Article January 2, 1984 Issue

Sex education and spiritual wisdom

MARY STRIPP KEMPER

Traditional Judeo-Christian views of morality are being challenged by the proponents of "sexual freedom." At the same time reports of increased incidence of venereal disease and teen-age pregnancy are causing concerned parents to seek solutions. Educational programs are one avenue that some parents have advocated in this search.

One evening I sat with a group of other parents at our children's school as a sex education program was being described and discussed. It occurred to me that what we were being asked to believe was that a moral revolution had taken place—was here to stay—and that our children were in danger. What was proposed as the best protection for our children was a preponderance of clinical information, including detailed instruction in birth control. Value judgments were not to be included in the program.

To me this approach, however well meaning, was like putting a finger to the crack in the dike; the underlying need is not so much for more material education as for a universal awakening to the spiritual reality of the Christ-man, his purity and dominion.

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