"Welcome to Sex" is Appropriate for Kids Because ... Well, Have you Seen What's in the Bible?!?!

Lefty logic never fails to fall flat

Law firm Marque Lawyers this week decided to show off the logic that has made them such sought after advocates on the Sydney legal scene.

As community anger continued to rage over Welcome to Sex, a book aimed at children that describes sex acts in graphic detail, the fine minds at Marque Lawyers decided to tweet a Bible passage with the caption:

“This book really shouldn't be allowed anywhere near children hey …”

The message from Marque Lawyers was clear. It was hypocritical for Christians to insist Yumi Stynes’ Welcome to Sex book was unsuitable for children when the Bible contained passages such as this one.

I’m not sure the advocates at Marque Lawyers will be winning many legal arguments with that logic.

Let’s suppose Marque Lawyers have a point (which they don’t - but we’ll get to that in a moment) their argument appears to be …

Children are already exposed to inappropriate sexual content, so let’s flood them with even more.

Hmmm. Like I said, I’m not sure they’re winning many arguments in court if that’s their level of logic.

But the larger problem with their argument is that comparing the Bible with Welcome to Sex is a completely flawed comparison.

Marque Lawyers: “Your honor, children’s book Welcome to Sex contains sexual content, but so does the Bible.”

Judge: “The Bible isn’t a children’s book being sold in the kids section at Big W. Case dismissed.”

Marque Lawyers: “Doh!”

The Bible does, of course, contain sex and violence as it records the stories of men and women throughout Israel’s history.

The passage Marque Lawyers tweeted is particularly sordid.

Abraham’s nephew, Lot, is tricked into sleeping with his own daughters. The Bible doesn’t endorse it. The story is not related as a guide for people to follow. It’s recorded simply as part of the historical account of Lot’s life.

This is very different to Welcome to Sex, which is very much a ‘how-to’ guide.

Want to have anal sex kids? You might want to wash your anus first.

Want to send a dick pic? You might want to crop your face out of the photo before you send it.

Let me break it down for you …

Bible: “There was a man named Lot who was a jerk. He slept with his own daughters! Crazy stuff!”

Welcome to Sex: “Licking butt is fun. You might wanna try it.”

See the difference?

Here’s another thing the legal eagles at Marque Lawyers forgot. Recognising that the Bible contains a warts and all account of God’s people, we publish children’s edition Bibles.

Not only is the language easier to understand but the sex and violence is edited out because we realise, as decent people do, that some things are inappropriate for children.

Meanwhile …

We need a book for 11-yer-olds on sex education. Should we include a section on anal sex? Yep!

Fingering? Yep!

Asslicking? Yep!

Scissoring? Yep!

Handjobs? Yep!

Sending nudes? Yep! Yep! Yep!

But here’s the big irony in what Marque Lawyers chose to tweet in order to make their slam-dunk turned hopeless air-ball argument …

Not only is the passage about Lot a historical account, rather than a ‘how-to’ guide, the purpose of including that particular sordid bit of family history is to warn parents about what they expose their children to.

Lot, raging against all sound judgement, chose to raise his family in Sodom where his children were not only exposed to corruption but, tragically, chose to adopt Sodom’s culture as their own. Lot’s children lost their innocence in Sodom, and the results were disastrous.

The story of Lot is not - as Marque Lawyers attempt - an argument for sexualising children; it’s a powerful argument for keeping children the hell away from Yumi Styens’ book.