Parents can strengthen families,
communities, and nations by learning how to handle the LBGT curriculum
appropriately. As more and more school districts adopt this agenda, parents would be wise to understand that
schools are forcing this curriculum on their children. Transgender activists
have been steadily focusing their efforts for more than twenty years, and children
are suffering from it.
Two ten-year-old children in the
United Kingdom were recently reprimanded and suspended because they expressed
their objections to a lesson on Pride Month. As the teacher handed out a
coloring sheet to the class to his fifth grade class, a boy named Farrell
politely asked to be excused from the assignment. The teacher replied that the
lesson was part of the curriculum, and there was no possibility of opting out
of it. Farrell said that he did not “accept LGBT” for religious reason. His
classmate named Kaysey objects to the lessons also. The children were
interrogated, chastised, yelled at, and embarrassed. Then they were reprimanded and suspended for five days for making “homophobic remarks.”
The parents of the two children are
upset over the treatment of their children. They have complained to school
officials and have pointed out that suspension guidelines require “the civil
standard of proof” that the children did something wrong. They also state that
the punishment is excessive for the allegations and disproportionate for the “age,
maturity, religious and cultural background” of the children. In addition, they
asked to have their children excused from any future lessons on homosexuality
and transgenderism. They have sought legal help in the matter.
Kaysey is a Pentecostal, and Farrell
is a Roman Catholic. They both appear to understand what is happening in their
school and in the world around them. Kaysey spoke with the Christian Legal
Centre and said that she is concerned that the homosexual movement is confusing
her generation.
Before anyone knew what LGBT meant,
everybody knew what gender they were. But now, people are confused and they’re
saying that they’re bisexual and trans because they are confused, and people
are trying to say that it’s okay…. Before this happened, they were completely
confident of who they were, but now they’re not.
You may not think it’s affecting other
kids, [but] it is because now they are losing confidence in themselves and
looking at themselves and thinking, “Why am I this person? Why couldn’t I be
someone else?” … Some people by the age of four are saying, “I don’t want to be
a girl anymore” or “I don’t want to be a boy anymore,” but that’s because
schools or nurseries are trying to say to children that it’s okay to become
something else that you’re not.
Parents in the United Kingdom are
beginning to see the dangers caused by the homosexual movement, and they do not
like what they see. Farrell and Kaysey are not the only children at the school
who are opposing the forced curriculum. The mother of a former male student has
also taken legal action against the school. She says that school officials
treated her differently after she tried to discuss her concerns with her child
being put in detention twice. She and her husband removed their son from the
school and filed a legal complaint. So, what can parents do to strengthen their
children and to protect them from this agenda?
Kristen Allen is a member of the Arlington Parent Coalition, a group that has been fighting the homosexual
curriculum here in the United States. Arlington County School Board passed policies
expanding “accommodations for transgender-identified students” four years ago
during the summer. They worked for four months to convince their school board
to “reconsider or delay the implementation” of the policies. They went to the
school board meeting on June 18 to present their case, and they found that
their opponents were well organized. They were wearing “matching shirts and waving
multicolored flags.” They also had four times the number of speakers. In spite
of their overwhelming advantage of numbers, the opponents felt it necessary to
hiss at coalition members and call them names under their breath. The
opposition considers parents to be “a potential threat to transgender students”
and anyone who opposes the movement as “hateful bigotry.”
Gary McCaleb is senior counsel for
the Alliance for Defending Freedom, and he believes that there are “hundreds of
school systems” in the United States that are not involved in this battle. Allen
writes that it is obvious that communities have been caught off guard because
most of them are not prepared to deal with the impact of the movement on children.
Even though there are no road maps for success in dealing with this curriculum,
Allen shares several lessons learned by groups fighting against it.
1.
Courage is contagious. [Most people do not like] being called a “hater” or “bigot,” [but parents] must push back on those
who want to reshape our children’s understanding of biology, personhood,
privacy, and the primary role of parents….
2.
Put together a diverse coalition. The transgender movement divides …. Use
the power of common interest across the lines of faith, culture, and politics
to create alliances… People must get out of their social and ideological
comfort zones and present a united front on this issue affecting all children.
3.
The gatekeepers have failed parents. Despite significant internal
disagreement, professional organizations such as the American Academy of
Pediatrics, the American Psychological Association, American Psychiatric
Association, and the National School Board Association succumbed to pressure
from the transgender advocates to endorse affirmation ideology….
Pressure needs to be brought on these
professional groups to retract and/or modify their positions….
However, local doctors and mental health
professionals have a powerful voice when speaking about the dangers of
affirming transgender children. Get them involved.
4.
Spread the truth about gender-affirming therapy. Educating people
is essential, and information about the dangers of affirming gender dysphoria
is being suppressed….
Parents should prepare talking points
and source citations to use with school administrators, their school board, and
other parents.
Much more research is needed, but ask
school administrators if the scientific studies they use to justify new
policies are peer reviewed, have a large sample size, and have tracked children
for many years….
5.
There are no opt outs for our kids. Parents must understand that we now
exist in a “post-opt out” world. You are misled if you believe pulling your
children out of certain course units will protect them.
Transgender ideology is coming from the “bottom
up” through social media massive cultural changes.
Public school children are being
indoctrinated in transgender ideology by posters on the wall, speakers in the
library, books on the shelves, after-school clubs, school-wide celebrations,
and politicized teachers. Vigilance and consistent engagement with principals
and classroom teachers are critical….
Only parents can demand accountability
from school systems and set boundaries around their children. We can’t walk
away.
Today evil lurks all around our
children, and parents must remain strong and united in fighting evil of all
kinds. At the same time we must be respectful of the beliefs of all people. By
being vigilant in protecting their children and using all the knowledge and
wisdom possible to gain, parents can strengthen their families, communities,
and nations.
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