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A federal judge essentially says parents have no rights over their children
American Thinker ^ | 26 Dec, 2022 | Andrea Widburg

Posted on 12/26/2022 5:46:40 AM PST by MtnClimber

Lenin is reputed to have said, “Give me four years to teach the children, and the seeds I have planted will never be uprooted.” Every parent knows this is true: Children are sponges, learning things incredibly quickly. These things then stick, for they are buried in the very deepest recesses of our brains. Today’s leftists are attempting to reinstitute this specific type of Leninism in America. They want your children, and your efforts to protest will be unavailing. A Massachusetts federal judge confirmed this last week, saying that it didn’t “shock the conscience” that a school secretly indoctrinated two children into transgenderism.

From the Daily Wire:

A federal judge has thrown out a lawsuit from Massachusetts parents who accused public school officials of hiding their children’s gender transitions from them.

U.S. District Court Judge Mark Mastroianni, an Obama appointee, criticized Ludlow Public Schools officials for allegedly hiding the pair of siblings’ gender transitions from their parents, but he said the officials’ actions do not “shock the conscience.”

“While the court is apprehensive about the alleged policy and actions of the Ludlow Public Schools with regard to parental notification, it cannot conclude the decision to withhold information” about the children from their parents meets the conscience-shocking legal standard in Massachusetts, the judge wrote in his December 14 ruling.

The case revolves around the fact that the school deliberately made the decision to keep from the parents the demands that they be treated as members of the opposite sex in junior high school:

(Excerpt) Read more at americanthinker.com ...


TOPICS: Education; Health/Medicine; Society
KEYWORDS: 92to2; brainwashing; dmassachusetts; markmastroianni; obamajudge; obamastooge; odiousbamajudge; transgender
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To: MtnClimber

U.S. District Court Judge Mark Mastroianni’s decision has given aid and comfort to the domestic and foreign enemies of the United States.


21 posted on 12/26/2022 7:13:05 AM PST by Carl Vehse (A proud member of the LGBFJB community)
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To: MtnClimber

[[Lenin is reputed to have said, “Give me four years to teach the children, and the seeds I have planted will never be uprooted.” Every parent knows this is true]]

And the sick perverted groomers know this as well, which is why they are trying so hard to get access to kids, and labeling anyone that resists a “hater”


22 posted on 12/26/2022 7:24:32 AM PST by Bob434 (question)
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To: GingisK

Yes we are at that point now.


23 posted on 12/26/2022 7:32:28 AM PST by iamgalt
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To: silent majority rising

On the fed and state level, the legislature can indict and impeach judges.
We need representatives willing to yield this giant hammer.


24 posted on 12/26/2022 7:40:41 AM PST by joe fonebone (And the people said NO! The End)
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To: MtnClimber

What I care about is that the public schools are ‘free’ and so I can get more toys and a bigger house. Now, if they want to transition my kids without telling me, I’m not too hot on that, but every thing that is ‘free’ still has some kind of price, and that’s a small price to pay, considering that the free schools enable me to get that boat I’ve been dreaming of, and isn’t that what life’s all about?

(dig under the surface a bit with most conservatives who still use public schools, and you’ll get to the above)


25 posted on 12/26/2022 7:47:17 AM PST by BobL
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To: joe fonebone

I agree. If we get the State ‘Houses’ in order, then maybe we can reverse this Sodomite Judge system that Soros is installing.


26 posted on 12/26/2022 7:54:10 AM PST by silent majority rising
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To: MtnClimber

cannot conclude the decision to withhold information” about the children from their parents meets the conscience-shocking legal standard

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27 posted on 12/26/2022 8:00:52 AM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: cuz1961

Reprobates are never shocked

That’s one of the things that makes them reprobate.


28 posted on 12/26/2022 8:02:32 AM PST by cuz1961 (USCGR Veteran )
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To: MtnClimber
“While the court is apprehensive about the alleged policy and actions of the Ludlow Public Schools with regard to parental notification, it cannot conclude the decision to withhold information” about the children from their parents meets the conscience-shocking legal standard in Massachusetts, the judge wrote in his December 14 ruling.

Massachusetts is that eff'd up eh? Nothing shocks people there anymore?

