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If you have a
child attending public school, he or she may be studying
sex education curriculum developed by an organization
known as SIECUS (Sexuality Information and Education
Council of the United States). SIECUS curriculum
promotes to children the ideas that homosexuality,
bisexuality, and transsexuality are normal and healthy
lifestyles, and that abortion is a convenient and
acceptable method of birth control. Moreover, they are
teaching your children that those who disagree with
these views – even on religious grounds – are
narrow-minded bigots on the fringe of society. They
encourage children to shun the values of their parents
if those values contradict those held by SIECUS. This
organization is also working internationally to adapt
their sex education guidelines for use in other
countries.
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SIECUS is a
38-year-old nonprofit organization whose sex education
guidelines have been endorsed by the Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC) for use in public schools.
Their sex education does not just target children who
have reached puberty, but rather is targeted towards
children as young as five years of age!
SIECUS is
also pro-pornography. On their website, they proclaim,
“When sensitively used in a manner appropriate to the
viewer's age and developmental level, sexually explicit
visual, printed, or on-line materials can be valuable
educational or personal aids…contributing to a wholesome
concept of sexuality.” They also state, “Adults
should have the right of access to sexually explicit
materials for personal use. Legislative and judicial
efforts to prevent the production or distribution of
sexually explicit materials endanger constitutionally
guaranteed freedoms of speech and press and could be
employed to restrict the appropriate professional use of
such materials by sexuality educators, therapists, and
researchers.” These are points of view that they
share with your teenager at school – pornography is
wonderful!
A look at the
organizations they link to on their website can provide
a revealing look at what their views are:
- California Abortion &
Reproductive Rights League (CARAL)
- Gay and Lesbian Alliance
Against Defamation (GLAAD)
- Human Rights Campaign
(pro-homosexual, pro-transsexual)
- National Gay and Lesbian
Task Force
- Parents and Friends of
Lesbians and Gays (PFLAG)
- Planned Parenthood (abortion
provider)
- People for the American Way
(“proud to stand up to the religious right”)
- ACLU
- GenderTalk
- Intersex Society of North
America
- National Transgender
Advocacy Coalition
- Renaissance Transgender
Association
- American Nudist Research
Library
- Magnus Hirschfield Archive
for Sexology
- Canadian Lesbian and Gay
Archives
- Human Sexuality Collection
- The Kinsey Institute
(library of erotica, past supporter of pedophilia)
- ONE Institute Gay and
Lesbian Archives
- Bisexual Resource Center
- Gay, Lesbian, and Straight
Education Network (GLSEN) - "fighting to end
anti-gay bias in K-12 schools"
SIECUS sex education
guidelines provide four levels of information for four
different age groups. You can click on the links below
to find samples of what they encourage teachers to share
with each age group. SIECUS also has a publication
entitled Right From The Start, which provides
guidelines on training preschoolers on sexuality
issues such as appropriate masturbation and genital
touching with other preschoolers! As you can see, some
of the information is objectionable, and is geared
towards undermining your right to instill your morals
and values in your children. If you hold to
Judeo-Christian morals, and believe in what the Bible
says regarding sexuality, they will encourage your child
to reject your values.
SIECUS
recognizes that the biggest threat to their agenda comes
from what they would call the “religious right.” In
truth, what they need to fear is any parent who holds to
God’s biblical commands on the proper enjoyment of his
gift of sex.
In an attempt
to ward off attacks from the Christian community and the
pro-moral majority (55% of American adults oppose
homosexual marriage, according to a CBS News/New York
Times Poll in July 2003), SIECUS formed the Religious
Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing, an
organization of liberal theologians who champion
homosexuality and abortion under the veil of religious
tolerance. The Institute drafted the Religious
Declaration on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing,
which has been endorsed by over 2200 theologically
liberal signatories. The declaration calls for the
following:
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Theological reflection that integrates the wisdom of
excluded, often silenced peoples, and insights about
sexuality from medicine, social science, the arts and
humanities.
- Full
inclusion of women and sexual minorities [homosexuals,
bisexuals, transsexuals] in congregational life,
including their ordination and the blessing of same
sex unions.
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Sexuality counseling and education throughout the
lifespan from trained religious leaders.
- Support
for those who challenge sexual oppression [biblically
sound worldview] and who work for justice within their
congregations and denomination.
