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By: Christine Yantis Hargrove

Christine Yantis Hargrove — Wed, 01 Feb 2006 01:24:25 +0000

I think a huge point that is often overlooked is that sex education, if you have it, should cover health of sex organs. So, for example, a diagram of the uterus and an explanation of menstruation would be appropriate to help girls understand the biology of their bodies. My sex education covered just these topics, and no more, and even then only the students with signed forms from their parents were allowed to attend.

Sexuality education is entirely different. This is where sexual behavior comes in to play. This is also where religion comes into play, and this bill’s efforts to make standard a very, very secular attitude is an imposition of secularism over and against religion. Secularism can technically be a religion, and thus this violates the Constitutional freedom from state-mandated religion. Parents should have the right to pull their children from any secular training on sexuality. Menstruation? That sounds more okay to me–I’d let my kids attend that class. Homosexuality and permissive attitudes about premarital sex through birth control advice should be relegated to the Home.

I attended sex education with the permission of my parents at school, where I learned about periods and the importance of abstinence. I attended sexuality education at my church WITH my parents. This, I think, was an incredibly healthy way to understand both my body in a biological sense and my sexuality as a God-given gift, to be used only in fitting ways.

No school in my home state of Kansas could ever have gotten away with not only forcing students to attend sex ed but also weaseling in sexuality education. Massachusetts seems to stomp all over the rights of its religious citizens in the name of…wait, secularism has no god but itself. So, MA seems to push these things for no real reason but a sense of entitlement. My husband calls this behavior “bullying.” I’m inclined to agree.

By: Michael - Andover

Michael - Andover — Tue, 31 Jan 2006 04:00:23 +0000

The fourth rule makes a lot of sense when it comes to this bill: “Another rule �?? the fourth �??is to communicate what you�??re doing, especially to parents. Education reform can only be sustained when families know it�??s working.” I think most parents with children from K-5 can agree that teaching little Johnie and Suzie about homosexuality and how men and women sodomize each other does not work effectively in society and ‘know it’s (not) working’. Why we need to “educate” our children about dangerous behaviors is beyond me. Don’t they get enough of this on Desperate Housewives and MTV? Why do we need to teach what people choose to do and believe in? If that is going to be the case why can’t schools teach about the teachings of God in public schools? Do not give me any argument that their is such a thing as the separation of church and state because their is no such thing!
Just like what you said Gregg, if we are to teach our kids effective learning skills to compete in the global marketplace I am not sure how learning about a dangerous choice in life is going to help our kids get ahead. Yes, I will teach my children to love and accept all but to LEARN about a behavior. How is this even considered learning? What are my children going to learn about? Diversity? Acceptance? Tolerance? These seem to be the particular kind of social skills that the parents impose onto their children, not the school committee and Planed Parenthood. Folks, our rights as child rearers is being attacked here not the gay communitity who wants to propigate their political agenda on our precious children in a time of a cultural war with traditional marriage. This is agenda based, PERIOD! We must not let our children be exposed to such radical and dangerous ideas. Parents such as David Parker are believers of the ABC’s and the 123’s not indocrination so the glorification of a certain behavior leads to the destruction of marriage in Massachusetts. Don’t be fooled. Look between the lines and see that the radicals behind this piece of legislation are attacking “it all starts at home” theory and want to convert that to “it all starts at school without any parental involvement.”
On January 31, the Joint Committee on Education will hear testimony on House Bill 1641 called the “Massachusetts Comprehensive Health Curriculum Framework,” The MA Comprehensive Health Curriculum Framework relies on Planned Parenthood League of Massachusetts (PPLM) and the Gay, Lesbian, Straight Education Network (GLSEN) as resources. House Bill 1641 is a top priority of PPLM! This bill makes this new expanded curriculum a mandatory requirement for graduation for children in grades Pre-K through 12, statewide in Massachusetts. The hearing starts at 1pm, be there at 12pm, in room B2 of the Statehouse. Those who want to testify, please contact the Massachusetts Catholic Conference, Catholic Citizenship, or MCFL as soon as possible for further information (see contact information* below). Others, who are not prepared to testify, are urged to attend the hearing on behalf of parents’ rights, as their presence will be a tremendous boost! Please come. If you absolutely cannot come, please find a parent who can come or who can write a letter that can be entered as testimony.

* Contact Information
Massachusetts Catholic Conference
Phone 617-367-6060
(fax) 617-367-2767
(e) staff@macathconf.org
* Catholic Citizenship
Larry Cirignano, 617-755-7668
Bea Martins, 508-678-3351
* MA Citizens For Life
617-242-4199; Ext. 227 or 221