—fumblingly, with many averted eyes and clearings of throats from distraught parents, even though:
“The bill itself would not mandate the teaching of these sex acts, only the teaching of “medically accurate and age-appropriate” sexual health information with curriculum decisions left to parents and school boards.”
There are recorded clips from Family Council robo-calls floating around YouTube, but these were actually lifted from calls made last year from a different robo-call. Yes, there was more than one in the last two years. (Some version of the bill in question has been before the legislature for eight years.) For some reason, the Family Council has yet to release full transcripts.
Most outlets have been reporting the “Tee-hee, anal!” angle of the story while ignoring the content and status of the bill in question—which is grim. Minnesota is already one of only sixteen states (including WI) to reject federal money for abstinence-only sex education. However, despite popular support, the governor said he would veto the bill if it was not approved from certain quaters–i.e., the Family Council. Approval for a comprehensive program won’t happen in the dwindling 2008 legislative session:
“Controversial comprehensive sex education for all seventh- through 12th-graders is not in the bill passed Friday.”
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