School Board to Vote on Sex Education for Elementary Students

                Helena, Montana, assembled at a public meeting to discuss proposed changes to the elementary school health curriculum. The proposed changes involve teaching sexual education to students as young as five years old.

                Under the proposed plan, by the time public school children are five years old, their public school teacher will have introduced into their vocabularies the names and functions of male and female anatomical parts involved in sexual acts. By the time they are six or seven, their teacher will have taught them about same-sex and bisexual relationships, and by the time they are ten, their teacher will have continued to educate them about the above, but in greater—and more offensive—detail.  

While parents who are aware of the full implications of the proposed curriculum additions have the opportunity to opt out, teachers have no such freedom. They must teach the students sexual education, whether it is contrary to their convictions or not. This means that teachers whose consciences may directly conflict with the idea of educating such young children about different methods of sexual activities—and how to engage in them “safely”—will be required to teach their young students about sexual topics including homosexual and bisexual conduct.

This is especially unnerving when one considers the increasing nationalization of education standards. Just last week, South Carolina became the 25th State to adopt the “Common Core State Standards,” which are a set of uniform educational standards to be adopted and implemented nationwide over the coming year.

While lawmakers arguably have the greatest impact on education, we cannot underestimate the importance of the courts. After all, while in the beginning only some school boards began writing evolution into public school curricula, it was the infamous Scopes trial, or “Monkey Trial,” at the United States Supreme Court, that brought the issue to the forefront and ultimately led to the compulsory teaching of evolution in school districts across the Nation.

Advocates for Faith and Freedom exists to protect religious liberty in the courts. In fact, Advocates has engaged in a number of lawsuits across the country, fighting for the free exercise of religion and freedom of conscience in education. Presently, we are waiting to hear if the Supreme Court will hear our case against the University of California, whose arbitrary course rejections essentially result in unequal treatment of Christian high school graduates in comparison to their secular school counterparts. Please continue to partner with us in prayer and financial support as we defend religious educational liberties in the courts!  

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