The Indy Star has an article entitled School sex article questioned. The article didn’t surprise me. Some students put together an article for their high school paper about the dangers of oral sex. Mainstream newspapers like to run the “controversy” story so they can titillate their audiences without getting in trouble.
No, what surprised me was the passing mention:
Columbus resident Kenn Gividen, who ran unsuccessfully for school board and was the 2004 Libertarian candidate for governor, said the student newspaper was not the proper place for such a frank sexual discussion.
“I’m sure this is something kids are talking about. Kids talked about a lot of dirty things when I was in school,†he said. “But it’s something completely separate for the school to endorse it, which is obviously what they did by publishing it.â€
Some libertarian. Against free speech because the speech is “dirty?” Next thing you know, Gividen will be weighing in against “Miss Ann,” the dominatrix being hounded by prudes and Democrats in Indianapolis.
(Looks like Liberal Indiana is way ahead of me on the commentary.)
[…] Add to the mix, a Libertarian candidate by the name of Ken Gividen who attained a fair amount of name recognition in his unsuccessful campaign for Governor in 2004. As I recall (and Mr. Gividen may very well be along shortly to correct me if I’m wrong), he has a very libertarian philosophy with respect to economic issues but not so much with respect to social issues. For example, he was opposed to a student newspaper publishing an article on the dangers of oral sex. Mr. Gividen is more likely to draw voters from the ranks of Republicans than from Democrats in the district. Gividen, who ran for state Senate in 2002, receiving 3,350 votes to nearly 22,000 for Garton, argued that his small-government, lower-taxes views make him “more Republican than the Republican candidate” and a good fit for GOP voters — if, that is, Republicans can be persuaded to vote for a different party. […]