[Active-seattle-l] [Active-l] (NEWS) Today's Cultural Warfare Update (I of II)

Dara (R'ykandar Korra'ti) kahvi at murkworks.net
Sat Oct 7 15:21:42 PDT 2006


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	I'm sorry I've been so lame about these lately. Classes are really  
still taking everything I have. I should, honestly, be working on  
Biology homework right now, and will be after I post this Part I and  
another post with a flower picture. Then I'll get to work on Part II.

	But now, today's news, insofar as I have it:

Art teacher fired after museum field trip;

This isn't the fundamentalist side of the report, but is instead the  
side from the family assaulted; a Jewish family flees a Delaware school  
district's aggressive evangelisation of Christianity; lawsuits against  
this sort of thing would be almost entirely stopped by PERA, the  
fundamentalists' top priourity in this Congressional session and which  
passed the house; report and URL courtesy elfs.livejournal.com;

_Weekly Standard_ editor Bill Kristol implies strongly basically that  
all gay men are pedophiles waiting to act, and that a Democratic  
congress would pass a resolution pushing the Boy Scouts to l/e/t/  
/t/h/e/ /p/e/r/v/e/r/t/s/ /m/o/l/e/s/t/ /t/h/e/ /k/i/d/s/ stop  
discriminating against GBLT people;

James Dobson spends his Friday programme defending Hastert, the  
Republican leadership, and, in particular, trying to get  
fundamentalists not to step away from the Republican party this midterm  
election; promises that a large theoconservative turnout will "turn the  
direction of this country... maybe forever";

California marriage-equality lawsuit changes course again; claimants to  
appeal; as always, Focus on the Family repeats the Federal amendment  
drumbeat;

"Liberty Sunday," a theocon rally scheduled for October 15th, to be on  
various media outlets; this one's headliners are just Dobson and FRC's  
Tony Perkins; primary focus is how anti-discrimination law protecting  
GBLT civil rights violates freedom of religion;

Focus on the Family promotes a middle school/high school "be silent"  
anti-abortion-rights student protest; what I find interesting about  
this is that it is the exact same action they condemn when it's the  
GBLT-student driven "Day of Silence" to protest anti-gay law and  
attitudes. When it's against abortion rights, they're for it; when it's  
in support of GBLT people, it's disruptive and should be shit down;

Focus on the Family thinks Justice Alito being on the court will have  
the court turn against abortion rights in general;

Focus on the Family continues to follow the court case against the  
"InnerChange Freedom Initiative," which has been ordered shut down as  
unconstitutional; it was a prisoner rehabilitation programme that  
worked to convert prisoners to fundamentalist Christianity, and yes,  
that was an explicit part of its purpose, and yes, it was getting state  
funding;

Standard FotF "huge success" report for one of their anti-marriage  
get-out-the-vote political rallies, this one in Minneapolis;

FotF ACTION ITEM to protest _Ms._ magazine for not printing  
anti-abortion activist material in an abortion-rights story;

Another "Liberty Sunday" theocon political confab plug, talking about  
how GBLT people having civil rights is anti-Christian and destroys  
religious liberty; keep in mind that Focus on the Family (and several  
other theocon groups) want to overturn _Lawrence v. Texas (2003)_ so  
that GBLT people can be made illegal by state legislatures again;

 From someone not on Livejournal, a bit of reaction against some of  
this; the First Freedom First organisation getting petition signatures  
supporting separation of church and state and acting against theocon  
efforts to govern via religion;

FotF condemns _Ms._ magazine cover-story supporting abortion rights  
that let women who had had abortions talk about why reproductive rights  
are so important;

FotF links to "TrueU," a fundamentalist evangelical site aimed at  
college students which is, iirc, actually run by Focus on the Family,  
promoting "intelligent design" creationism. Their idea of a "debate" on  
the subject is to come up with two ideas of ID/creationism and pit them  
against each other;

FotF story on local protests against Philadelphia schools and Gay and  
Lesbian History Month; no events are planned, but the local groups are  
saying "It is an outrage; it's against God, and God is not pleased" for  
the school district acknowledging that some of their children come from  
same-gender parent households - one particular reading flashcard has  
them pissed off;

