And maybe throwing in "a few" now and then? Today the Globe and Mail ran the headline "Muslims, Christians challenge Ontario’s more explicit sex ed" which made me think that maybe "Some Muslims, Christians challenge Ontario’s more explicit sex ed" was a bit closer to the truth as I know that me and my Christian pals are not of one point of view ourselves. But then I read the first bit of the article:

Christians and Muslims in Ontario are united in their objections to the province’s new sex education curriculum. Mentions of homosexuality as early as Grade 3 have raised objections from diverse groups and the participants in a school boycott on May 10 – aimed at putting pressure on Premier Dalton McGuinty to pull the new curriculum – will likely represent a cultural cross-section of the city.

No, no we are not united as some Christians - perhaps most for all I know - and presumably a number of progressive Muslims are not putting on pressure to reverse the Province's sex-ed policy decision. There are, after all, progressive Muslims in Canada though I have no idea of their views of sex-ed or the views of each individual in the organization.

And that is the thing. If we write of ideas as being great sheets of uniformity enveloping whole sectors of society, we are miss the point. We guarantee inaccuracy. In this instance, the fact is we live in a hyper-sexed society where objectified human curves and flats are used to sell everything from armpit wax to automobile wax. Pop music is boringly explicit and videos are tediously gelatinous. And it will be more and more as my kids grow. The only problem I have is that sex-ed is not followed with other reality based courses such as "putting up with people you don't like and how not to become one 101", "advanced sports fan jargon" and "the use of cleaning products in western society" because these are the things people actually need to know. Or at least most do. Or is it some?