LOCAL SCHOOL BOARD SUPPORTS AND ENCOURAGES CHRISTIAN
COALITION CONTROL OF PUBLIC SCHOOL EDUCATION IN DUVAL
COUNTY.

The sexuality curriculum developed locally for
grades K-12 and approved by local educational, religious,
and civic groups (including the PTA) was replaced by a
seventh-grade curriculum called Teen-Aid which was
introduced by one member of the Christian Coalition.  Four
(of seven) board members (Corwin, Nooney, Parker and Jordon)
voted in favor of a curriculum supporting extreme "Christian"
beliefs.

The Teen-Aid curriculum presents the acceptable family as
white, with daddy going off to work and mommy caretaking the
children.  A black family is not seen until the curriculum's
section about dysfunctional families.  The entire curriculum
subtly, and sometimes blatantly, discriminates against
women, blacks, homosexuals, and other minorities.  Medical
information has been replaced with myths.  One has to
actually see Teen-Aid's representation of "the word of God"
to believe the degree of fundamentalist infiltration into
the minds of our children through the very School Board
elected to protect them!

The locally developed program for grades K-12 was provided
at a cost of $5,000.00 and interfaced with other school
subjects.  The Teen-Aid curriculum for one grade cost the
taxpayers an excess of $100,000.00 plus the legal costs
resulting from the decision.  However, with the financial
and legal support of Pat Robinson's Christian Coalition, the
financial costs to the residents of Duval County won't be
recognized until later when we are faced with a multitude of
social problems resulting from the "moralistic minority"
inflicting their sexist and racist theocratical beliefs on
an unsuspecting community.  Duval County's financial support
of Teen-Aid provided approximately 1/6 of the company's
total revenues last year.

"The Christian Coalition:  On the Road to Victory?", a
special report by investigative journalist Frederick
Clarkson, provides insight into the organizational structure
of the Christian Coalition and the well-organized political
machine which is shrewdly and methodically inflicting its
theocratic beliefs in our democratic society.  After all, at
a Robertson Coalition meeting, the Vice-President of the
United States, attempted to win the votes of this dangerous
group of fanatics by saying that he, the president, and the
Coalition have shared values of "faith, family, and
freedom". (Oops, now we know why the Vice-President publicly
attacked the fictitious Murphy Brown!)

It must be pointed out that the greatest abusers of children
and women are the fundamentalists who support Robertson and
other leaders of the spiritual misinformed.  Have we, in our
apathy, given all of our public school children to the
fundamentalists represented by the Christian Coalition?

A small group of concerned citizens have organized under the
name of PURPOSE to oppose the dangerous movement of
religious fundamentalists into government and government
supported agencies.  If you are interested in taking action
to protect the rights and freedoms of all citizens,
including children, from religious fanaticism and a school
board that supports the fanaticism, contact Planned
Parenthood of Northeast Florida, Inc. (904) 358-3886 for
more information