I don't even need to write a summary for this one, Focus on the Family  
does a perfectly good job at doing it themselves: "Bill O'Reilly wants  
to be your leader. The host of Fox News Channel's popular program _The  
O'Reilly Factor_, he wants to be the leader of the culture wars —and  
says so in his new book, _Culture Warrior_, published by Broadway  
Books";

CANADIANS LISTEN UP: Okay, know how I've talked a lot about how the  
American fundamentalists create this whole circular set of references  
and report each others' PR as news stories, and looping back upon  
themselves to make each other look like authorities? It's often called  
the Echo Chamber, or can be called "creating the story" - specifically,  
a story built up that is immune to factual challenges, because people  
have decided it's already true. Here's a good example of the Canadian  
branch of Focus on the Family doing exactly that. A couple of CWUs ago,  
I pointed to a "Institute of Marriage and Family Canada" release  
condemning GBLT marriage rights as anti-child, and so on. This group  
was founded by Focus on the Family Canada. Now here, a week or so  
later, we have Focus on the Family Canada presenting the IMFC as an  
external trusted source - and repeating the story. Unlike the American  
version, they _do_ footnote the relationship at the bottom of the page  
- that's unusual;

Focus on the Family Canada condemns Manitoba sex-ed resource book,  
which they've done several times before. Note again the cross-quoting  
of each other as external validating sources. Note also that this is  
the _original_ version of the story, or at least as much as I got in  
email; the web site version has been changed due to unspecified  
inaccuracies. I'd love to get a copy of this book - it _looks_ very  
much like a book of essays written by high-school-age lesbians about  
their own experiences and opinions, once I make my way through the  
FundaFilter, but I can't be sure without actually seeing it.


----- 1 -----
Art teacher fired after museum field trip
08:45 AM CDT on Tuesday, September 26, 2006
Associated Press

http://www.khou.com/news/state/stories/ 
khou060926_ac_teacherfired.1ac1af36.html

[Editor's Note: there will be an ad you have to click around first.]

FRISCO, Texas -- School board members have voted to not renew the  
contract of a veteran art teacher who was reprimanded after one of her  
fifth-grade students saw a nude sculpture during a school trip to a  
museum.

[...]

McGee has said her troubles started after taking 89 students on a  
school field trip to the Dallas Museum of Art in April.

[More at URL]


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Jewish family flees Delaware school district's aggressive Christianity
by JewsOnFirst.org
June 28, 2006

http://www.jewsonfirst.org/06b/indianriver.html

Note: On July 11th, we posted two follow-up reports, which you can find  
here. And on August 23rd, we posted another update here. [Ed. Note: go  
to the story to follow through to the other story links.]

Links to articles and documents cited in our report appear immediately  
below it
A large Delaware school district promoted Christianity so aggressively  
that a Jewish family felt it necessary to move to Wilmington, two hours  
away, because they feared retaliation for filing a lawsuit. The  
religion (if any) of a second family in the lawsuit is not known,  
because they're suing as Jane and John Doe; they also fear retaliation.  
Both families are asking relief from "state-sponsored religion."

[More at URL]


----- 3 -----
FOX News Special Report With Brit Hume
Special Report Roundtable - October 5
October 05, 2006

http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2006/10/ 
special_report_roundtable_octo_3.html

(BEGIN VIDEO CLIP)

DENNIS HASTERT (R-IL), HOUSE SPEAKER: Any time that a person has to - -  
as a leader, be on the hot seat and be as a detriment to the party, you  
know, there ought to be a change. I became speaker in a situation like  
that. I don't think that's the case, I said that I haven't done  
anything wrong.

(END VIDEO CLIP)

HUME: And so Dennis Hastert says that not only will he stay, but he's  
got a bunch of measures that he'll be undertaking to make sure that  
nothing like this happens again and the pates -- the capitol pages will  
be protected.

[...]

KRISTOL: Well, Democrats care about the children, Brit, and so I think  
they should pressure states to raise the age of consent from 16 to 18  
so that it's clearly illegal for people like Mark Foley to hit on  
17-year- old pages. They pressured states to raise the age of drinking,  
right? -- from 18 to 21 by threatening to cut off funds. They could do  
the same thing for age of consent laws in terms of the sexual  
predators. They could certainly pass a resolution supporting the Boy  
Scouts in their effort to keep people like Mark Foley from becoming  
scout masters, I think the Democrats could really do a lot of good for  
our children.

