Imagine if public school teachers had vowed to disobey the Jewish “separation of church and state” ban on prayer in schools.
Imagine how the federal government would have reacted.
They would have sent in the National Guard to hold guns to the heads of children caught praying in school.
A North Dakota school district is catching flak from parents who allege it continues to keep families in the dark about students’ gender identities despite Gov. Doug Burgum, R., signing a bill into law prohibiting the shady practice earlier this month.
“We will not openly out any student because of one law if we know that that’s going to cause harm to that child,” Fargo Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Rupak Gandhi announced in response to the law.
Gandhi also cited perceived conflict between state and federal law on the issue, arguing the district should continue to advocate for students who identify as transgender, according to a report from The National Desk.
Despite the district’s claim that the policy is not in place to push back against parents, some took exception at a board meeting scheduled for last Tuesday.
“The way I heard it is that you want to protect kids from their parents,” one father alleged, he proceeded to slam the policy, claiming the district is “suppressing talk.”
“Not only do you think you know my kids better than I do, you think you know every kid better than every parent does by saying you will not deal with the parents…
“Won’t you be shocked to discover when this happens to one of your kids?” he asked those observing the discussion.
Another parent, a mother, stood at the podium and voiced her concerns about the policy as well.
“Whether or not you agree with the politics of the law or what is behind it, I really urge you all to pay attention to what we’re setting as a precedent,” she said.
This is the full school board meeting
“Whose kids are these? Do they belong to you as a school board? Do they belong to Fargo Public Schools or is each parent’s child ultimately the decision-maker in their family over what is allowed and what is safe for that child…?
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The district, like others across the nation that have elected to withhold certain information regarding students’ gender identities from parents, cites potential unsafe home environments that could stem from families’ unwillingness to accept their children’s decisions.
HB1522, in part, prohibits school boards from adopting policies requiring or prohibiting use of a student’s preferred pronouns and bars the district, boards or teachers from “withhold[ing] or conceal[ing] information about a student’s transgender status from the student’s parent or legal guardian.”
None of this stuff goes far enough, quite frankly. The fact that they’re not threatening to arrest teachers who are openly saying they’re going to violate it shows how toothless and flaccid these people actually are.
I’ve been taken aback by the total inability of the conservative movement to hold the line on child trannies.
One would have figured that if they could hold the line anywhere, it would be on this issue, and instead we’ve seen feeble attempts to moderate the child tranny agenda.