A ministry dedicated to upholding and reaffirming marriage, family, life and liberty in Illinois is protesting the showing of two sexually explicit films in high school classrooms.
Laurie Higgins of the Illinois Family Institute tells OneNewsNow parents in Darien, Illinois, have no idea what their children are being exposed to at Hinsdale South High School, where an English teacher is showing two sexually explicit films -- Brokeback Mountain and American Beauty.
"These teachers are public servants; they're being subsidized by public money," she notes. "We should be exposing the school, the principals, the department chairs, the teachers, and exposing them so there is transparency in the classroom and accountability for what they're doing."
Higgins goes on to explain why opting one's child out of questionable lessons is not a good option.
"If they opt out, what do they do? They go sit alone for a period … two periods, or two weeks of classes and [do] an alternative assignment," she explains. "They don't get to be in the classroom -- they feel self-conscious about that -- and they don't get to participate or hear classroom discussion."
IFI's objective is to have teachers replace morally questionable films with material that challenges students intellectually and respects the values of all students and parents.