The Austin Independent School District board voted to mandate "a pornographic sex education policy that includes instruction on anal sex and how to place a condom on an erect penis."
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Former Fox News radio host Todd Starnes said Austin ISD's new human sexuality curriculum is "pornographic." Is that true? (Austin American-Statesman).
No, a Texas school district did not adopt pornographic sex ed curriculum
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