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WORLD CONGRESS OF FAMILIES DECRIES 9TH CIRCUIT’S FRONTAL ASSAULT ON PARENTAL
RIGHTS
Allan Carlson, founder and International Secretary of the World Congress of
Families, said he was deeply concerned by a ruling by the U.S. Ninth Circuit
Appeals Court which negates parental rights in education.
Carlson commented, “In essence, the court held that, regarding sexual
indoctrination (in the guise of sex education), once parents surrender their
children to the state education system, the schools can attempt to inculcate
attitudes and values which families find abhorrent – over their strenuous
objections.”
In his 23-page majority decision, Judge Stephen Reinhardt (who three years
ago ruled that “one nation under God” in the Pledge of Allegiance was in
violation of the First Amendment’s Establishment Clause), declared, “There is no
fundamental right of parents to be the exclusive provider of information
regarding sexual matters to their children.”
The case involved a survey which students in the Palmdale, California school
district were asked to complete. It contained such intrusive and highly
inappropriate questions as asking children if they touched their “private parts
too much,” or if they thought “about the private parts of others.”
Carlson charged: “Such questions are meant to elicit certain responses and,
in so doing, inculcate a mindset regarding sexuality in general and premarital
sex specifically. It’s ironic that the schools – which often do an abysmal job
of teaching reading, math and history -- have taken it upon themselves to train
the sexual citizens of tomorrow.”
The World Congress of Families III was held in Mexico City in 2004. There,
more than 3,300 delegates from over 60 countries, adopted the Mexico City
Declaration, which provided in part:
“Parents possess the primary authority and responsibility to direct the
upbringing and education of their children, except in cases of abuse and neglect
…. School curricula should not undermine the right of parents to teach their
children moral and spiritual values.”
Carlson noted that the Ninth Circuit is the nation’s most liberal and the
most reversed circuit court. “We sincerely hope this anti-family outrage will be
appealed to the Supreme Court, which will have the good sense to reject this
assault on parental rights.”
Carlson is the author of eight books on the family and the recent monograph,
“The Natural Family: A Manifesto.” This manifesto is available for download at
www.familymanifesto.org or contact Larry Jacobs at (815) 964-5819 to obtain a
copy.
World Congress of Families IV is being planned for Warsaw, Poland in May of
2007. For more information, visit the following
websites:
www.worldcongress.org,
or
www.profam.org. |