The result of this statement is a witch hunt of sorts, not only by angry parents and school board officials, but also by a new conservative Christian group in town called The Tabernacle of the Gospel of Truth. Ruth is chastised and humiliated and forced to abandon her normal approach to teaching sexual health - condoms, awareness, responsibility - in favor of the newly sanctioned sex-education curriculum, which promotes strict abstinence and is spearheaded by JoAnn Marlow, an imperious hot blonde in a fitted skirt.