If you are aware of the news, you may have heard about the Proviencetown, Massachutes town that has a new policy of passing out condoms to Elementary Students. That’s right… children from the ages of 5 to 10. To read the New York Daily News article click here… That right… condoms will be passed out to children ages 5 to 10… I had to say it twice because it is hard to conceive!

This is a quote from the article:

According to the Provincetown Banner, the program requires that students speak to a school nurse or trained counselor before receiving condoms.
The committee also directed school leaders not to honor demands from parents who object to their kids receiving protection.
Some members on the committee were wary because the program requires that students speak to school officials first.

So to make this plain… only requirement needed to get a condom for a 6 year old: speak to a school nurse or trained counselor; The Committee (sounds so Kremlinish) is not to listen to the objections of the parents; and the wariness of The Kremlinish Committee is that the children have to speak to someone first. I’ll break this down on two points:

First, complaints are made continually of Parents not being involved in their children’s school lives, but according to The Kremlinish Committee, their input isn’t wanted.

Secondly, the children shouldn’t even have to speak to someone, according to The Kremlinish Committee, but a bowl of available condoms should just be sitting there. At 6 years old, Johnny and Susie can’t really read, but we want to encourage behaviors which should first be given in marriage, and importantly only to adults.

Contrarily,

On June 24th, Candy Cigarettes were banned by the FDA (Click here for the full article)… The article states:

The ban is a part of the Family Smoking Prevention and Control Act. Officials have been arguing for years to eliminate candycigarettes because of the likelihood that children would eventually move on to the real thing.

A recent poll revealed that 22 percent of current or one-time smokers ate candy cigarettes during their childhood. On the contrary, just 14 percent of non-smokers used the fake cigarettes.

National concern has erupted to prevent the sale and distribution of (for the love of pete!!!) CANDY CIGARETTES, because this behavior could cause them to, let’s repeat again, “move on to the real thing”! WOW!

So in America, as of June 24th, for a 6 YEAR OLD (specifically in Providencetown)…

IT’S ILLEGAL TO EAT CANDY CIGARETTES; BUT HAVE ALL THE CONDOMS YOU WANT!

Candy cigarettes are so subtle and devious to the undermining of the values of a child. Actually what undermines their values is erroneous values that even a 6 year old can see through.

I’ve very thankful that as a child I never had access to condoms… but we did have candy cigarettes!