Have you noticed that when the right-wing people "Parental Rights" they ignore our "Parental Rights?" They want to dictate to us when our children can read!
A Montgomery County public librarian is out of a job—terminated by the county judge and commissioners. She says she still doesn’t know why she was let go.KHOUBy Anayeli RuizFebruary 6, 2025A place once known for quiet reading and learning has now become a political flashpoint. A Montgomery County public librarian was terminated by the county judge and commissioners. She says she never saw it coming.A librarian for 23 years, Rhea Young spent the last two and a half in Montgomery County. Last week, she was suddenly out of a job. She saw her own name on the county agenda.County Commissioners discussed her employment during executive session on January 28. And move to appoint the judge as the interim director. That afternoon Young says she was fired. When she asked why?"His reply was that I knew why," said Young. "I do not know why. He reiterated it was in the best interest of the county to terminate my employment at this time."
We all know what they mean... that they often focus on pushing heir own conservative views while disregarding the rights of parents with progressive views!
"I had found over 100 books teaching gender ideology," said one resident during public comment at commissioners court.Some residents wanted specific books removed from the county public library."Anything with LGBT or sexual," said another resident during county commissioners court.
They think by taking our books off the shelf that we will disappear!
ABC News had an article on this a couple of years ago and they wrote...
"Two of the books in particular that they were targeting were written by and about people who identify as part of [the LGBTQ+] community," Dewey, whose son is gay, told ABC News. "And so, it felt really personal to me. It felt like a direct attack on my son and my family."[...]Grady is chair of the local chapter of the national Moms for Liberty -- a conservative organization -- and said she got involved with the group because she was worried about the proficiency of student reading and writing abilities, claiming educators instead are bringing "political ideologies" into schools."The thing is that the schools are moving away from core education," Grady told ABC News. "The role of schools isn't to teach my child the lived experiences of every single ... of the 6 billion people on the planet. These kids aren't even emotionally ready to handle that type of thing."
A bunch of right-wing old biddies backed by billionaires! "Core education" translated from Republican "Newspeak" means teaching only "Reading, Riting, and Rithmetic" because a child who can think is a liberal child.
Canada is also having this debate,
Yes, parents should have a right to chose what their children read, however they shouldn't impose their beliefs on others!If you truly believe in parental rights, you must accept that other parents may raise their children in ways you disagree withNational PostBy Adam ZivoJuly 9, 2024The resurgent “parental rights” movement has spurred vigorous debate about how much control families should exert over their children’s upbringing and education. While this is not a bad thing, supporters have often defended parental rights selectively, insofar as they entrench conservative values, and ignored the fact that progressive families have the right to raise their children how they see fit, too.This should change.Though parental rights activism has existed for decades, support for the movement erupted in 2021, when American lawmakers began to pass legislation banning “critical race theory” from elementary and secondary schools. These reforms, which have since been expanded to restrict discussions of gender and sexuality, are now active in almost half of American states — and that’s reasonable.[...]Should racial justice be understood through a progressive lens (as epitomized by the work of “anti-racist” thinkers like Ibram X. Kendi and Robin DiAngelo) or a conservative one (in the tradition of Thomas Sowell, Shelby Steele and John McWhorter)? Are radical approaches to gender and sexuality correct, or are “gender critical” perspectives more convincing? What middle ground can be found by recognizing the strengths and weaknesses of different frameworks?[...]While these reforms illustrate the virtues of the parental rights movement, there are other areas where advocates have overreached and infringed upon the rights of progressive families — most notably with recent campaigns to ban LGBTQ-related books and youth-oriented drag events.Yes, conservative families should have the right to shield younger children from some books that they believe are harmful (controlling the intellectual diet of older teenagers is another matter). However, progressive parents also have the right to expose their children to books that align with their own family values, including LGBTQ-related material.
Parents and their children should become acquainted with the libraries that offer e-book access to affected persons around the country. The banned print book may become unavailable where they reside but no government can stop the book from being downloaded to a tablet.
ReplyDeleteIt’s truly a shame that one Pumpkin Head could have so much influence! I don’t know which Montgomery county this is? Got to be a red state. Here in Chicago Playboy magazine is available. Not displayed must be 18 ask at the desk. We’re not the Bible Belt neither and a blue state. As I said before only the tip of the iceberg. God help us while I can still say it!
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