Condoms For First Graders?

The left wonders why I feel the need to work harder so my child can go to private school. The first sentence of the article tells allot. No one objected to this in the meeting or thought anything was wrong with giving condoms to children that young without telling the parents.

"When the school board in Provincetown, Mass., voted unanimously on June 8 to provide free condoms to all students in the district without parental notification, no one in the audience objected."

FOXNews.com - Condoms for First Graders? School Board's Decision Sparks Firestorm in Massachusetts (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/24/condoms-kids-provincetown-protest-bad-day/)

The left wonders why I feel the need to work harder so my child can go to private school. The first sentence of the article tells allot. No one objected to this in the meeting or thought anything was wrong with giving condoms to children that young without telling the parents.

"When the school board in Provincetown, Mass., voted unanimously on June 8 to provide free condoms to all students in the district without parental notification, no one in the audience objected."

FOXNews.com - Condoms for First Graders? School Board's Decision Sparks Firestorm in Massachusetts (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/24/condoms-kids-provincetown-protest-bad-day/)


Probably the largest gay area on the east coast. To say that town is free thinkers is an understatement.

Probably the largest gay area on the east coast. To say that town is free thinkers is an understatement.
So just because your gay you have no morals or no standards?

This bothers me in a few different ways. I'll try my best to explain all.

society is definatley sexualizing children, which i'm well aware of. I think 1st graders are too young to be given condoms, thats for sure.

The media likes to portray the "innocent children" fluff too. I'm also aware of that. However, for every one "innocent" child, there are a few others who are smoking weed, getting drunk, having sex, etc. etc.

I will go on record and say that i think children shouldn't obviously be having sex, for obvious reasons.

However, it is well known now adays that even in the 5th and 6th grade, there is sex and sexual stuff going on now between kids, and i'd have to assume that many of them are not being careful and thinking about STDS or pregnancy or whatever.

i think if these kids decide they want to have sex, then they should also realize they need to use protection. I guess some could argue that the schools should try to discourage sex, but we all know kids are going to be kids and eventually they are going to decide to have sex.

All we can do is try and promote responsibility and teach the importance of safe sex.

However, i think before the 6th grade, elementary school should have no business handing out condoms and the like.

So just because your gay you have no morals or no standards?


I didn't say that, I was just saying that most gay communities are liberal in their thoughts.

Have you ever been there? It is on the tip of cape cod and probably has 100 year residents.

For the record most extreme right wingers believe gays have no morals or standards simple because they are gay.

The left wonders why I feel the need to work harder so my child can go to private school. The first sentence of the article tells allot. No one objected to this in the meeting or thought anything was wrong with giving condoms to children that young without telling the parents.

"When the school board in Provincetown, Mass., voted unanimously on June 8 to provide free condoms to all students in the district without parental notification, no one in the audience objected."

FOXNews.com - Condoms for First Graders? School Board's Decision Sparks Firestorm in Massachusetts (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/06/24/condoms-kids-provincetown-protest-bad-day/)
Some of the far left are just ....out to lunch .... f'ing 1st graders ??Whats next , giving away hotel suites to 6th-8th graders if they get good grades , maybe stock a wet bar too ? Give tham rolling papers and needles too , just in case they want to go that route ??? Maybe would should start to punish adults that do not meet there parental duties , as many parents need to stop acting like kids and raise their children like an adult should . Our public schools are a joke at times = fail .

I didn't say that, I was just saying that most gay communities are liberal in their thoughts.

For the record most extreme right wingers believe gays have no morals or standards simple because they are gay.

I did not really direct the question to you I just threw it out there. I have and know a good number of gay people and they all have better morals then allot of other people I know. I don't by the fact that because your gay you have no morals.

I'm sure they had condoms for first graders in mind when they though of providing free condoms to all students. Seems like no one is forcing the students to actually take the condom...if your kid is fucking around it's not the schools fault, it is yours.

Its the schools fault if they know my kid is f*&ing around and they don't tell me. If someone gave my 7 yr old child a condom I go up to the school and kick their ass and when I got out of jail I'd kick their ass again. By the school providing the condome they are saying its OK for these children to F around. Thats like me telling my child that candy is bad for her then handing her a bag of candy for if she decides want to eat some.

Kids are "getting started" at younger and younger ages these days. That's the reality of it. What we really need is more education at younger ages, and honestly I don't have a huge problem with making protection available. Let's face it they're doing it whether they have protection or not, so why not make it available?

Overall this speaks to a bigger issue, and that's the need for more education and guidance at earlier ages both in school and at home.