Resolutions Committee Report

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Proposed platform plank changes for:

EDUCATING OUR CHILDREN
PARENTAL RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITY
Sex Education

Current State Platform plank

We respect parental authority regarding sex education. We support the teaching of biology of reproduction and abstinence until marriage. We should prohibit entities and their affiliates that contradict our beliefs from conducting sex education and/or teacher training in public schools. We oppose all policies and curriculum that teach alternate lifestyles including homosexuality, transgender and other non-traditional lifestyles as normal.

Committee revised plank

We call upon the Texas Legislature to mandate the teaching of abstinence in every public school education/health course as the only safe and healthy means of preventing sexually transmitted diseases, spread of the AIDS virus, and illegitimate pregnancies.  This supports the parental authority and the teaching of moral values in the home.  Further, we oppose school-based clinics and/or impact centers that dispense condoms and contraceptives and that refer for, aid in, or advise minors to have abortions. We oppose all policies and