The two organizations developed OWL with experts in health, education, and sexuality to"help children, youth, and adults understand and affirm themselves and others.", distancing themselves from the assignment.
"A recent assignment in a 9th-grade health class at Churchill High School in Eugene, OR, which has been reported on in the news as based on the Our Whole Lives curriculum, was an unapproved adaptation that was taken out of context from an out-of-print version of the curriculum."The Unitarian Universalist stated that their records indicated that the health teacher who distributed the assignment was not trained by certified OWL trainers.
"OWL promotes self-worth, responsibility, consent, sexual health, justice and inclusivity. This is especially important in areas where the surrounding culture may not be supportive of people with LGBTQIA+ and other marginalized identities," they added. Joshua focuses on politics, education policy ranging from the local to the federal level, and the parental uprising in education.
Joining Fox News Digital in 2019, he previously graduated from Syracuse University with a degree in Political Science and is an alum of the National Journalism Center and the Heritage Foundation's Young Leaders Program.