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One of the Beacon's letter writers, in her Feb. 6 letter ("Vote 'no': Radical sex education is on the way"), wants us to vote against the Edmonds School District bond/levy as a protest against a possible sexual education program in the district.

She cites the American College of Pediatrics (ACPeds) as being opposed to "radical" comprehensive sexual education in schools.

Though it's official-sounding, the American College of Pediatrics is not the respected American Academy of Pediatrics. ACPeds (founded in 2002) is a small fringe group of politically motivated pediatricians opposed to same-s...