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Lifelong, age appropriate sexuality education in
schools, seminaries, and community settings.
- A
faith-based commitment to sexual and reproductive
rights, including access to voluntary contraception,
abortion, and HIV/STD prevention
and treatment.
Former SIECUS President Debra
W. Haffner wrote an article entitled, “The Really
Good News: What the Bible Says About Sex.” The
article, replete with misinterpretations, omissions, and
outright heresy, is presented to children and parents
who express trepidation over SIECUS’s sex education
program due to religious beliefs. At one point, Haffner
writes, “I now believe that a major function of Bible
stories is to teach sexuality education…” While it
is true that the Bible does provide information on God’s
plan for sex, Haffner’s conclusions are anything but
biblical. Early in the article, she maligns those who
view the Bible as it is written, “There is no
question that certain church traditions have provided
justification for sexual oppression. From the writings
of Paul to those of Augustine and Aquinas--and through
the current work of the Christian Coalition--parts of
the Christian church have attempted to control, define,
and limit sexual expression. In fact, it is clear that
the mind/body dualism that characterizes much of
Christian thought is the lens through which both the
Bible and church traditions are used to limit people's
experience of their sexuality and, indeed, to promote
systematic oppression of sexuality. However, these same
theological tools can help demonstrate a revised sexual
theology.” A “revised sexual theology”?!
Christians must realize that God’s laws were not laid
down to be revised as social climates change! God’s
laws are immutable, and Haffner is blasphemous in her
contention that it is time to revise what God has said.
Haffner opines, “Sodom and
Gomorrah is not a story against consensual same
gender sexual relations. Rather, the sin is about
inhospitality and gang rape.” Jude 1:7 recounts
that Sodom and Gomorrah had been destroyed for their
“perversion” (NIV) and going after “strange flesh” (KJV,
NASB). These references indicate that the act of
violence (rape) is not what caused the judgment of
Sodom, and it wasn’t its “inhospitality.” It was the
fact that the men of Sodom sought homosexual
encounters. Romans 1:26-27 gives additional clarity to
the sin of homosexuality. 1 Timothy 1:10 condemns
homosexuals as well as practitioners of other sins.
Haffner has little to say regarding the New Testament
verses, other than to contrast that four New Testament
verses pale in comparison to ten Levitical prohibitions
against sex with a woman during menses, and seventeen
verses on how to make a grain offering. In other words,
Haffner feels that the limited number of New Testament
verses condemning homosexuality indicate that it wasn’t
that big of a deal. She further conjectures that the
real sin these verses address is prostitution and the
pagan practices of the cults that happened to engage in
homosexuality. Truthfully, her “logic” is as convoluted
as a junkyard in a tornado.
The rest of her article goes on
to address issues that most Bible-believing Christians
would also agree with – namely, that adultery is wrong,
and that sex is a gift from God that is to be enjoyed.
Where she falls short though, is in the understanding
that God created sex to be enjoyed, but only within the
guidelines he sets forth! The God-given guidelines for
sexuality are simple: sex is to be an activity between a
consenting man and a consenting woman who are married to
each other. A listing of the scripture references that
support that would take up a paragraph itself, and a
study of the Bible with the help of a concordance will
lead any thinking person to the same conclusions. God’s
guidelines rule out homosexuality, bisexuality,
adultery, and rape. In Matthew 5:28, Jesus says, “But
I tell you that anyone who looks at a woman lustfully
has already committed adultery with her in his heart.”
This verse rules out pornography as a “valuable
educational or personal aid.”
Children as young as five years
of age are being morally molested by SIECUS and local
schools, often without the knowledge of the parents. Do
you have a child in public school? If so, make a point
to contact your school and find out what sex education
curriculum they use. While schools will often not
advertise this fact, each parent in the United States
has the right to opt their children out of curriculum
they find morally objectionable. If you wish to train
your child in the way he or she should go (Proverbs
22:6) without the local school district undermining your
values, take action now. Contact your school. If they
use SIECUS or similar curriculum, opt your child out
from that course, and file a complaint with the school
board. If you wish to contact SIECUS to let them know
how you feel about their curriculum, a list of email
addresses is provided below. May God bless you as you
train up your child to be a servant of God.
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