[More at URL]


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Dr. Dobson Responds to Liberal Attacks over Foley Situation
What does the reprehensible behavior of a now-disgraced gay Republican  
congressman have to do with Christian conservatives? Nothing, says the  
founder of Focus on the Family Action.
by Pete Winn, associate editor
Focus on the Family
October 6, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0042242.cfm

Focus on the Family Action Chairman Dr. James Dobson took on liberal  
news media and politicians today and accused them of using the behavior  
of former Rep. Mark Foley, R-Fla., to try to make political hay and  
tarnish the reputation of conservative candidates and all Christians -  
including him - in the process.

[...]

"I'd like to remind everybody that Mark Foley was not an evangelical  
Christian, he was not a pastor, he was not an evangelist — he wasn't  
even really part of the pro-family movement, he was a closet  
homosexual."

Dobson encouraged his listeners not to be duped by liberal members of  
the media into staying home on election day, especially since there may  
be another Supreme Court opening or two in the next two years and the  
results of this election will determine who gets to confirm the  
president's nominees.

"If the values voters come out again," he said, "it will turn the  
direction of this country, and maybe forever."

[More at URL]


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Gay Activists Will Appeal California Marriage Ruling
Focus on the Family
October 6, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/briefs/a0042243.cfm

Thursday's ruling by the California Court of Appeals -- reversing a  
2005 lower-court decision that redefined marriage to include same-sex  
couples -- is being appealed by disappointed gay activists.

In March 2005, Superior Court Judge Richard Kramer declared marriage  
laws unconstitutional, finding "no rational purpose" to limit marriage  
to the union of one man and one woman.

But the appeals court said the lower court had exceeded its authority.

[...]

"We call on the California Legislature to respect the will of the  
voters as expressed in 2000 when they approved Prop 22 to protect  
one-man, one-woman marriage," he said. "Despite these encouraging  
marriage decisions, marriage cannot remain vulnerable to the whim of  
judges who could impose their own will on society -- marriage must be  
protected in our state and federal constitutions."

[More at URL]


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Find a Liberty Sunday Outlet in Your Area
Focus on the Family
October 6, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/briefs/a0042239.cfm

The Oct. 15 simulcast of "Liberty Sunday: Defending Our First Freedom"  
will be broadcast by TV, radio and Web cast. It will focus on how  
freedom of religion is on a collision course with state and local  
anti-discrimination laws designed to protect homosexuality and same-sex  
marriage.

[...]

Christian TV outlets that will carry Liberty Sunday include SkyAngel,  
Christian Television Network, Cornerstone Television, Daystar  
Television Network, FaithTV, FamilyNet, iLifeTV, NRB Network (on  
DirecTV) and Trinity Broadcasting Network. [Ed. Note: also American  
Family Radio and the Bott Radio Network, and webcast.]


----- 7 -----
Students Stand Silent Against Abortion
Focus on the Family
October 6, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/briefs/a0042238.cfm

Students from more than a thousand junior-high and high schools will  
participate in the third annual Students Day of Silent Solidarity on  
Oct. 24 to express contempt for the killing of the preborn. Their  
combined silence represents the victims of abortion who cannot speak  
for themselves.

[...]

FOR MORE INFORMATION:
To learn more about the Students Day of Silent Solidarity Against  
Abortion and to register, visit the Silent Day Web site (  
http://www.silentday.org/ ).

[More at URL]

[Editor's note: what I find interesting about this is that it is the  
exact same action they condemn when it's the GBLT-student driven "Day  
of Silence" to protest anti-gay law and attitudes. When it's against  
abortion rights, they're for it; when it's in support of GBLT people,  
it's disruptive and should be shit down.]


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High Court Fall Term Finds Spotlight on Alito
Decision on partial-birth abortion could signal a new direction.
by Pete Winn, associate editor
October 5, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0042224.cfm

The fall term of the U.S. Supreme Court is under way, and all eyes are  
on the Court's newest member — and the impact he could make as a  
conservative vote on the nearly evenly split body.

