High Court Rejects Suit On Explicit AIDS Talk

The U.S. Supreme Court last week rejected an appeal from Massachusetts parents who objected to an explicit high school assembly about AIDS that their children were required to attend.

The 1992 assembly at Chelmsford (Mass.) High School has been cited by religious conservatives as an example of public schools going too far in presenting sex education that conflicts with the religious and moral beliefs of parents.

The Chelmsford district hired a company called Hot, Sexy and Safer Productions for the streetwise AIDS talk after screening a promotional video. District officials later said the presentation went too far. The presenter used such terms as "orgasm face" and referred to a particular anatomical...