New Brunswick Parents send Premier “No Sex-Ed” Christmas Cards

FREDERICTON, New Brunswick, December 22, 2004 (LifeSiteNews.com) – New Brunswick Premier Bernard Lord is getting his share of Christmas cards this year—approximately 700 cards from angry parents with a clear message: scrap the explicit sex-ed program for our schoolchildren.  Parents are incensed at the degree of explicit materials being offered to their children in grades six through eight, including information on masturbation and oral sex. They warn that the curriculum fails to encourage children to exercise self-control.  “There is no idea of restraint taught to children,” one parent said at a town-hall meeting held in November, as reported by The Daily Gleaner. “It creates unhealthy curiosity. It is over-exposure. Too much too soon.” The curriculum aims to re-order children’s values and beliefs about sex, rather than educating them about the body, she said.  One organizer of the Christmas card drive, Elizabeth Wilson, said: “We are hoping that he (Lord) will do what’s best to protect the innocence of children in New Brunswick,” according to a Canadian Press account.  The government has already responded to parent’s complaints that websites linked to the sex-ed program web-site led to pornographic sites. The government removed the links.  “It relies heavily on condom usage,” Wilson said, emphasizing the program says very little about abstinence. “Abstinence should be a stated goal in this curriculum.”  Add your own Christmas message to Premier Bernard Lord:  https://www.gnb.ca/0089/Sendmail-e.asp   Read prior LifeSiteNews.com coverage:  New Brunswick Parents Upset over Explicit Sex-Ed Program for Schoolchildren   https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/oct/04102107.html New Brunswick Parents Incensed with Sex Ed for Kids   https://www.lifesitenews.com/ldn/2004/nov/04111006.html   tv