Complex Singularities  Adventures in Thinking Outside the Tower
random header image  Referral: On the Dangers of Focus on the
Family Teaching Sex Ed  This article about an amazing open
letter from 17-year-old high school student Agatha Tan to her
high school principal shows not only the dangers on letting
Focus on the Family teach sexual education workshops but also
the amazing resilience of youth with respect to attempts by
institutions specifically and deliberately trying to limit their
knowledge. As an interesting side note, in her original letter,
she mentions that another student noted that “polyamorous
individuals” were one the groups ill-considered by FotF
rhetoric, a point that was shut down:  When someone else tried
to raise that the facilitator’s views were too narrow and that
they failed to consider, for instance, LGBTQ or polyamorous
individuals, he effectively shut her down by saying that her
views were not what the audience wanted to listen to and that
perhaps she could remain quiet for now and