Show Decency Movement Begins In South Davis Re Region More than 40 citizens of Centerville Bountiful and North orth Salt Lake have formed the the South Davis i Committee as part of a national national national na na- Movement To Restore Decency Keith E. E Belnap F the local chairman t announced today Officers include DeVere Hansen program program pro pro- program gram director Jean Marshall Marshall Marshall Mar Mar- shall membership director and Lola C. C Smoot secretary l 4 OUR committee is part J of a nationwide undertaking fl 1 of concerned Americans who 4 are alarmed by the growing f indecency immorality and ft lt irresponsibility in American American- 1 life Our primary concern is isi i with ith the flood of degeneracy f 4 that is affecting young Ameri- Ameri j if cans There has been an alarming rise in drug abuse tf J pornography sexual promiscuity promiscuity promiscuity prom- prom and criminal acts 3 iJ filthy language squalid dress t lewd d behavior and disrespect t for tor authority are becoming accepted standards among home some of our youth and young J ff i adults objectives t will undertake to reverse r this i trend through its educational j facilities in cooperation with I those of the home church and school Our first direct and specific undertaking however J is to expose and oppose the present widespread effort to introduce continuous IS sex ex education education education edu edu- cation into our schools MR BELNAP stressed that there is no official program of sex education in Davis County schools and commended school officials for their stand against it it However public awareness of the curriculum material advocated by leading proponents of sex education is the best insurance against adoption of such a program in the future believes that there is no such thing as a good school course on sex edu edu- cation Sex education is the right and responsibility of parents Mr Belnap stressed One of the biggest problems we must face is that too many parents have been abandoning abandon abandon- ing their responsibilities forthe forthe for forthe the training and guidance of their children Although parents parents parents par par- have neglected to instruct instruct instruct in in- their children in this area the solution is not to usurp the right of parents The answer is to increase parental responsibility and strengthen the family relationship relationship relationship rela rela- rather than abandon them to the school These are among our basic objectives Mr Belnap stated THE TIlE Chairman listed several additional objections objections objections to instruction on human sexuality or family living in the schools Most of the study material and guides recommended recommended recommended rec rec- by sex education enthusiasts challenges the student student student stu stu- stu- stu dent to set Iset his own standards of morality and sexual conduct I and charges that the family and church are not equipped to teach sex education Mr Belnap said In opposition to these views views Mr Belnap said Without an emphasis on morality and Gods God's plan in granting us the gift of procreation the whole subject of sex education is reduced reduced reduced re re- re- re to a purely physical and animalistic process and you cant can't separate sex from the commandments of God without without without with with- out abandoning time proven principles of morality THE Committee Commit Commit- tee also plans to expose what it describes as a lIa strong relationship relationship relationship rela rela- between teenage j music and the alarming increase increase increase in- in I crease in drug addiction and j I sexual promiscuity Many of today's popular songs are nothing less than invitations invitations invitations in in- to try dope experiment experiment experiment ment with sex and participate in revolutionary activity Pornography Pornography Pornography Por Por- sensitivity training the elimination of positive values values values val val- val val- ues in the arts and other current current current cur cur- rent issues will be examined by The National Movement To Restore Decency is sponsored by and receives the nationwide support of The John Birch So So- This means we have havethe havethe havethe the benefit of organizational strength and professional guidance guidance guidance guid guid- ance Mr Belnap explained But additional help from the silent majority of Americans is essential and that's what we seek INTERESTED persons are urged to contact the South Davis Davis Davis Da Da- Da- Da vis Committee at 2029 Penman Lane Bountiful Utah |