http://www.alliancealert.org news from the frontlines of the culture war Thu, 24 May 2012 23:12:00 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/26/croatia%e2%80%99s-strict-sex-education-gets-green-light/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/26/croatia%e2%80%99s-strict-sex-education-gets-green-light/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:27:49 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=34257 EurActiv: A pro-abstinence sex education programme used in many Croatian schools is legally acceptable, the European Committee for Social Rights (ECSR) has found . . . Hailing the decision, Roger Kiska, a legal counsel at the Alliance Defense Fund, an alliance of Christian attorneys, said 'we are pleased that the European Committee for Social Rights has upheld the right for parents to choose an option that does not violate [their] core religious and moral beliefs.' 'Parents should be the ones responsible for making educational choices for their children – not leftist activist groups,' added Kiska, who represented the organisation which drafted Croatia's curriculum in the case." ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/26/croatia%e2%80%99s-strict-sex-education-gets-green-light/feed/ 0 http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/26/european-committee-upholds-pro-abstinence-sex-education-program/ http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/26/european-committee-upholds-pro-abstinence-sex-education-program/#comments Wed, 26 Aug 2009 16:26:03 +0000 Admin http://www.alliancealert.org/?p=34255 LifeSiteNews: "The body that polices compliance with the European Social Charter, a human rights document binding on all states within the Council of Europe, has deemed a pro-abstinence sex education program used in many Croatian schools to be acceptable. Alliance Defense Fund Legal Counsel Roger Kiska represented the organization that produced the curriculum, which provided his briefs to the government of Croatia to aid in its defense of the program, preferred by the vast majority of Croatian families over a radically leftist option. 'Parents should be the ones responsible for making educational choices for their children - not leftist activist groups,' said Kriska. 'We are pleased that the European Committee for Social Rights has upheld the right for parents to choose an option that does not violate the core religious and moral beliefs of these families.'" ]]> http://www.alliancealert.org/2009/08/26/european-committee-upholds-pro-abstinence-sex-education-program/feed/ 0