Dirty underhanded lies
I've been seeing this ad for Prop. 8 here in California on the TV quite a bit lately...
This ad claims that the superintendent of schools, Jack O'Connell, is lying when he says that Prop 8 isn't about instruction and schools. They list the following links off the California Department of Education website as "proof" the schools are required to teach about marriage (at about the 16 second mark):
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/se/sexeducation.asp
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/se/faq.asp
If you are a lifelong California like myself, you've probably been scratching your head about what they heck they are talking about...I certainly wasn't "taught about marriage" in school, and my 9 year old daughter hasn't learned a darn thing about marriage either.
I looked up those links. I think the Yes on Prop 8 people were counting on people NOT actually reading the links and merely just hoping they will be scared into voting yes. Cause here is the text of the first link, it it's enitirety:
Comprehensive Sexual Health Education
Provides information concerning authorized comprehensive sexual health education.
Education Code (EC) 51933 (Outside Source) specifies that school districts are not required to provide comprehensive sexual health education, but if they choose to do so, they shall comply with all of the requirements listed below.
Comprehensive sexual health education instruction shall be age-appropriate and bias-free, and all factual information shall be medically accurate and objective. Instruction shall be appropriate for students of all genders, sexual orientations, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and it shall be accessible for English language learner students and students with disabilities. Instruction shall encourage communication between students and their families and shall teach respect for marriage and committed relationships.
In addition, in grades seven to twelve, instruction shall include all of the following: information about the value of abstinence; information about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including all Federal Drug Administration (FDA)-approved methods of reducing the risk of contracting STDs; information about all FDA-approved methods of contraception, including emergency contraception; information about California’s newborn abandonment law (Safe Surrender Law EC 51933 [12]) (Outside Source) and Penal Code 271.5 (Outside Source) and skills for making responsible decisions about sexuality.
Questions
If you don't want to read that whole thing I'll sum it up for you:
It's Education Code about what schools must teach about sex education IF they chose to teach sex ed.
The ONE mention of marriage is that it says "shall teach respect for marriage and committed relationships."
That's it.
And that's code right now. It also has language about respecting people of different sexual orientations. That's the code right now, people. It's the sex ed code. You remember that cheese sex ed class we all had in 6th grade? THAT. That's what they are talking about.
The other link is simple an FAQ about the hows and whys of different policies on the teaching of Sex Ed.
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The folks over at ProtectMarriage.com are counting on voters voting out of fear rather than knowledge. They are counting on voters not actually researching their claims. They are lying to you. They are lying.
Please, if you know someone who is voting yes on Prop.8 because of what they are scared will be taught to children, please encourage them to visit the CDE website and take a look at what is actually mandated. Those codes aren't changing.
Our children will continue to be taught respect for marriage and committed relationships and that already includes same sex relationships. NOTHING about Prop. 8 will impact our schools or our children. Nothing.
Pass it on........
This ad claims that the superintendent of schools, Jack O'Connell, is lying when he says that Prop 8 isn't about instruction and schools. They list the following links off the California Department of Education website as "proof" the schools are required to teach about marriage (at about the 16 second mark):
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/se/sexeducation.asp
http://www.cde.ca.gov/ls/he/se/faq.asp
If you are a lifelong California like myself, you've probably been scratching your head about what they heck they are talking about...I certainly wasn't "taught about marriage" in school, and my 9 year old daughter hasn't learned a darn thing about marriage either.
I looked up those links. I think the Yes on Prop 8 people were counting on people NOT actually reading the links and merely just hoping they will be scared into voting yes. Cause here is the text of the first link, it it's enitirety:
Comprehensive Sexual Health Education
Provides information concerning authorized comprehensive sexual health education.
Education Code (EC) 51933 (Outside Source) specifies that school districts are not required to provide comprehensive sexual health education, but if they choose to do so, they shall comply with all of the requirements listed below.
Comprehensive sexual health education instruction shall be age-appropriate and bias-free, and all factual information shall be medically accurate and objective. Instruction shall be appropriate for students of all genders, sexual orientations, and ethnic and cultural backgrounds, and it shall be accessible for English language learner students and students with disabilities. Instruction shall encourage communication between students and their families and shall teach respect for marriage and committed relationships.
In addition, in grades seven to twelve, instruction shall include all of the following: information about the value of abstinence; information about sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), including all Federal Drug Administration (FDA)-approved methods of reducing the risk of contracting STDs; information about all FDA-approved methods of contraception, including emergency contraception; information about California’s newborn abandonment law (Safe Surrender Law EC 51933 [12]) (Outside Source) and Penal Code 271.5 (Outside Source) and skills for making responsible decisions about sexuality.
Questions
If you don't want to read that whole thing I'll sum it up for you:
It's Education Code about what schools must teach about sex education IF they chose to teach sex ed.
The ONE mention of marriage is that it says "shall teach respect for marriage and committed relationships."
That's it.
And that's code right now. It also has language about respecting people of different sexual orientations. That's the code right now, people. It's the sex ed code. You remember that cheese sex ed class we all had in 6th grade? THAT. That's what they are talking about.
The other link is simple an FAQ about the hows and whys of different policies on the teaching of Sex Ed.
*******************************************************
The folks over at ProtectMarriage.com are counting on voters voting out of fear rather than knowledge. They are counting on voters not actually researching their claims. They are lying to you. They are lying.
Please, if you know someone who is voting yes on Prop.8 because of what they are scared will be taught to children, please encourage them to visit the CDE website and take a look at what is actually mandated. Those codes aren't changing.
Our children will continue to be taught respect for marriage and committed relationships and that already includes same sex relationships. NOTHING about Prop. 8 will impact our schools or our children. Nothing.
Pass it on........
