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Rick, how can I not jump to hyperbole when you say: "See, here's the problem. The liberals in this country have been waging a war against the traditional family for decades. They have succeeded in many ways. So now, we have single parent families, no parent families, homosexual parent families, etc." It sounds pretty clear cut to me that you blame liberals for all of this.
I guess I don't see the "liberal indoctrination" in the schools. One could also argue that the previous generation of textbooks where all the pictures had happy white people in them were a "conservative indoctrination." I would prefer that school not teach certain things. But where do you draw the line? Is it ok to have textbooks that only show white people? Only black people? Do you ignore "alternative lifestyles" in social studies? Do you only present a "traditional family" in any examples? The bias is often subtle, but that is what a lot of the revisions have been trying to address. Have they screwed up? Sure. But I would argue that the WASP-centric textbooks were screwed up too.
The problem is that an education is about more than just math and science. You also need to learn about culture and society. You can't get that from home. At least not enough diversity. History and social studies are part of the curriculum. These will always have to either ignore or discuss tricky issues.
And as for sex ed, sorry, but I'm for it being taught in schools. We can discuss the details, but the reality is that most parents do not have adequate conversations with their kids. Even the "good" parents. And sexually transmitted diseases and teen pregnancy are huge issues. imho the schools have to step in because the *majority* of familes have dropped the ball on this one.
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