Louie Gohmert: Sex-ed reminds me of the Soviet Union

[steve2470]

http://www.salon.com/2013/06/25/louie_gohmert_sex_ed_reminds_me_of_the_soviet_union/

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, decried sex-ex programs in schools because, he said, “actually mankind has existed for a pretty long time without anyone ever having to give a sex-ed lesson to anybody. And now we feel like, oh gosh, people are too stupid unless we force them to sit and listen to instructions.”

He continued that “there is a natural law that parents should be involved in education,” but this “reminds me so much of the summer that I was an exchange student in the Soviet Union back in the Seventies and I was shocked when they were saying ‘no, the children don’t belong to parents, they belong to the state.’ And if any parent said anything in front of their children negative about the wonderful Soviet Union, then we will take their children away and give them to somebody more deserving.”

Here’s the audio, via Right Wing Watch:

http://soundcloud.com/rightwingwatch/louie-gohmert-on-sex-ed

[JustAnotherGen]

1. Well bless his heart

Yet another damned fool running around and spouting off nonsense in America. It says more about the people that voted for this jackhammer (not represents - because I'm sure not everyone was in agreement with him in his district) than it does about him.

And you watch - the same assholes that voted for him before will vote for him again. And inflict his stupidity on the rest of us. People like him should run for Mayor or City Council Member - they should NOT be dictating to the rest of us in American anything.

[steve2470]

3. agreed ! nt

[DetlefK]

2. Here's a compromise: Let's do away with "abstinence-only" first.

Second step: Nothing.

[NoPasaran]

4. Louie should really take this week off

Jodie Laubenberg already took the Gold in this week's Stupidity Olympics with her comment about rape kits while on the floor of the Texas House the other night. I hate to see Louie throwing away great material like that.