HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution No. 92-45 . /_. , ��
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A RESOLUTI� C1F THE CITY COUNCIL OF THI� CITY OF
�zlBrmswooD, �,s, c�wvgs�tls�S cot�rrrrzES o�POS��
APPAC (�+mr.�s�g� PREGNANCY AND PAREt� A� 1�ISO�tY
G�UNCIL) AND SIECUS (SEX INPt�MATI� AL�1D EDUCATIQ�
COUNGIL OF THE UiiITSD STATSS 7 F'Rf�i I�OSING T�QGH
LEGISLATIVS �AiACT�1T THEIR SSXUAL AGffi�D� O�i �
CHILDRBt� QF T$XAS.
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WHERE74S, the Adalescent Pregnancy and Parenthaad Advisory
Council (APPAC) advocates thraugh. I.egislative ena.ctment
the distribu�ian in Texas puhlic school systems of
cantracegtives and off-campus repraduc�ive health care,
inclt�ding ab�rtiQn, without parental kn��rledge or cc�ns�nt;
and
�RR71�� the Sex Informatic�n and Education Cauncil of the
United States (SIECUS) adv�cates the campulsa�y teaching
in pragressive stages fram graci�s K-12 that hamosexuality
is equal to heterosexuality, that homosexua.1/le�bian
marriages offer all th� advantages of tr�ditianal f�m.ilies,
and that " . . .legal abortioa is verg safe and accegtal�l�" ;
and
W�, bQth APPAC and SIECtT5 advocate nat only compuls�rg
public school instruction in visual and graphi.c techniqnes
of conventional and deviant sexuality hut also a "Teen Bill
of Rights" tha� would remave parental cQnsent and religiaus
considerations as factors in teenage sexuality and
abortion; afld
W�, abundant, medical, gedagogical, and psychnlagical
evidence contradicts and accordingl�r renders susgect the
claims of APPAC and SILCUS; and
WI�RSAS, the legislative agenda advacated by APPAC and
SIECUS represents an unacceptable departure from the
prevailing ethical values af the City af Friendswood�
N(�W, THI�SFORl�, HE IT RESOLVffi� BY � CITY OF FRIffiZ�?S�Of7D.
TE�xAS;
THAT the City Cauncil of Friendswcsod make.s knawn its
oppasitian to tYie pragosals of AFPAE and SIECLTS and t�rges
that they be rejected by the Texas legislature.
PASSBD, APPRC�tTSD A�D AD� b� the Mayar aIId. ' 8;.
of Friendsr�rr�ad, Texas this 14ttt dag of Dece.mt�er,19�32.
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Mayar elyn B. Newma:n
City of Friendswaacl
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Pra-tena el Measeles Co c' emb Ki.tten Hajecate
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Councilmember Toin Manison Councilrnember Ed Stuart
�o cilmember Harald Ral Co ci.lm er rank Frankavich
ATTEST:
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Deloris McKenzie, MC
City Secretarlr
lst. 92.12/R92-45