Quebec plan for compulsory sex-ed courses has its detractors
Quebec’s plan to introduce compulsory sexual-education courses for primary and secondary students ran into some immediate opposition Thursday, with some parents promising to fight the proposal.
Raymond Ayas, a member of the Quebec Catholic Parents’ Association and a father of three, said a spiritual component to the discussion is missing.
“The association believes that sexual education is very important — we’re not against sexual education,” he said in an interview. “What we are for is our sexual education and not the state’s sexual education.”
The courses next September will be mandatory for about one million students and the information will be taught during regular subjects such as French or mathematics.