North Carolina statutes clearly specify that parents must give approval for any sexually-oriented materials to be presented to their children in school and parents must be allowed to comment on the material before it is shown. Nevertheless, one school did not notify or get permission from parents before attempting to show American History X. The film contains sexually explicit scenes, including ones that feature homosexual behavior.
Last summer the same school offered a seminar entitled “The New Gay Teenager,” and ADF intervened on behalf of a concerned parent. One of the seminar leaders was later brought up on criminal charges for having sex with a minor student.
