Public Schools Often Use Sex-Ed to Promote Bias Agendas Regarding Homosexuality
Warren Throckmorton, PhD & David Blakeslee, Psy.D.
Public Schools Often Use Sex-Ed to Promote Bias Agendas Regarding Homosexuality
New Report Available to Counter Abuses and Misinformation Regarding Homosexuality
To: National Desk; Health Reporter, Education Reporter
Contact: Dr. Warren Throckmorton, (724) 458-3787, (724) 967-5644 cell, ewthrockmorton@gcc.edu
News Advisory for Dec. 7 /Christian Wire Service/ --Health education has become a battleground in many locations due to the inclusion of sexuality education within the overall mission of health education. Sexuality education in any context is controversial. Issues of parental control, educator responsibility, morality, and health consequences for students all converge to make consensus difficult.
Numerous school districts have included various types of sexuality education in their health curricula. In recent years, advocates for students who experience same sex attraction have had significant impact in the schools. Many who are generally considered gay activists believe schools should discuss sexual variations. Some groups, such as those involved in the Gay Lesbian Straight Educators Network believe such teaching should begin in kindergarten and proceed through graduation.
How should health education be approached in relation to the problems of disease and pregnancy prevention? How should sexual variations be discussed in the middle school and high school classrooms, if at all? These questions demand serious attention from parents and educators.
This white paper, written by Warren Throckmorton and David Blakeslee and available online at http://www.drthrockmorton.com/montgomery.pdf, is a response to the effort of the Montgomery County Public Schools to address disease, pregnancy and confusion concerning personal sexuality via health education among middle school and high school aged students. While this report is directed toward the Montgomery County Public Schools, the research and conclusions are applicable across the country.
"If the sex-ed material used by many public schools were presented as part of a debate class it would be understood that it was just one point of view. But when schools use a biased approach to teach children about sexual behavior, children assume that this is scientific and balanced. -- Dr. David Blakeslee
"Restricting children’s information to a biased point of view interferes with their full knowledge of what options are available to them in setting their life goals and managing their personal behavior to reach those goals. The constant refusal to abandon this bias demonstrates that some schools and school teachers hope to steer students toward a specific view of human sexuality. At this point the instructor is no longer educating, but rather participating in social advocacy." --Dr. Warren Throckmorton
Report is available online at:
www.drthrockmorton.com/montgomery.pdf
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