ADF: School�s stealth attempt to show sexually explicit film thwarted by ADF - Alliance Defense Fund - Defending Our First Liberty: "

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School officials in Raleigh have refrained from showing a sexually explicit film to schoolchildren without the knowledge and permission of their parents after involvement from an attorney with the Alliance Defense Fund. The film contains sexually explicit scenes, including ones that feature homosexual behavior.

�Schools should be required to follow the law. And the law says schools must notify parents and get their authorization before teaching sexually-oriented material,� said ADF Senior Legal Counsel Mike Johnson. �School officials may have tried to push this sexually explicit video onto these children without their parents� knowledge, but so far we�ve been able to hold them accountable to North Carolina statutes protecting families.�

Officials at the Governor�s School in Raleigh advertised the sexually explicit film American History X on its calendar, describing it as an installment of a �Race and Film� series. In spite of repeated assurances by school officials that parents would be notified regarding any sexually-oriented material presented to students, the school did not notify or get permission from parents before attempting to show American History X.

According to Johnson, the General Assembly has �deliberately and expressly placed an emphasis on the importance of parental involvement in curriculum related to human sexuality.� North Carolina statutes specify that parents must give approval for any sexually-oriented materials to be presented to their children in school, and the school must allow for parents to comment on the material before it is shown. Governor�s School officials were not responsive to requests for specific information about curricula and films that may be sh"