{"id":850,"date":"2006-09-19T19:28:10","date_gmt":"2006-09-20T02:28:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2006\/09\/19\/sex-education\/"},"modified":"2006-09-20T10:47:32","modified_gmt":"2006-09-20T17:47:32","slug":"sex-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ourthoughts.ca\/2006\/09\/19\/sex-education\/","title":{"rendered":"Sex Education"},"content":{"rendered":"

This appeared on WorldNetDaily.com <\/p>\n

\nA sexually-explicit guide written in a way that condemns traditional North American values and promotes homosexuality and abortion to young girls learning about sex is being considered for use in public schools, and leaders at a family-values think tank are horrified.<\/p>\n

“We have to find a way to stop this from happening,” Joseph Ben-Ami, the executive director of the Institute for Canadian Values, told WND. “People don’t know this is happening.” <\/p>\n

The project is called, “The Little Black Book ?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00c4\u00fa A Book on Healthy Sexuality Written by Grrrls (sic) for Grrrls” and was assembled by a group including the St. Stephen’s House community service organization. <\/p>\n

The Toronto project, now online after earlier published versions, is, according to Ben-Ami, “a thinly veiled propaganda piece that undermines healthy parent-child relationships, substitutes voodoo myths for actual science, and provides advice that, if followed, will certainly result in real and serious harm to those who follow it.” <\/p>\n

For example, the guide states that “only 10% of the population is heterosexual ?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00c4\u00fa the rest being ‘mixed’ or bi-sexual,” but mentions no evidence. It also promotes homosexuality and labels parents “homophobes.”<\/p>\n

The publishers give this summary of the book.<\/p>\n

“A super-important guide for girls?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00c4\u00f9written by teens for teens. Check it out: not just a book about sex, but a look at girl culture by teenagers. No stuffy school textbook. No nosy adults. Just a diverse group of teen girls from a community youth project who had questions about sexuality. To find answers, they collected stories, poetry and artwork from other youth. They also interviewed frontline health experts to get solid facts about the personalities and pressures that young women have to deal with. It’s a great mix of real-life examples and life-saving info. Topics include: – Relationships – Periods – Sex – Birth control – Pregnancy – Sexually transmitted infections\/AIDS – Sexual assault All the content has been vetted by doctors, and the book is endorsed by health professionals — so girls know they’re getting good info. There’s also a section at the back with places to contact to find out more. It’s all stuff that youth need to know, and it’s all decked out in a compact, easy-to-browse zine style. The Little Black Book for Girlz is an important, take-anywhere empowerment guide. Girls shouldn’t leave their teen years without it.”<\/p>\n

THE INSTITUTE FOR CANADIAN VALUES HAS STARTED A PETITION TO GET THIS BOOK BANNED FROM OUR SCHOOLS, BUT WITH FUNDING FROM 3 LEVELS OF GOV?\u00a2\u201a\u00c7\u00a8\u201a\u00d1\u00a2T THEIR CHANCES ARE SLIM.<\/p>\n

This is some of their comment regarding this book:<\/p>\n

“The Little Black Book” is being promoted across Canada as a guide to healthy sexuality for teenage girls. In reality, it is a dangerous, unscientific and offensive piece ideological propaganda. <\/p>\n

Among the books more egregious assertions:<\/p>\n