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Originally posted by Penske_Account
Perhaps you did. So what? I did not say "christian values" preclude including curricula that contains explicit sexual descriptions or themes, in part. I said that there is an argument that could be made that the term "christian values" included in the mission statement, as it was in that school's mission statement, could preclude such teaching.
Are you saying that it's not possible that a reasonable person, in the context of sending their child to a school whose mission it is, explicitly, to impart "christian values" couldn't come to that conclusion?
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I am saying nothing of the sort. But I would assume that a person sending their child to an Episcopal or Catholic high school would understand that their child would be exposed to at least some literature which includes these themes. Heck, the Song of Songs includes these themes. I also think, however, that it's the parent's perogative to pull the money and/or their kid if she/he is not comfortable with what the school is teaching.
I haven't read the book in question. Nor have I attended the class at the school in which the book was discussed, so I don't know if the book is porn or not, or if the teacher was encouraging the students to engage in conduct Not Consistent with Episcopal Church doctrine. I'll assume (though it is a rebutable assumption) that (a) it is Not Porn, and (b) the teacher was Not NAMBLA recruiting.
