“New sex-education standards that are set to go into effect in New Jersey this year have sparked a nationwide controversy. The standards, approved in 2020, are scheduled to be implemented this fall and will expand what students across all grades will learn about several issues, including LGBTQ+ matters. A state-approved lesson plan and activity for first graders teaches kids that gender identity is how they ‘feel.’ A child can look like a boy on the outside but be a girl on the inside, according to the lesson. The lesson plan, called ‘Pink Blue Purple,’ says in sample dialogue for the teacher. ‘You might feel like you are a boy, you might feel like you are a girl. And you might not feel like you’re a boy or a girl, but you’re a little bit of both. No matter how you feel, you’re perfectly normal!’ By the end of grade 12, students should be ‘advocates’ for ‘school and community policies and programs’ that promote ‘dignity and respect for people of all genders, gender expressions, gender identities, and sexual orientations.’ Controversy over the new standards grew when state Rep. Holly Schepisi spoke out against them on her Facebook page. Teachers, she said, are instructed to promote a website and its YouTube channel to children as young as nine that calls porn ‘something everyone watches.’”
“N.J. to Require 2nd Graders,” Christian Headlines, Apr. 21, 2022