Shouldn't people stop fearing the Cooties by child-bearing age?

 http://www.cbc.ca/news/background/gendergap/selecting-gender.html

  I'm all for a right to choose, but this kind of suicidal sexism is creepy (not too mention, as I said, ultimately suicidal.)

  Allen

  P.S.: Re: the subject line. Apparently the Cooties have not infected the British Isles, so for my UK visitors (who probably have encountered the term in pop culture, but not the schoolyard like I did):  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooties

Testing the faithful...

 http://parentcentral.ca/parent/article/410860

  Ah, Ontario tax dollars at work.

  I wonder if Imbolc is an acceptable answer to that question about Candlemass. And if they do ask an easy question about Jesus being the light and the way --- well, there was a Jesus night light in my half-siblings' home. That might produce a bizarrely literal response.

  Mind you, I don't just find this a sad example of a state-financed institution forcing theological conformity for one religion only. I find it  theologically dodgy. 

  I'm sure a true test of one's faith isn't through writing some silly exam. Surely, the truth test of faith is withstanding temptation. 

  So, clearly they need of representatives of evil to visit their schools and try to lead kids astray. Those who don't fall into temptation pass a silly test. Those who are led into temptation ... well, I suspect they might be the winners in the end.

  Allen