I read a persuasive article that was featured in the New York Times called, "Does Sex Ed Undermine Parental Rights." It talked about how schools providing sex ed in schools is taking away the rights of parents. The author Robert P. George takes a very strong stance on the entire issue. He believes that it is wrong for parents to have to send their child to a school where this class could be contradicting there views morally or religiously. He states that parents have the responsiblity to raise there children morally and religiously and the government taking those duties away is wrong He says bluntly, "To subject children to indoctrination in deeply personal matters against their parents’ consciences is no less a violation than forcing Muslim parents to send their children to a Catholic Mass". Part of his strategies in his article are statements like that, they are very forceful and send his message across. Another strategy he uses is directly effecting our emotions. He brings up " our responsiblity as parents", and our " bringing and raising our children is this world". Although they may not sound very emotional in context they really are quite convincing. In general I thought is his article was very effictive at proving his point and really caught my attention.
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/19/opinion/does-sex-ed-undermine-parental-rights.html
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