Cardinal simply got it wrong
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Cardinal simply got it wrong
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This was, in fact, much ado about nothing. The Executive’s policy reinforces the existing 5-14 guidelines and does not depart in any way from the current legislative and other safeguards on sex education, which make it one of the most heavily fortified and parentally-friendly areas of the curriculum. Neither is it “value-free”, as the Cardinal has alleged.
Ironically, the Executive’s statement came in the same week as a highly critical report from the inspectorate in England slating the poor quality of sex education in many schools. That should be the real debate.
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