{"id":234196,"date":"2020-11-06T09:33:48","date_gmt":"2020-11-06T15:33:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.liveaction.org\/news\/?p=234196"},"modified":"2020-11-05T21:16:31","modified_gmt":"2020-11-06T03:16:31","slug":"washington-voters-disturbing-sex-ed-planned-parenthood","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/archive.liveaction.org\/news\/washington-voters-disturbing-sex-ed-planned-parenthood\/","title":{"rendered":"Washington voters approve disturbing statewide sex ed mandate backed by Planned Parenthood"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Voters in Washington state approved a controversial sex education bill on Tuesday, making sweeping changes to the content of sex ed and mandating it in all public K-12 classrooms. Backed by Planned Parenthood, the ballot measure was the first ever statewide referendum on sex ed in the country.<\/p>\n

Referendum 90 follows the passage of\u00a0Senate Bill 5395<\/a>, which first introduced the revised sex ed curriculum earlier this year. Following the bill’s passage, concerned parents sprang to action and launched a petition campaign, successfully gathering enough signatures to qualify the referendum for a spot on the Nov. 3 ballot. Their attempts at rescinding the controversial curriculum ultimately failed, with 60% of voters in favor of implementing it in the classroom.<\/p>\n

Campaigning in favor of the referendum was a group called Safe and Healthy Youth Washington. The Associated Press reports that because the group was largely backed and funded by Planned Parenthood affiliates, it raised significantly more money than Parents for Safe Schools, the opposing group funded by the state’s Republican lawmakers.<\/p>\n

The Associated Press<\/a> reports opponents to the bill were particularly concerned with a cartoon used as part of the curriculum, which they say amounted to teaching sex positions to fourth graders. Other areas of concern<\/a> include graphic explanations of body parts for children as young as kindergarten, while older children are subjected to a curriculum scenario called “Senior Challenge,” which is portrayed as a contest to see which graduating senior can have sex with the youngest student.<\/p>\n

READ:\u00a0Student destroys pro-life display at Washington community college because he \u2018disagrees\u2019<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n