Grassroots Warriors Waging Battle Over Sex-Ed. Curriculum

By Jessica Portner

Hemet, Calif.

Outside the white stucco house in this desert town cradled against the green San Jacinto Mountains, it was a mild afternoon. But inside the comfortable, spacious home, the conversation was heating up.

Around a kitchen table cluttered with soda bottles, crackers, and cheese, a dozen or so parents were planning strategy for an upcoming school board meeting. They were battling the board's decision to adopt elements of an "abstinence only" sex-education curriculum, which these parents believe...