Barack Obama made some comments in defense of his belief that sex education courses be taught to kindergarten kids:

ABC News’ Teddy Davis and Lindsey Ellerson Report: Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told Planned Parenthood Tuesday that sex education for kindergarteners, as long as it is “age-appropriate,” is “the right thing to do.”

Forgive me if this is a tad bit unnecessary. What kind of sex education is appropriate for that age? My sex education consisted of my parents telling me to stay away from “strangers.” I didn’t know that it meant “or they will kidnap you and play sock puppet with your butt, because that’s the sort of thing some people are into.” I didn’t need to know that. In fact, I credit my normal sexual maturation with the fact that I was eased into sex education over the course of junior high. Six days a week I’m a strapping heterosexual male who’s comfortable and accepting of other people’s sexual appetites. The seventh? I’m a leggy dame known as “Juliana,” stalking the meatpacking district with my gimp friend Lenny looking for willing slaves.

Like I said, completely normal