Justice Samuel Alito, Jr., did something rare for any justice recently  
— spoke out publicly about the judiciary. He had words of warning about  
Senate confirmation hearings.

[...]

"O'Connor voted to strike down the partial-birth abortion statute in  
2000," he said. "This time around, we believe we have a much more  
conservative jurist, who would defer to the Congress on this one. We're  
hopeful that the 5-4 loss on the partial-birth ban in 2000 could turn  
into a 5-4 win."

Staver said he believes the decision in the partial-birth abortion case  
could signal a new direction.

"I think we will see the court moving gradually, perhaps cautiously,"  
he said, "into the pro-life, sanctity-of-life arena."

[More at URL]


----- 9 -----
Attorneys General Come to Defense of Faith-Based Prison Program
Federal judge ordered InnerChange Freedom Initiative in Iowa shut down.
from staff reports
Focus on the Family
October 5, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0042218.cfm

In June a federal judge ruled unconstitutional the InnerChange Freedom  
Initiative (IFI). Attorneys General from nine states have filed  
friend-of-the-court briefs in support of the faith-based prison  
program's appeal to the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals.

[More at URL]


----- 10 -----
Minnesota Stand for the Family Rally Draws Thousands
Focus at the Family
October 5, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/briefs/a0042229.cfm

A rally held at Minneapolis/St. Paul's Xcel Energy Center Tuesday  
educated and motivated pro-family conservative Christians.

Speakers included Focus on the Family Action Founder and Chairman Dr.  
James Dobson; Tony Perkins, president of the Family Research Council;  
Gary Bauer, president of American Values; Dr. Ken Hutcherson, senior  
pastor of Antioch Bible Church in Kirkland, Wash.; and Dr. Richard Land  
of the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission of the Southern Baptist  
Convention.

[...]

"I'm confident the voters who attended the rally understand the  
important issues at stake this November," she said, "and will be doing  
everything in their power to cast an informed vote and make sure their  
family, friends and neighbors do so as well."

[More at URL]


----- 11 -----
Magazine Refuses to Recognize the Regret of Abortion
Focus on the Family
October 5, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/briefs/a0042228.cfm

Ms. Magazine is publishing the names of more than a thousand women who  
admit to having an abortion, but declined to publish the names of women  
who regret that decision, LifeNews reported.

The "We Had Abortions" campaign is the cover story for the Oct. 10  
issue.

[...]

"How is it that you can profess to care about all women and refuse them  
the information to truly be educated and informed about the 'choice'  
they could make?" she returned. "That doesn't seem caring at all to me.  
It seems that you are driven by your agenda and not by your concern for  
women."

TAKE ACTION:
E-mail Ms. Senior Editor Michelle Kort at mkort at msmagazine.com and ask  
her to show true concern for the lives of women and to allow readers to  
learn about the devastating side of abortion.


----- 12 -----
'Liberty Sunday' Simulcast Set for Oct. 15
Learn what happens when the gay agenda and freedom of speech tackle  
each other — and what you can do
by Pete Winn, associate editor
October 4, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0042209.cfm

Your First Amendment protection of freedom of religion is on a  
collision course with state and local anti-discrimination laws designed  
to protect homosexuality and same-sex marriage. That's the message that  
the Family Research Council (FRC) is bringing to Boston on Sunday, Oct.  
15.

[...]

Charmaine Yoest, FRC vice president of communications, said the event  
will be the seventh simulcast the pro-family group has sponsored.

"This time we're really trying to emphasize the connection between the  
homosexual agenda and the threats to our religious liberty," she said.

[...]

Bruce Hausknecht, judicial analyst for Focus on the Family Action, said  
there is
a fundamental conflict between sexual-orientation or nondiscrimination  
laws protecting homosexuality and the religious beliefs of millions of  
Americans.

[...]

There will be nearly a dozen speakers at the Liberty Sunday event,  
including FRC President Tony Perkins, and — by video link — Focus on  
the Family Action Chairman Dr. James Dobson.

[More at URL]


----- 12 -----
First Freedom First
Online as of 7 October 2006

http://www.firstfreedomfirst.org/

The founders of our nation believed that all Americans should have the  
right to worship according to their own beliefs, or not to worship at  
all. So strong was their commitment to religious freedom that they  
enshrined it in the first sentence of the Bill of Rights.

