Scotland | Update 1 | Dundee church leader speaks out in the media

Scottish Update Issue 1- The Newsletter of the Christian Institute (Scotland) - July 2001

Dundee church leader speaks out in the media

A minister in the Free Church of Scotland expressed his concern about developments in sex education by writing to the newspapers. In a letter published in The Scotsman on 3 April 2001, days after that paper ran a major front page and editorial against the materials, Revd David Robertson wrote: "I am sure Scottish parents and teachers will not follow the executive's advice, but it is somewhat disingenuous for Mr McConnell to act as though he had not endorsed that advice and to blame The Christian Institute for simply pointing out what the government is doing."(1)

In an article for the Free Church of Scotland web site he urged Christian parents to "use the freedom and the influence that we have to ensure that no children, not just our own, are taught this smut. To that end every parent should know what is being taught in their schools and must insist that the extremes advocated by the Scottish Executive are not promoted."(2)

1 The Scotsman, 3 April 2001
2 Article entitled Sex Lessons for Kids, 2nd April 2001 http://www.freechurch.org/robbo/robboaf.htm

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