Posted on 03/17/2022 5:41:51 AM PDT by NetAddicted
Florida kindergarteners to grade threes won’t be taught sex ed at school, after both of the state’s houses approved a “Parental Rights in Education” bill in recent weeks. Awaiting a signature from Governor Ron DeSantis, the new law will come into effect on July 1.
And get this: the wokerati are outraged.
Those inexplicably opposed to the law have run a successful campaign to label it the “Don’t Say Gay” bill. On cue, President Joe Biden tweeted: “I want every member of the LGBTQI+ community — especially the kids who will be impacted by this hateful bill — to know that you are loved and accepted just as you are.”
Like clapping seals, America’s national media has run with the false label and the claim that the bill is anti-LGBT. Yet the controversial clause of the new law is as brief as it is unremarkable:
“‘Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade three or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.”
The bill doesn’t prevent young children from discussing sexuality or gender identity with their parents, or with each other, or even with their teacher for that matter. What’s in view is instruction — namely, classroom curriculum.
Importantly, the law establishes transparency, so that parents remain aware of what is being taught in their child’s classroom, and the nature of conversations their child is having with school staff.
Likewise, the bill doesn’t mention homosexuality, transgenderism or in any way ban the use of the word “gay”. In other words, it does not privilege one type of sexuality over another, as the “Don’t Say Gay” campaign implies. It simply places the burden for teaching young children about sex and gender back where it belongs: under the purview of parents.
And while the controversial clause addresses grades beyond K-3, it actually allows classroom instruction on sexuality and gender identity in higher grades — only at an age-appropriate level.
But oh, the tears woke celebrities cried!
“Disgusting,” said Ariana Grande.
“Ugly,” scoffed Hillary Clinton scoffed.
“Horrible,” cried Billy Jean King.
“Partisan,” claimed Lord of the Rings’ Sean Astin.
“Bigoted,” Sex in the City’s Cynthia Nixon tweeted.
And then there was Luke Skywalker, aka Mark Hamill, with this apparently courageous attempt to put prose to the unutterable:
Then there was the response from Disney — yes, that wonderful, child-friendly entertainment empire — whose woke employees are staging a walkout this week after the company’s CEO failed to condemn the bill quickly enough for their liking.
It is not unusual for celebrities to ride bandwagons, even for slightly unusual causes. But outrage over K-3 kids not receiving sex ed instruction?
A generous reading of the situation is that most pop-commentators have not read or understood what HB1557 is about. The sad reality is that some — perhaps many — comprehend the bill perfectly well, and still wish for the state to step between children and their parents to introduce rainbow sexuality concepts when kids would otherwise be learning the alphabet, phonics and basic maths.
For good reason many commentators have labelled it an anti-grooming bill. (If you are in doubt about this label, spend an hour or so browsing woke teacher videos on Libs of TikTok’s YouTube channel).
Why should young children be exposed to concepts no generation their age has previously been burdened with? And why would teachers feel the need to hide any of this from parents?
Children deserve to be protected from increasing sexualisation. Here in Australia, we should be passing anti-grooming bills too, like Mark Latham’s Parental Rights Bill that has languished for too long on the shelf in New South Wales.
It’s time we let kids be kids again, and if we must, endure the woke outrage to protect them.
Lies, but also seems this article is a bit deceitful.
The quote from the clause indicates specifically one may not discuss GENDER IDENTITY or SEXUAL ORIENTATION, which would imply it is about homo/trannie issues, not sex in general.
I say no “instruction” in sex, period, in primary school. That means at least 5th grade. Why do they need to do this at all? We were fine before that garbage.
The nasty biatches teaching sexual deviancy to toddlers all need to be locked up.
I wouldn’t say no generation of six to nine year olds has been exposed to procreation education because we used to be more rural and agrarian where farming and breeding would be a fact of life. That’s got nothing to do with what’s going on in the culture now. I am not talking about same sex marriages, I mean the fetishizing and cancel culture. I am ready for a the giant meteor in 2022. Woke is a move away from free speech, cooperation and civility. The end result is tribalism, fascism and barbarism.