[...]

Religion is a deeply personal matter. Americans must be free to  
practice their religion without coercion. Government exists to provide  
for the general well-being of all people, and its workings must be  
independent of specific religious doctrines. Simply put, there must be  
a separation of church and state.

[More at URL]


----- 13 -----
Magazine Celebrates Abortions in Cover Story
Focus on the Family
October 4, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/briefs/a0042210.cfm

The feminist Ms. Magazine is making a show of killing preborn babies  
with an Oct. 10 cover story titled, "We Had Abortions."

Last summer the magazine published a petition on its Web site seeking  
women who would sign their names as having had an abortion -- what Ms.  
called "a very common, necessary and important procedure for millions  
of women."

The petition asked women to place a check mark next to this statement:  
"I have had an abortion. I publicly join the millions of women in the  
United States who have had an abortion in demanding a repeal of laws  
that restrict women's reproductive freedom."

[More at URL]


----- 14 -----
Is Complexity Plus Efficiency Evidence for Intelligent Design?
by David J. Hill
True U. Lecture Hall

http://www.trueu.org/Academics/LectureHall/A000000589.cfm

One Molecule at a Time
If you have ever taken a biology class or are a science program addict,  
you've probably heard of cellular respiration as part of the subject of  
metabolism.1 Cellular respiration is the process in which nutrients  
acquired by the cell are broken down into the energy needed for  
survival. It's incredibly complex, yet efficient in its function and  
elegant in its delivery.

How does the cell do it? One molecule at a time.

[...]

If you think about evolutionary processes for a minute, you can get a  
sense of the incredible amount of inefficiency that would be present in  
having only the fittest of any population survive. Isn't that a process  
that wastes the "unfit"? Isn't that highly inefficient in itself?

[...]

In the final analysis, the inefficiency of Darwinian evolution seems to  
be a poor explanation for the efficiency of many of the processes found  
in the cell. There may be cases in which efficiency can emerge from  
inefficiency, but not to the degree of complexity present in cellular  
respiration.

[Editor's Note: this is a variation on one of the standard Creationist  
arguments, and is a basic misunderstanding of the idea of entropy.  
Savvy music fans will, of course, already be familiar with MC Hawking's  
highly compact but effective takedown of that argument, but to recap:  
they assert that due to the second law of thermodynamics, it is  
impossible for complexity to increase on Earth, and therefore,  
evolution is impossible. However, this ignores that the second law is  
about closed systems, and the Earth is not a closed system; it has an  
external power source constantly adding energy, called the sun. This  
variation attempts to provide a little cover for the obvious takedown,  
but is still basically the same argument as always on this topic.]

[More at URL]


----- 15 -----
Philadelphia Schools Declare Gay History Month
Some offended parents have discussed pulling their children from  
classes until November.
from staff reports
Focus on the Family
October 3, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/news/a0042190.cfm

The School District of Philadelphia has declared October "Gay and  
Lesbian History Month," and the designation has prompted some parents  
to consider keeping their children home from school until November.

The special recognition was granted at the request of a group of gay  
students and parents, whom school officials apparently meet with on a  
regular basis.

[...]

"They're teaching three syllable words —the word 'fam-i-ly,' " she  
said. "And on those phonics cards they have a mom and a dad, an elderly  
grandparent and grandfather raising children, and then they have two  
men and two women.

"They are teaching our young children that this is acceptable and that  
they should tolerate it. It is an outrage; it's against God, and God is  
not pleased."

[...]

Peter LaBarbera, president of Americans for Truth, warned that the  
organizations pushing the normalization of homosexuality in schools  
have a "give an inch, take a mile" mentality.

"The homosexual agenda always advances incrementally, and so they start  
out by putting it on the calendar," he explained. "And then there'll be  
pressure to say, 'Hey, we have to teach gay history just like we teach  
African-American history.' "

[More at URL]


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'Q&A: 'Ya Gotta Step Up'
Fox talk show host Bill O'Reilly's new book takes aim at the culture  
war —as he defines it.
by Pete Winn, associate editor
Focus on the Family
October 3, 2006

http://www.family.org/cforum/extras/a0042191.cfm

Bill O'Reilly wants to be your leader. The host of Fox News Channel's  
popular program _The O'Reilly Factor_, he wants to be the leader of the  
culture wars —and says so in his new book, _Culture Warrior_, published  
by Broadway Books.

