Friends, Texans, countrymen, lend me your ears. I come not to praise sexual immorality, but to bury it. You see, the debauchery and degeneracy you’ll find in the other pages of this magazine is emblematic of how colleges are failing to instill virtues into the next generation, a path through which civilization will surely fall. It is in this context that I seek to commend the work of the Texas K-12 Education System – and specifically, their reproductive and sexual health education. In a world of countless colleges across the country committed to corrupting our children, it is paramount that paradigms of purity are imprinted upon our precious offspring.
Homosexuality, homosexuality, the God-damned homosexuals seem to walk every corner of this immoral earth. It is good, therefore, that they cannot appear in our children’s health education. Per § 85.007 of the Texas Health and Safety Code, if the Department of Health produces any sex education material, it must “state that homosexual conduct is not an acceptable lifestyle and is a criminal offense under Section 21.06, Penal Code.” Nevermind that our college-aged children live in a post-Lawrence world; it is good that children know that any abnormal homosexual urges are unacceptable in the eyes of God and society. Now, critics may argue that “queer children shouldn’t be made to feel abnormal, especially not in an educational setting!” – but this is simply woke nonsense meant to make you feel ashamed for speaking the Lord’s truth. No child is born homosexual – or transvestic for that matter. I have raised my own children in the light, and if they are tempted away they at least know better than to follow those urges. They know I would not be a “safe space” for them and their sin – and the fear and adoration they have of me is sponsored by the Texas education system.
But perhaps I’m jumping the gun. Homosexuality is a sexuality, and even if it is dirtier than its alternative, it is of the utmost importance that sexuality of any kind should not be taught to children. This is why I agree with the emphasis on abstinence as laid out in Texas Education Code §28.004(e). It is explicitly taught that sex outside the context of marriage (as God has planned for each and every one of us) is wrong. Thus, it is good that the state education law lays this out explicitly and further establishes that sex outside of marriage will have lasting emotional damage on anyone who partakes. In addition to being what God desires for all of us, this is a practical decision – it is known that no child ever has any curiosity about sex, and every high-schooler is married to Jesus and otherwise virginal. Advocates for “harm reduction” are only advocates for harm – psychological, moral, and spiritual harm against our innocent kids.
Given the emphasis on abstinence, it should then come as no shock that consent is not taught. Why should it? Of course, education starting in kindergarten (as laid out in §115.12(b)(9)) still teaches that children can say “no” to “protect personal space” (which is taken by some to mean “teach children that they don’t have to honor thy parents or hug their ‘weird uncle’”, but I digress), but there’s nothing on affirmative consent. This makes sense – unless Jesus is there to provide his consent, no sex could be fully consensual anyways, so really all non-marital sex is equally bad regardless of what “consent” is thrown at it. Similarly, there is no requirement that the education provided be medically accurate. As has been established, the Bible ensures that sex inside a holy marriage will always be healthy and good, while sex outside that marriage will be unhealthy and bad. What reason is there for medical accuracy when everything will work out for good people anyways?
I know that even some of what I’ve discussed may be scandalous to some. This I completely understand – even with a prohibition on teaching homosexuality and emphasis on abstinence, a parent naturally wants to ensure that everything their dear child learns is above-board. In the modern day it can be so hard to ensure this. To this end, it is wonderful that TEC §28.004(i)-(j) allows for parental review of all sexual health material and allows the parent to remove their child from any class they do not agree with. It is naturally the duty of the parent to decide what their helpless child should learn. If I, for whatever reason, think my child doesn’t need to learn about “refusal skills” or “sexual harassment,” it should be entirely within my right to deny that education to my child.
Now, I do lament that the opt-in policy – a policy that made a lack of education the default, only allowing children to be educated if their whores of parents actively allowed it – has sadly expired. In 2021, HB 1525 modified TEC §28.004(i) to establish that “Before a student may be provided with human sexuality instruction, a school district must obtain the written consent of the student’s parent.” While this provision expired on August 1st of 2024, it could easily be reinstated at the whim of anyone who sees my cause – as I hope they do. What reason could an innocent person have for wanting a child to know about “refusal skills” or “domestic abuse”? How could it possibly be in the best interest of a child to learn about STIs (a thing that only happens to sinners)? It’s all a ploy to take away the God-given innocence of a child, and we must reject that at every turn.
To summarize, I cannot sing the praises of sex education in the state of Texas high enough. I shudder to think of what would be of the bond between me and my children if they were instead indoctrinated in Kamala Harris’ Commie-fornia or Tim Walz’s Mao-nesota. Can the souls of the poor children who turn to homosexuality or transvestism after growing up in such a state ever be saved? By contrast, the Texas Education System as an institution seeks to preserve the absolute control of parents over their children and leave their children in complete ignorance of an immoral world.
As it should.
