Court rules: sex surveys of 7-year-olds OK

The one speaking through the mouth of Judge Stephen Reinhardt is the same one who spoke through the mouths of Pharaoh, Goliath of Gath, Herod the Great, Adolf Hitler, Joseph Stalin, Osama Bin Laden, ad nauseam.  It is the devil himself and he wants control of our children. Come men of God, unsheathe the mighty Sword of the Spirit; together let us tear down this perversion that has set itself up against the knowledge of the Almighty.

Court rules: sex surveys of 7-year-olds OK

When parents of schoolchildren in Palmdale, California learned from their sons and daughters that they had been questioned in their public elementary school about sexual topics such as the frequency of "thinking about having sex" and "thinking about touching other peoples' private parts,'" some of them exercised their constitutional right to take their grievance to the courts.

The Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Judge Stephen Reinhardt thinks “Under God" in the Pledge is unconstitutional, but sex surveys of seven-year-olds are not.  The Judge's ruling stated that “there is no free-standing fundamental right of parents ‘to control the upbringing of their children by introducing them to matters of and relating to sex in accordance with their personal and religious values and beliefs' and that the asserted right is not encompassed by any other fundamental right. In doing so, we do not quarrel with the parents' right to inform and advise their children about the subject of sex as they see fit. We conclude only that the parents are possessed of no constitutional right to prevent the public schools from providing information on that subject to their students in any forum or manner they select. We further hold that a psychological survey is a reasonable state action pursuant to legitimate educational as well as health and welfare interests of the state. Accordingly, the parent-appellants have failed to state a federal claim upon which relief may be granted. The decision of the district court is affirmed.”