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"A Family Tradition for 132 Years" PORT PERRY STAR - Tuesday, February 24, 1998 - 5 Minister from Milton has history of battling boards Fundamentalist group joins fight over sex ed material By Rik Davie Port Perry Star The controversy over the Durham District School Board's sex educa- tion package for develop- mentally handicapped adolescents has drawn the attention of fundamental- 1st groups outside the region, who are joining the - fight. Joining the fight against the Life Skills course 1s Rev. Ken Campbell, of Milton, who heads the fundamentalist group Renaissance Canada Inc. The group has fought various school boards across the province to remove what Campbell calls "the Playboy philo- sophic approach to sex-ed" in the public school system. In a letter to Ontario education minister Dave Johnston, Rev.Campbell called the Durham board's use of the life skills course "blatantly barbaric", and accused the board of "pushing a militant homo- sexual agenda." The Life Skills was the focus of a protest Feb. 16 at board offices. At a meet- ing that night trustees narrowly voted in favor of a motion by Oshawa trustee Susan Shetler, call- ing for a motion to review the course. The course on social interaction for devel- \ CHEVROLET OLDSMOBILE - GEO CADILLAC 852-3331 1-800-263-2000 BUICK - PONTIAC 852-3357 1-800-757-2004 croc WWilliaMSON [=] opmentally delayed stu- ? program," she said. "I have dents 15 years and up includes line drawings to depict sexual behavior for students unable to grasp verbal descriptions of some of the lessons. Lessons include how to tell abuse from affection, what type of contact is acceptable, and what to do if they are molested. Drawings depicting inter- course and use of condoms, as well as feminine hygiene. In an interview last Friday, Rev. Campbell expanded on his involve- ment in the fight to remove the course. "They (the Durham board) are replacing the influences of Moses with those of Madonna," he said. "Their arrogance is insuf- ferable. We founded Renaissance in 1974 to respond to disturbing changes we saw in the pub- lic school system. I mean, when did we vote to change the values of our school system?" Durham board superin- tendent Bev Freedman said that even with the recent publicity involving the program, none of those directly affect by the Life Skills material has called for its removal. "Not one parent has called me to opt out of the HO YEARS Uxbridge Diane Richardson Mobile: 905-404-5254 14 yrs. Sales Experience Our Customers Drive To For Our Service Uxbridge Brian Norrish Home: 905-985-8997 Mobile: 905-433-735 22 yrs. Sales Experience + NEW » USED * LEASING - ALL MAKES received two phone calls from parents in this cate- gory supporting the pro- gram. Several local minis- ters have called to express concern over material sent to them about the program, but we have been able to satisfy their inquiries." Rev. Campbell said he was invited to participate in the campaign to remove what he calls "the California sex kit" --a ref- erence to the place of pub- lication of the learning package -- by Carol Switzer, an abstinence and chastity proponent who fought for changes to Durham sex-ed classes in the past and ran, unsuc- cessfully, against Scugog * trustee Bobbie Drew for the school board seat in 1994. Durham And Brian Chiasson, media relations for the Family Action Committee -- the group which began the crusade against the material -- said it was his understanding that Rev. Campbell's group became involved through Switzer. But in an interview on Sunday evening Switzer said she hadn't gone look- ing for help in the battle with the board. "I don't really know any- thing about (Renaissance Canada Inc.) or him," she said. "He called me to offer his sup- port on our position." She said she doesn't know if Rev. 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