O'Reilly lays out the culture war, as he sees it —not the conventional  
liberal/conservative split, but a battle between traditionalism and  
secularism —and issues a clarion call to Americans to wake up and take  
a stand.

[...]

_Interesting. Now the religious conservative community tends to look at  
these issues —at the culture war itself —as being moral in nature.  
That's not necessarily the perspective you're coming from, is it?_

No, it's not. I think every American has the right to decide what's  
moral and immoral within the bounds of the law.

But conservative Christians are targets of the SP community because  
their opposition to things like abortion, gay marriage, legalized  
narcotics, euthanasia prevent these from becoming law in America.

[More at URL]


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Institute of Marriage and Family Canada Policy Conference Summary
Today's Family News
Focus on the Family Canada
October 4, 2006

http://www.fotf.ca/tfn/family/stories/100406_02.html

“A good society protects the interests of its most vulnerable citizens,  
especially children,” reported Elizabeth Marquardt, keynote speaker at  
the Institute of Marriage and Family Canada (IMFC) inaugural policy  
conference in Ottawa on September 28. In her address, Marquardt  
presented research from a major report in which she served as principle  
investigator. The Revolution in Parenthood: The Emerging Global Clash  
Between Adult Rights and Children’s Needs was released just days  
before.

Delegates at the conference included senior policy officials from  
Justice Canada, Human Resources and Social Development, Service Canada,  
many non-government organizations (NGOs), as well as several Members of  
Parliament.

[More at URL]


----- 18 -----
MANITOBA SEX-ED BOOK CONDEMNED
Focus on the Family Canada
Today’s Family News
October 4, 2006

http://www.fotf.ca/tfn/education/stories/100406.html

Family advocates in Manitoba are outraged over a new explicit resource  
guide for teenaged girls that they contend is “irresponsible and  
gratuitously obscene” and nothing more than taxpayer-funded “smut.”

Called The Little Black Book (Warning: contains graphic language and  
content unsuitable for children and offensive to some adult viewers),  
it will be up to school divisions in Manitoba whether or not to hand  
out the materials, Global News reported.

According to WorldNetDaily.com, (WND) the book – subtitled A Book on  
Healthy Sexuality Written by Grrrls for Grrrls [sic] – was developed by  
a group that includes St. Stephen’s Community House, a  
government-funded service organization in Toronto.

Joseph Ben-Ami, executive director of the Ottawa-based Institute for  
Canadian Values said in a news release, “This is one of the most  
irresponsible and obscene school documents that we have ever seen.”

“In reality, it is a thinly-veiled propaganda piece that undermines  
healthy parent-child relationships, substitutes voodoo myths for actual  
science, and provides advice that, if followed, will certainly result  
in real and serious harm to those who follow it.”

Ben-Ami and Janet Epp Buckingham, director of law and public policy for  
the Evangelical Fellowship of Canada, both denounce what The Little  
Black Book presents as “facts.” Besides tips on “fun alternatives to  
intercourse,” these “facts” include:

* the unsubstantiated claim that “only 10 per cent of the population is  
heterosexual – the rest being ‘mixed’ or bi-sexual;”

* the advice for girls not to listen to their parents’ opinions  
regarding lesbian sex because “a lot of parents are homophobic, and so  
are their children until they get minds of their own;” and

* the assertion that abortion is simply about removing “tissues that  
may potentially grow into a baby.”

“Let’s get this straight—this is not appropriate,” said Buckingham. “.  
. . Kids do not need sex guides in schools. They do not need  
indoctrination into sexual behaviour. They do not need smut.”

Ben-Ami told WND that it is his understanding that “the Manitoba  
Ministry of Education is currently assessing whether the book is  
appropriate.” Yet Global News reported that the book is due to be  
released next month.

St. Stephen’s has also produced Unzipped: The Little Black Book for  
Boys: A Guide to Healthy Sexuality for male youth aged 14-19.

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