Sex Ed in Montgomery County

I'm on a maillist for my son's high school and I came across a firestorm about the proposed new sex ed curriculum. There's even a new web site in support of recalling the Board of Education (BOE).

I posted this message there:

I am not in favor of the current BOE program, but not enough to participate in a recall election.

I would agree that this subject should be addressed in the home except for the fact that many parents are unequipped or unwilling to address it. My parents had a hard enough time doing a terrible job at telling me and my brother about the "birds and the bees."

We need to find a sensible way of addressing the behavior of a significant part of the human population. Homosexuality has been a part of human culture throughout human history. Some of us are just wired that way. However, I think that some unsure people decide to adopt a lifecycle.

To me the issue is how can we accept those that are wired that way while encouraging the unsure not to adopt a lifestyle that they are not wired for. I don't know about you, but I have members of my extended family who fall into both categories.

How would you feel if your son or daughter was born that way and society shunned them? Would you stop loving them? Would you ban them from your home? Where would they have had thanksgiving dinner?

If you believe in God, are they not God's creatures, too?

Maybe a solution is to offer a course for parents.