A group of about 30 parents and individuals filed a class suit Monday against Department of Education officials, including Secretary Mona Valisno, for including sex education in schools' curricula.
A GMA Flash Report said that pro-life lawyers James and Jo Aurea Imbong led the filing of the class suit before the Quezon City Regional Trial Court.
The petitioners want the court to restrain the DepEd from allowing sex education to be taught in schools, as it supposedly overtakes parents' responsibility to teach their children the moral implications of sex education, the report said.
Aside from Valisno, DepEd Undersecretary Ramon Bacani is among the respondents in the case.
Imbong, a candidate of the Ang Kapatiran Party, lost the senatorial race on May 10. She earlier claimed that teaching sex education in schools violates the 1987 Constituion.
Imbong said the restriction is provided by Section 12, Article II of the Charter, which states that, "The natural and primary right and duty of parents in the rearing of the youth for civic efficiency and the development of moral character shall receive the support of the government."
Imbong used to head the legal office of the Catholic Bishops Conference of the Philippines, which is strongly against sex education and the pending Reproductive Health Bill. —VS
