A UN-mandated sex education program for Filipino children has ignited a debate over Church-State relations, with some politicians advocating for UN agencies to override parental rights in this matter. The author argues that sex education is a moral and existential issue that should be primarily addressed by families, not the state, citing the hierarchy of values and the sanctity of family life enshrined in the Philippine Constitution.
THE ongoing controversy over a UN-mandated sex education program for Filipino children threatens to overwhelm Church-State relations as some woke politicians insist on some UN agencies taking over the inviolable right and duty of parents to give their children a proper sex education. What kind of sex education the young get is not merely a citizen's secular concern but a deeply moral and existential one that involves one's relationship with other human beings.
Section 12 of Article II provides that 'the State recognizes the sanctity of family life and shall protect and strengthen the family as a basic autonomous social institution. It shall equally protect the life of the mother and the life of the unborn from conception. The natural and primary right and duty of parents in the rearing of the young for civic efficiency and the development of moral character shall receive the support of the government.
SEX EDUCATION CHURCH-STATE RELATIONS PHILIPPINE POLITICS FAMILY VALUES CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
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