New Brunswick Parents Incensed with Sex Ed for Kids

MARYSVILLE, New Brunswick, November 10, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – Parents of grade 6 to 8 schoolchildren being subjected to explicit sexual education curricula attended a church hall meeting Monday night to express their concerns over the program.  According to a Daily Gleaner report, seventy-five parents attended the forum, upset that the curriculum will arguably stimulate greater interest in sex among their children, rather than the intended consequence of reducing teen pregnancy and sexually transmitted diseases through so-called safe-sex education.  Christian Action Federation of New Brunswick executive director Mary Thurrott made a presentation, emphasizing that the curriculum needs to discuss abstinence. “There is no idea of restraint taught to children,” Thurrott said, as reported by The Daily Gleaner. “It creates unhealthy curiosity. It is over-exposure. Too much too soon.”  Thurrott described how sex education for young children was an idea that sprung from notorious sex researcher Alfred Kinsey’s 1940s and 50s substandard research, in which he claimed that “children are sexual beings.”  She also blamed Planned Parenthood founder Margaret Sanger’s ideas, who promoted so-called sexual health by advocating for abortion and contraception among schoolchildren. “We are concerned about the safety of children,” Thurrott said. She said the new sex ed program aims to recreate the child’s belief structure around sexual intercourse, rather than simply presenting the facts of life.  The province claims the program resulted from a survey of 4,000 parents who said they wanted expanded sexual education for their children. Thurrott said the survey’s definitions of abstinence and sexual education were vague and misleading. “We question the bias of that survey,” she said.  See local coverage: https://www.canadaeast.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20041109/DGEBRIEF/311090022/-1/FRONTPAGE   Read related LifeSiteNews.com coverage:  New Brunswick Parents Upset over Explicit Sex-Ed Program for Schoolchildren   https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/oct/04102107.html “Sex Manual” for 12 Year Old School Children has Nova Scotia Parents Riled   https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/sep/04091701.html   tv