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Parents rightly object to Homosexuals teaching sex education in NSW schools

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English: en:Christopher Pyne Taken with my own camera, cropped from a larger photo. My own work. (Photo credit: Wikipedia ) Kevin Donnelly, chosen to review the national school curriculum, says many parents believe the sexual practices of gays, lesbians and transgender individuals are ''decidedly unnatural'' and has questioned whether students ought to learn about such relationships at school. In a book he wrote in 2004, Mr Donnelly also seems to suggest that only heterosexual teachers have a right to teach students about sex. The book, called Why Our Schools Are Failing, was commissioned by the Liberal Party-aligned Menzies Research Centre . Malcolm Turnbull, who was chairman of the centre at the time, wrote the foreword. Advertisement Mr Donnelly uses the book to criticise aspects of state curriculum he believes have contributed to declining standards in literacy and numeracy in Australian schools. He lays much of the blame on ''political correctness