Jessica Glover and her daughter Martine gather with others at a rally at the Capitol asking for a veto of HB363.
Ravell Call, Deseret News
As a citizen, parent and educator, I hope Gov. Gary Herbert vetoes HB363, thereby preventing a number of youth suicides in Utah.
Yearly, a number of young men struggling with sexuality issues take their own lives. My 40-year-old son continues to credit his life to a high school teacher merely mentioning a statistic about the existence of homosexuals.
Knowing about "different" others allowed him to deal with his depression and keep going to become a productive member of society.
Would we — like the Eagle Forum, Sutherland Institute and Rep. Bill Wright — deny others this chance?
Marilyn Bown
Park City
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This year it's sex ed. Can copying the bizarre laws of others on contraception be far behind? Soon it will be 1789 again with only wealthy landowners able to vote. They live in their own little world up there in legislative land. Ignore it and it More..
I was grateful for the Sex-Ed we had in Utah Schools 40 years ago.
It didnÂt shake my testimony, and everything we talked about in school was biological, scientific, educational . The actual sex act was never even mentioned.
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If you think you can do a better job and don't want teachers teaching that stuff to your kid(s) than use the opt-out provision. It's not that difficult...