Obama's Address to School Children

I read in today's Statesman that some parents are threatening to keep their kids home from school if classroom teachers provide time to hear the President address kids via the Web about the importance of education.

Really? Hey, I didn't vote for Obama and have strong objections to several of his policies, but I'm trying to get my mind around this. Our democratically-elected President, whom Scripture commands us to respect, wants to tell our kids to stay in school. I'm supposed to object to this because...?