California School Sex Survey Prompts Liberty Council To Rally For New State Laws
Ed Thomas
December 12, 2006
(AgapePress) - The founder of Liberty Counsel says the refusal of the U.S. Supreme Court to hear an appeal of a lawsuit by California parents objecting to sexually-oriented school surveys highlights the need to create parental rights protection under state laws.
Parents who filed the case in Fields v. Palmdale School District hoped to set a precedent with a review and reversal by the justices of a Ninth U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals decision which said the U.S. Constitution does not protect parents from having their children exposed to such surveys.
Liberty Counsel's Mat Staver says California parental notification law about sexual topics has been passed since the suit was filed in 2002 and will protect the parents and their children in the future. But since a Supreme Court precedent was not established, he adds parents everywhere in the U.S. need to make sure they know if their state has laws that do the same.
"And I think that's one of the things this case really signifies around the country," the attorney explains. "Some federal courts are not finding any federal constitutional protection for the parents to object and/or opt out of those sexually explicit curriculum or questionnaires -- which means that until such right is protected, therefore, we must turn to the states." Staver says about half of the 50 states have laws requiring parental permission, or allowing opt-out provisions, when human sexuality is addressed.
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