FIVE YEAR OLDS TO LEARN ABOUT AIDS
New York City’s Department of Education has mandated that all five year olds must learn about AIDS and HIV in their kindergarten classes. The new curriculum begins today.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented as follows:
“New York City is home to some of the most reckless homosexual behavior in the United States, and that is why new strains of HIV have been detected here in the last few years and why reports of serious drug abuse—principally crystal meth—have exploded in the gay community. And what has been the response from the New York City government? Last month it announced that it would market its own official condom, as if the more than 1 million condoms that it already distributes free of charge isn’t enough.
“Now it has decided to teach little kids—still on their tricycles—about AIDS. It matters not a whit that those pushing this program say that the kids won’t learn how HIV is transmitted until the fourth grade (as if nine year olds are ready to learn about the wonders of anal sex), what matters is that this represents a coordinated effort on the part of city officials to sexually engineer our children. If they were truly interested in protecting kids from diseases, they would start by teaching them about such things as food poisoning.
“New York City is also telling parents that they may remove their children from these classes, but only if they agree to teach their kids at home. This is the time for Catholic parents who send their kids to the public schools to put their foot down: pull their kids from these classes, refuse to teach them about AIDS and then inform their principal of their refusal to cooperate. Let’s see if the education establishment has the nerve to settle this matter in court.”
This sounds like something similar to what Sen. Barack Obama was trying to push in IL awhile back. During the election debates, he mentioned that he supported sex education at the kindergarten level. I am sure that this is something that is just as desperately needed as Driver's Ed. is for five year olds.
Why don't the public schools in New York institute abstinence programs into their school curriculum (a little later on) and teach people how to exercise a little self-control rather than encouraging them to behave like animals?
I believe that parents should be the primary sex educators for their children and not the school system -- whether it be private or parochial, but as we know, not all parents are willing to take on this responsibility. When a parent refuses to be a parent and educate his/her child or children properly, then they are are subjecting not only that child to developing an immoral value system, but they are endangering society as a whole. When a parent refuses to do their parental duty, I see this as a form of child abuse, in the sense that the child's total education is being neglected.
Catholic League president Bill Donohue commented as follows:
“New York City is home to some of the most reckless homosexual behavior in the United States, and that is why new strains of HIV have been detected here in the last few years and why reports of serious drug abuse—principally crystal meth—have exploded in the gay community. And what has been the response from the New York City government? Last month it announced that it would market its own official condom, as if the more than 1 million condoms that it already distributes free of charge isn’t enough.
“Now it has decided to teach little kids—still on their tricycles—about AIDS. It matters not a whit that those pushing this program say that the kids won’t learn how HIV is transmitted until the fourth grade (as if nine year olds are ready to learn about the wonders of anal sex), what matters is that this represents a coordinated effort on the part of city officials to sexually engineer our children. If they were truly interested in protecting kids from diseases, they would start by teaching them about such things as food poisoning.
“New York City is also telling parents that they may remove their children from these classes, but only if they agree to teach their kids at home. This is the time for Catholic parents who send their kids to the public schools to put their foot down: pull their kids from these classes, refuse to teach them about AIDS and then inform their principal of their refusal to cooperate. Let’s see if the education establishment has the nerve to settle this matter in court.”
This sounds like something similar to what Sen. Barack Obama was trying to push in IL awhile back. During the election debates, he mentioned that he supported sex education at the kindergarten level. I am sure that this is something that is just as desperately needed as Driver's Ed. is for five year olds.
Why don't the public schools in New York institute abstinence programs into their school curriculum (a little later on) and teach people how to exercise a little self-control rather than encouraging them to behave like animals?
I believe that parents should be the primary sex educators for their children and not the school system -- whether it be private or parochial, but as we know, not all parents are willing to take on this responsibility. When a parent refuses to be a parent and educate his/her child or children properly, then they are are subjecting not only that child to developing an immoral value system, but they are endangering society as a whole. When a parent refuses to do their parental duty, I see this as a form of child abuse, in the sense that the child's total education is being neglected.
I agree with you on this. According to the CCC 2221, "the fecundity of conjugal love cannot be reduced solely to the procreation of children, but must extend to their moral education and their spiritual formation."
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