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''Storm brewing'' on sex-ed course; Campaigns for, against begun.

Publication: The Washington Times
Publication Date: 24-NOV-04 		Format: Online - approximately 749 words
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: ''Storm brewing'' on sex-ed course; Campaigns for, against begun.(METROPOLITAN)

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Byline: Jon Ward, THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Opponents and supporters of the proposed changes to the sex-education curriculum in Montgomery County are waging a battle over whether to allow school officials to include the topic of homosexuality.

Parents have begun campaigns to either encourage or stop the county from implementing the changes, which would, among other things, identify same-sex couples as a type of family. Opponents also started a move to recall the Montgomery County Board of Education, which voted Nov. 9 to test the new curriculum in six schools next spring.

"There is a storm brewing over this," said Michelle Turner, a parent of four public-school students and a member of...

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