Posted on 02/18/2020 8:23:15 PM PST by Tolerance Sucks Rocks
Opponents criticized an Iowa bill that would require schools to notify parents before teaching LGBTQ content to children.
Lawmakers introduced the Republican-sponsored House File 2201 in January, a bill that would require schools to annually notify parents about any kind of material that discusses gender or sexual orientation. This would then give parents the opportunity to inspect such material and pull their children out of certain classes.
The bill is one of 13 pieces of legislation introduced in the Iowa state Legislature that opponents are calling anti-LGBTQ, CNN reported Friday.
Republican Iowa state Rep. Jeff Shipley says that the bill is intended to help the parents and school cooperate on what kind of schooling children should receive, rather than forcing parents to homeschool because the school does not cooperate.
“Because there are so many unknowns (with gender identity and sexual orientation), it just seemed like common sense to make sure parents are involved,” Shipley told CNN. “Because when parents aren’t involved, they tend to get upset.”
Iowa Pastor Brad Cranston told the Des Moines, Iowa, outlet WHO-TV: “Parents have the right to know when it comes to a controversial issue what their children are being taught in schools they’re paying for.”
But opponents of the legislation warn that the bill is anti-LGBTQ and limits the scope of topics to be discussed in school.
The nonprofit One Iowa Action called the bill “harmful to LGBTQ Iowans” and said that the bill would “restrict educators from discussing sexual orientation and gender identity,” in a Jan. 31 post.
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PING!
I’d call it common sense and common courtesy, both of which is lacking in Democrats.
Why this is . . . this is . . . this is . . . simply Draconian!
A kid in our school left the class when the teacher showed a health film that included, if I remember correctly, eating an apple as a way to keep your teeth clean. She was Christian Science.
long ago and far away. Now they can get abortions without parental permission. It is amazing that they have this law.
I’d call it common sense and common courtesy, both of which are lacking in Democrats.
Punch back hard Iowa!!!
Knock em out!
Damn freaks.
Another reason to abolish public schools. They want control over your children at any cost. Education? NONSENSE! This is nothing but indoctrination—indoctrination for the sake of the leftist purveyors of evil.
I would not pull my kid but I want that choice and I want to know the content so my child and I can also talk about it.
Why do lefties believe they have any right to make decisions for my child?
Anti pervert laws. I like it.
Simple. Because Libs absolutely KNOW that they are smarter than you, and so they MUST have the right to indoctrinate YOUR kids in THEIR truth, at YOUR expense.
Because they’re totalitarians. This is a common sense Bill. The fact that the perverts are upset shows we’re over the target. It’s enough to teach kids to leave those they disagree with alone, and another to forcefully indoctrinate them.
Homosexuals know when common sense starts winning victories, they are finished as a political force. Hence, they fight tooth and nail against all efforts to curtail their massive influence.
the concept of parents, draconian
One only has to look at the state of Illinois which is losing residents at a rate of over 300 a day. They will be enforcing the LGBTQ curriculum beginning July 2020. Many teachers have indicated they will not teach the new curriculum and substitute teachers will be at a premium. There is already a teacher crisis in the state.
Involving parents in their children’s education certainly strikes me as “Draconian”. Draco’s laws are remembered to this day because of how they increased personal freedom in Athens. /s
They should ditch the subject altogether until a high percentage of students are proficient in math, science, English, American history and government, etc. For high school students, add music and art, industrial arts, maybe a foreign language. You know, subjects with practical and intellectual value.
LGBTQ ARE ALL MENTALLY ILL.
“Opponents Go After ‘Draconian’ Bill Requiring Parental Notification Before Teaching LGBTQ Content in Schools”
That’s draconian??
Amazing how far we’ve sunk.
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