First of two parts There are three major arguments used to sell sex education: - society is full of Victorian and religious hand-ups about sex. If kids can learn early to accept and enjoy sex, we’ll have a less violent society. – kids will have sex, no matter what we tell them. – now we have AIDS, the need for sex education [...]
In the middle of the Daigle controversy at the end of July, a full-page appeared in Journal de Montreal. It showed a pair of hands cupped around a candle flame and protecting it; the only word of text was a name – “Chantal.” Without actually saying it, the picture asked a question: is the flame going to be kept alive, or is [...]
AT HOME Putting the brakes to sex-ed Trustees on the Academic Affaires Committee of the Metro (Toronto) Separate School Board (MSSB) voted July 4 to delay implementation of the grades 3 and 4 section of the "Fully Alive" sex-ed program, despite the call from Trustee Fr. Tom Day to push it through sight unseen. Careful killing The Law Reform Commission’s report Crimes [...]