CWA’s Knight to Speak on Suburban Washington Sex-Ed Curriculum     3/17/2005
By Pamela Wong

March 19 Montgomery County, MD, Town Hall meeting will educate and spur parents to action.

Robert Knight, director of Concerned Women for America’s Culture & Family Institute, will speak on March 19 in Rockville, Maryland, about a controversial, new sex-ed curriculum slated for use in Montgomery County, Maryland, public schools in the next school year.

The 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. Town Hall meeting, which will take place at Johns Hopkins University, Montgomery County Campus, 9601 Medical Center Drive, is sponsored by Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum (CRC), a grassroots activist group concerned about the curriculum’s moral and scientific gaps.

Knight, a recognized expert on cultural issues such as sex education, homosexuality and parental rights, will speak on the significance of the curriculum battle and its counterparts in other areas of the United States.

CWA of Maryland’s state director, Evalena Gray, and state members are expected to attend.

The meeting will include a showing of the curriculum’s notorious seven-minute “cucumber” video. CRC reports that a clip of the video on its Web Site, www.mcpscurriculum.com, is getting thousands of hits. The video reportedly mentions “abstinence” about seven times and “condom” at least 44 times.

CRC has criticized the sex-ed curriculum for its advocacy of “safe” vs. “risky” sex.

“We should not be advocating sexual activity for children. There are many emotional and physical side effects of promiscuous sex,” said Michelle Turner, a leader of CRC. She cited a recent Zogby poll of more than 1,000 parents of school-age children. The poll found that 91 percent of parents want their children to at least graduate from high school before engaging in sexual activity.

Parents and citizens are encouraged to attend the meeting, which will include a Q&A session. Other scheduled speakers are: Maryland Del. Don Dwyer (R-Anne Arundel); Mother of the Year Maren Fuller; Tres Kearns, chairman, TakeBackMaryland.org; and Peter Sprigg of the Family Research Council.

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