Shoving match erupts at Omaha Public Schools 'Sex-Ed' Curriculum Meeting

Eagnews.org reports: An Omaha Public Schools meeting focused on proposed changes to the district’s sex education curriculum ended with parents shouting at and shoving each other to make their point. District officials were considering adding instruction on topic of emergency contraception, abortion and gender identity at a meeting Tuesday that drew more than 1,000 people to the auditorium at the district’s headquarters, where opponents seemingly outnumbered supporters, according to Jay Irwin, a University of Nebraska professor who detailed his experience on Facebook. “The room was charged from the beginning. Anti-CSE (comprehensive sex education) folks had big red stickers to show their opinion on the topic at hand. The pro-CSE folks I was sitting with felt definitely outnumbered,” Irwin wrote. “There were also a number of young people, either high school students or folks who had just graduated high school in attendance, which I was happy to see.”...