[Al Arabiya Latest] Nearly 2,000 Muslims in Britain have signed a petition against a proposed sex education curriculum, protesting the government's push for compulsory sex-ed for children as young as five.
| I have to agree with the objection to the bottom age boundary, and I went to a public school so progressive I had sex ed units in nine of the twelve years I attended classes there. |
Classes about personal, social and health matters including sex and relationships will be compulsory for all schoolchildren aged five to 16 when the new school year starts as part of the Sexual Relationship Education (SRE) curriculum in all of Britain's schools according to a government report currently released for public consultation.
The curriculum, proposed by the government as a solution to the country's growing rate of teenage pregnancy, the highest in Europe, is currently open for public consultation. And Muslims are taking advantage of the comment period to tell the government that they oppose teaching sex in school.
| Sex, true history, Western philosophy, the usual subjects objected to. |
The government has also called for more school-based clinics to provide contraception while Britain's Department for Children, Schools and Families has urged schools to begin teaching sex-ed earlier age.
| That I object to, too. Let them buy condoms at the corner shop like everyone else. |
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