Celtic Connections Radio Show 26 - September 24th 2011
Sex Education & Evolution
24/09/2011

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Sex Education in Great Britain & Evolution, Creationism and Intelligent Design

Sex Education in Great Britain - 40 Years of Failed Strategy
"Soaring rates of teen pregnancy, endemic abortion and contraceptives widely available to the young". This is the sad landscape for many young people in Great Britain today. Kathy talks to Norman Wells, director of Family Education Trust UK, about sex ed' in the UK. Who advises the government on what is taught in schools and what are the the results of 40 years of "safe sex"? What can parents do to protect their children from the "culture of death" in the classroom?
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Evolution, Creationism, Intelligent Design. What should schools be teaching about creation
Sir. David Attenborough and Richard Dawkins are leading a campaign to force British schools to teach a particular version of evolution in the classroom - to the exclusion of any reference to a Creator. What is the Catholic view on creation and how does it gel with the scientific view. To understand this Kathy talks to scientist Dr. Fr. Andrew Pinsent Research Director of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Religion and Science at Oxford University, England.
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