Another Republican Ignores The Law.

They feel that they are above the law and that laws do not apply to them.

Tim Scott introduces legislation to pull funding from schools with transgender support policies
Scott said Tuesday that the measure intends to combat “radical and secretive” policies that allow students to use a different name, pronoun or gender marker in school without the knowledge or consent of their parents.

• Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) has introduced a bill to cut federal funding from schools with transgender support policies that do not involve parental consent.
• The measure, titled the Parental Rights Over the Education and Care of Their Kids Act, would bar elementary and middle schools in the U.S. from allowing a student to use a different name, pronoun, restroom or locker room without the knowledge of their parents.
• Conservative lawmakers at the state level this year have pursued similar measures.

The Hill
By Brooke Migdon
September 21, 2022


Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) on Tuesday introduced legislation to withhold federal funding from schools with transgender support policies that do not require faculty or staff to obtain parental consent before changing a student’s name or pronouns on school records.

Scott’s Parental Rights Over the Education and Care of Their Kids Act — or the PROTECT Kids Act — would cut federal funding from any elementary or middle school in the U.S. that allows students to change their pronouns or gender markers on school forms without permission from their parents.

The measure would also prevent young transgender students from using school facilities like restrooms and locker rooms consistent with their gender identity if their use of those accommodations is not first approved by their parents.

The Republicans have new buzzwords… “Parental Rights” they think of kinda like a Monopoly’s Get Out of Jail Free” card. But what they really mean is a free card to discriminate.

Conservative lawmakers across the country this year have cited eroding parental rights as cause for adopting legislation to limit how topics related to gender identity and sexual orientation can be talked about in schools and restrict how transgender young people may access gender-affirming health care.

At the same time, parents advocating against such measures have used similar arguments to claim that state governments do not have the right to unilaterally make decisions about the care or control of their children.

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“Public schools across the country are violating these fundamental parental and familial rights by deliberately hiding information about gender transitioning children from their parents,” the bill states. It references transgender support policies adopted by school districts in Maryland, Virginia and Iowa that allow students to socially transition without the consent of their parents.

Think about for a moment, what have the conservatives been going after with their "Parental Rights" campaign?

• LGBTQ+ people who also fall under the Connecticut non-discrimination laws.
• Black history like the 1921 Tulsa Race Massacre who also fall under the Connecticut non-discrimination laws.
• Indigenous peoples’ history like the Wounded Knee Massacre who also fall under the Connecticut non-discrimination laws.
• Immigrants who also fall under the Connecticut non-discrimination laws.

What does it teach the children? 

What the Republicans are saying is that they want to teach the children that it is okay discriminate against people that they don’t like or people who are different.

They have agitated people so much that violence have broken out at Board of Education meetings and board members have received threats. And what does that teach the children when their parents start shouting, using profanities and threats of violence at Board members? Family values?