| On May 1, 1997, National Prayer Day, Jodi Hoffman filed a lawsuit against the Broward County School Board on behalf of herself and her three children. The lawsuit attempted to force the School Board to comply with the Florida Statutes regarding curriculum content in sex education. Her lawsuit identified four main faults with the Nation's fifth largest public school system. She claimed that the School Board:
The School Board agreed to discontinue the use of the ABC laser disc sections dealing with abortion; agreed to limit children's exposure in school to sexual material found in the newspapers' agreed to include abstinence education and emphasize monogamous, heterosexual marriage as the expected standard to its teachers in workshops; agreed to direct all principals, teachers, outside instructors and the newspapers to educate and sensitize them to the guidelines of the curriculum content guidelines. The School Board also made a token payment of $3,500.00. The lawsuit accomplished several important and worthwhile goals. First, it exposed the refusal of the Miami Herald to stop selling sex-for-sale advertisements to school children. Second, and more importantly, the curriculum which promoted, condoned, favored and even facilitated abortion, were deleted from the sex education program. (Frames 25829 through 30094, in fact!) And, by including a special, separate notification calling attention to it, the School Board acknowledged that importance of a monogamous heterosexual marriages as the expected norm. Although the Plaintiff was disappointed in the outcome of this case, she believes that the settlement represents only the first step in her effort to rescue America's families and restore God's blessing on our land. For Further Information Regarding This Lawsuit, Contact: LAW OFFICES OF PAUL M. HOFFMAN, P.A. 66 WEST FLAGLER STREET, PENTHOUSE ONE MIAMI, FLORIDA 33130 PHONE: (305) 371-8311 TELEFAX: (305) 371-8254 |
