of life” (Canon 802.2). Guernsey believes bishops and Catholic school leaders need to formalize policies and procedures for dealing with such situations.54
When speaking at the Shrine of Our Lady of Walsingham in Britain, Cardinal Raymond Burke addressed the difficulties facing Christian parents when it comes to education: “Today, parents must be especially vigilant, for sadly, in some places, schools have become the tools of a secular agenda inimical to the Christian life.”55
Beyond Ideas
Schools normalizing ideas that run contrary to Catholic teaching is bad enough. But what about passing out condoms and emergency contraception? Think that’s far-fetched? Here are some stories straight out of the headlines.
By the mid-1990s over 400 high schools in the United States had begun to distribute condoms by request to students. In 2014, a school district in Oregon decided to offer condoms to students from sixth grade on up, with no parental consent required.56 Sixth graders are generally between eleven and twelve years old!
The Los Angeles Unified School District asked Planned Parenthood to run a health clinic at one of its high schools.57 Students are allowed — by law — to visit the clinic without the permission of their parents. And the clinic is allowed to give students emergency contraception, birth control, pregnancy tests, and screening for sexually transmitted diseases. All the services are free and confidential. It’s disconcerting to think that parents might get a call if their child requested an aspirin for a headache, but would have no clue if a nurse put her on birth control because she is sexually active.
Innocence Lost
In Massachusetts, thousands of students are asked to take The Massachusetts Youth Risk Behavior Survey every other year. Officially intended for high school students, the organization Mass Resistance claims that it’s been administered as early as sixth grade in some cases.58 Parents aren’t even allowed to see the survey, and there’s no “opt out” provision.59 As you’ll see from the questions below taken from the 2015 survey, there are many ways to shatter innocence.
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