For fans of dark comedy, California politics is as good as any entertainment – shot through with grim irony, corrupt politicians, and laughable hypocrisy. Consider Attorney General Rob Bonta’s legal campaign to crush the practice of seven school districts to notify parents before gender-transitioning their children.
Parent notification, as it’s called, “places transgender and gender nonconforming students in danger of imminent, irreparable harm from the consequences of forced disclosures,” Bonta asserted in announcing his lawsuit against Chino Valley Unified, the first of the districts to adopt the policy. “These students are currently under threat of being outed to their parents or guardians against their express wishes and will.”
Translation: Parents are a danger to their own children, and school employees must be trusted to guide K-12 kids through puberty without parental interference.
Please help put parents in charge of their child’s education by forwarding this article to other parents, family, friends and voters.
IN PUBLIC SCHOOLS WE TRUST?
- by: Will Swaim
- 2023-10-03
- Source:
California Policy Center
- 10/03/2023
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