Posted on 11/28/2007 11:03:32 AM PST by JZelle
Proposed guidelines for sex-education classes in D.C. public schools face opposition from critics who say the standards are biased against abstinence-only education, promote the view that homosexuality is innate and are not age-appropriate.
"I'm quite confident if you surveyed all the public school parents in D.C., the majority would not agree with these standards," said Richard Urban, executive director of Urban Life Training and Reality Assessment (ULTRA) Teen Choice, which promotes abstinence.
Mr. Urban is among those slated to testify tonight at a public hearing before the State Board of Education, which is expected to vote on the standards next month.
The guidelines say eighth-grade students should be taught the definition of sexual orientation "using correct terminology" and learn that some people "may begin to feel romantically and/or sexually attracted to people of a different gender and/or to people of the same gender."
They say sixth-grade students should be taught that "people, regardless of biological sex, gender, ability, sexual orientation, gender identity and culture, have sexual feelings and the need for love, affection and physical intimacy."
Ninth-graders should be taught to "analyze trends in ... contraceptive practices, and the availability of abortion," the guidelines state.
Regina Griggs, executive director of Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays and Gays (PFOX), said her organization is concerned that the term "sexual orientation" in the standards could lead to a curriculum that teaches that homosexuality is innate.
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With all of the problems in the D. C. school system, do they really imagine they can make the world safer for gays with their indoctrination? They need to start by convincing students to stop shooting each other.
“I’m quite confident if you surveyed all the public school parents in D.C., the majority would not agree with these standards,”
There’s the problem. The liberal public school systems don’t give a rodent’s butt about what the parents want.
That’s why my daughter is in Christian school.
>>The guidelines say eighth-grade students should be taught the definition of sexual orientation “using correct terminology” and learn that some people “may begin to feel romantically and/or sexually attracted to people of a different gender and/or to people of the same gender.”
What!? They left out teaching 13 year-olds about “sexual attraction to animals and toddlers”. How un-progressive of them! How “judgemental”!
Should queers be taught about contraceptive practices, and the availability of abortion? Isn’t this offensive to them?
Meanwhile I read where AIDS is running rampant in DC. Any correlation?
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