CNA Staff, Nov 3, 2020 / 22:10 pm
Voters in Washington approved a ballot measure that will require "comprehensive sex education" in public schools. Washington's Catholic bishops opposed the measure.
Nearly 60% of Washington voters approved the measure.
The Catholic bishops in Washington said the measure promoted an educational program detrimental to young people, and contrary to the truths of human dignity, human sexuality, and parental formation of children.
The proposal "does not adequately address complex moral issues tied to human sexuality nor properly discuss sex in the context of marriage," the Washington State Catholic Conference said. Its requirements on teaching consent, for instance, do not address the idea that sexual activity should take place only between married spouses.