Winnipeg Free Press

Winnipeg Free Press (Newspaper) - June 19, 1969, Winnipeg, Manitoba Winnipeg free press thursday june 19, 1969 sex education raises fierce opposition by Richard Cohen Washington special tons i believe that god gave us this Issue to the Rev. John Dekker of Baltimore told a rally of 700 people in suburban Rockville Maryland last week. No other Issue has stirred so Many people in so Short a time As sadistic sex Rev. Dekker m As Secretary of the american Council of c h r i i a n churches in California was being too modest. For that night mar Viand was being systematically added to the list of 27 states where organized opposition to sex education suddenly materialized last Winter after the appearance of a pamphlet by a writer named Gordon Drake. Or. Drake switched from the John Birch society to the Christian crusade before writing is the school House the proper place to teach raw sex the pamphlet or. Drake claims was an instant Best seller As these things go chalking up a Sale of copies almost immediately. Bar. Drake s theme was quickly adopted by other right Wing groups it received editorial endorse ment in the december 1968, Birch bulletin and by the Campaign was rolling. Despite the Thunder on the right not All opponents of sex education Are bumper sticker conservatives o r religious fundamentalists. There Are others Are troubled by the introduction into the schools of a subject that traditionally was the Domain of the Home or the Church. They too have joined the growing crusade against sex education that up to recently seemed to be winning an easy acceptance in american schools. In addition a growing number of parents complain that while sex should be taught in the schools such classes require finesse that few teachers possess. Taught badly these parents feel sex education classes Are much More damaging than no classes at All. On the whole however it is a crusade generated by such organizations As the John Birch society and the Rev. Billy James Hargis s Christian crusade. Fact of life they Are mining what Many educators and sociologists believe is adult Ameri Ca s deep anxiety about the so called sexual revolution and what May be a growing reaction to a National land scape that has bloomed with miniskirts and a rated films. It is in the elementary and High schools they feel where the trend can be stopped possibly reversed. The schools after All Are s t i 1 locally controlled. School boards unlike the supreme court and seventh Avenue designers Are responsible to the voters. It s already bigger than said a spokesman for the Institute for american democracy which studies extremism. It s showing up in More cities and More states every it s hot in Montgomery said Wesley Mccune of group research inc., another organization studying extremism. It s been fanned professionally. It s not accidental and it s not even casual. It into depth in the Community beyond the average right Wing sex education has Long been a fact of life in elementary and High schools in the District of Columbia and most of suburban Virginia. In the Maryland suburbs the schools in Prince George s and Montgomery counties began Pilot sex education programs ealier this year. Opposition to sex Educa one of a kind Sale save 25% to 50% on new furniture instructed by local and Eastern furniture. Manufacturers will tilt v and . Spa savers Dinett. Suites Dinette suites Dinin. Room suites bedroom suites Mathems stereos Many other items too numerous to mention. Styles French provincial italian contemporary the furniture warehouse a division of .w.o. Enterprises Ltd. 1030 St. James St., mpg. 21 easy terms no Money Down warehouse hours daily monday thurs. Fri. Till . 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In Montgomery sex Edu cation has been a part of the High school curriculum for More than four years lits introduction at the elementary level has caused All the fuss although critics such As Bev. Dekker and Rev. Andrews oppose it in High school too. To these critics of sex education the program is harmful to children in that it May Lead to immoral Una Merican it invades the Sanctity of the Home and they say is linked to subversive Organiza unchristian its Lack of moral guidance is in direct opposition to the ten in sum they say it is manifestly the work of the Devil and the communist party. The violence and passion of their attack has left Many parents confused and troubled. Even the charge that sex education is phase one of the communist plan to corrupt american morality and weaken the nation has kept teachers supervisors and politicians Busy answering the Telephone. There Are Many others however question sex education without charging that it is a conspiracy of Marx or the Devil. 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