Time to GTFO of that state, anyone who cares for their childrens well being!

29 posted on 12/26/2022 8:03:59 AM PST by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: MtnClimber

At first, I was a little perplexed that the judge’s ruling seemed to take strong issue with the school’s actions but he dismissed the case. So I looked up “shocks the conscious test” on-line:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shocks_the_conscience

Apparently, accepting the allegation that the school’s actions in hiding the transgender information from the parents was “shocking to the conscious” opens the school district to financial and other penalties in excess of what is normally allowed under the law.

The test is subjective. Pass/fail (shocked/not shocked?) is dependent on how “the observer” (presumably the judge) views the action. So, in ruling that the school systems actions did not shock the conscience, the judge seems to be saying that the behavior was in line with what has emerged as standard practice in handling transgender students in “woke” school systems.

Obviously, the judge’s ruling can be disputed and probably will be appealed.

Though the school system has technically prevailed, they probably know this is just the opening salvo in a long court battle over the issue. It being Massachusetts, one has to wonder if “wokism” has driven out the school system’s capacity for genuine analysis of their policies and their continuing cost.

They were criticized by the judge. That means something to the school system’s lawyers. It’s a warning that their actions are not beyond challenge and the next, better formulated lawsuit may be successful.


30 posted on 12/26/2022 8:24:47 AM PST by Captain Rhino (Determined effort today forges tomorrow.)
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To: MtnClimber

In the West. Not in the sane 83% part of the world.


31 posted on 12/26/2022 8:29:18 AM PST by Trumpisourlastchance
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To: MtnClimber

So, apparently the government standard for removal of speech e.g. from Twitter was that it could be misinformation, but the standard for teachers is that unless it “shocks the conscience”, it cannot be prohibited.

There are no standards like double standards.


32 posted on 12/26/2022 9:10:17 AM PST by coloradan (They're not the mainstream media, they're the gaslight media. It's what they do. )
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To: coloradan

That’s communist.


33 posted on 12/26/2022 10:13:04 AM PST by Cowgirl
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To: MtnClimber

Parents must pull their children from these schools to protect them. They must find a way to flee from parts of the country where the majority of people have depraved minds. Places, where abortion and homosexuality are promoted, are breeding grounds for fascism.


34 posted on 12/26/2022 10:21:16 AM PST by unlearner (RIP America. July 4, 1776 - December 13, 2022. )
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To: MtnClimber

Birth parents sending children to a government indoctrination center means they have no right to bitch about the results...

These serfs have voluntarily given up all rights to have a say in the child’s development...
The serfs made the decision... Let them live with the consequences...

These serfs have enabled the complete loss of our freedoms & liberties as a result of the communist victory in controlling the nation...


35 posted on 12/26/2022 11:17:53 AM PST by SuperLuminal (Where is the next Sam Adams when we so desperatly need him)
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To: joma89

https://books.feedvu.com/nonscrolablepdf/unintended-consequences-pdf-john-ross.html?page=1


36 posted on 12/26/2022 2:19:01 PM PST by Glad2bnuts ("None of the people I know who didn't take take the Jab regrets their decision" ZERO)
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To: joma89

https://books.feedvu.com/nonscrolablepdf/unintended-consequences-pdf-john-ross.html?page=1


37 posted on 12/26/2022 2:20:45 PM PST by Glad2bnuts ("None of the people I know who didn't take take the Jab regrets their decision" ZERO)
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To: Glad2bnuts

Double post.....sorry This is a great book a free book, and very illustrative.


38 posted on 12/26/2022 2:21:55 PM PST by Glad2bnuts ("None of the people I know who didn't take take the Jab regrets their decision" ZERO)
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To: MtnClimber

I am so glad I pulled my sons out of public school at an early age and homeschooled them.


39 posted on 12/26/2022 2:24:38 PM PST by gitmo
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To: MtnClimber

This judge must be a pedo, trying to take parental rights away. The transgender craze has to be Pizzagate sh*t: grant children “rights” to their bodies, ergo the right to sex at any age.


40 posted on 12/27/2022 7:27:08 PM PST by NetAddicted (MAGA2024)
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