Sex education at grade three? Six or seven would be better. Let kids have a childhood.
Well, the deceit is endemic in our country - when you see lines like “On cue, President Joe Biden tweeted: “ and no one is pointing out the obvious lie inherent in that.
That potato doesn’t tweet anything - he’s a meat puppet for the Obama minions.
Honestly, what they call “sex ed”, even for the older kids, is actually grooming. My experience with so-called sex-ed in the 1980s is one of the major reasons why we decided to homeschool our own kids. It was grotesque and led to all kinds of experimentation among 12 year olds. I’m convinced that some lives were basically ruined as a result.
As I stated prior, there should be no sex ed in primary. Maybe not ever. Honestly why does it need to be “taught”, even over a quarter of the school calendar?
I agree but would go further and say no PERIOD. The left’s incremental approach is extremely effective for them.
I remember when they were talking about sex ed for high schoolers. Oh, they were paragons of morality, just wanting a healthy and safe community.
Now look where we are. These people destroy everything they touch. They are pure evil and we need to start rejecting EVERYTHING they stand for, no matter how benign it seems at first. Otherwise, we never get this back.
A very wise FReeper once said, “There’s only one reason adults want to teach children about homosexuality”. The word ‘homosexuality’ is now interchangeable with the words SEX, GENDER IDENTITY, and TRANS. It’s all about grooming.
I had it in high school. The teacher was a gorgeous 23 yr old. That made it better, or I thought so at least!
STOP THIS CRAP,
#8.
Honestly there should be no reason to waste time on this. It’s stupid, just to spend time talking about “how sex (actual) works”, never mind other deviances.
I was put in sex ed in 5th grade. I don’t recall how long they spent or anything about it, just that it did happen. But I do remember somehow my parents signed off on it - probably didn’t last that long.
These are little ones who may still wet themselves or the bed at night for goodness sake!
Leave the children’s innocence in tact.
And if you’re honest, you’ll admit “we” (heterosexuals) have no one to blame but ourselves. The ball got rolling with free “love” and hippies with birth-control pills in the ‘60s, and ramped-up condom availability (including manufacture - I’m confident hardly anyone knew what a “condom” was in 1960) probably as a result of that crap.
Instead of DE-sexualizing and DE-objectifying women, it majorly objectified them to be available all the time, any time. Sex became all-important (while not important at the same time), all-consuming, all-encompassing. Heteroes were !#$@$$%@ing indiscriminantly, and started bragging about alternatives to actual sex.
Thus, if anything goes, why deny ANY urges? If you like the same sex, why not “go for it” and mess around THAT way? Hedonistic heteroes were probably all for “whatever floats your boat”!
Sorry, I just see this progression over a little longer than my life, to how this has come to be. It cannot be just homos’ fault. And now trannies’.
We have to turn forcibly against the letter people. Peaceful coexistence isn’t possible.
The fact that the law in Florida is even required is saddening. Anyone opposing it, anyone who thinks it is not only ok but necessary to sexualize kids should be immediately removed from any position of trust or power over children, and investigated as a potential pedophile.
I know the left would jump all over that, say I'm anti-LBQT, homophobe, whatever. I don't care, and if you read closely you'll see I said nothing about sexual orientation, only that kids should be left alone. Period. I don't give a rat's backside what happens between consenting adults. The only person's sex life I'm worried about is my own (& the Mrs). But if you feel the need to involve children in sex, get help immediately, as in today, right now. If you can't get help, surrender yourself for voluntary incarceration as a danger to yourself and others - because you are.
Why in the world should I ever set foot in a movie theater again or get a TV service again when these people are perfectly fine with potentially perverting young children?
I had sex ed in 8th and 10th grades. It did go through the mechanics of sex, but that was combined with sober instruction about the effects of things like STDs and unplanned pregnancy.
The 8th grade instructor served in Vietnam, and he mentioned the harrowing experience of fellow servicemen screaming while they urinated, due to having gonorrhea.
No grooming by pedophile school workers until kids turn 9.
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