So far, my favorite comment (taken from a Facebook thread) is from someone who said, "What can you expect when you allow the government to educate your children?" Commence mouth dropping open on my part! 

Oh, the comfortable seat of privilege. 

I really do understand that some of the questions in the study material made some parents uncomfortable. That is totally okay, in my book, and you can bet that if "W" would have made a speech to school children, it would have been examined. (And those of us who protested it, would have been labeled unpatriotic, don't you think?)

It's just plain silly how we do cling to fear; when we know the One who has ALREADY won. As Christians, we know that evil does not win in the end. God is always triumphant. These tiny little earth squabbles we have and expend so much energy over are so pointless. 

I really do hope that all parents with school aged children use this as a teaching moment. It's a great time to say, "Well, I don't agree with everything that President Obama does in his administration, and I didn't vote for him, but I think it's great that he wanted to encourage kids to work hard for their success. What do you think?" And for those parents who do support Obama, it's just another neat thing about our President, who obviously cares about children and their success in the future. I look forward to the day where we hear from a leader who says, "That speech made the difference to me."