It’s been one week since Gov. Ron DeSantis signed Florida’s “Parental Rights in Education” bill into law, and though it doesn’t take effect until July, we are still getting a steady stream of woke (and incorrect) commentary from The Usual Suspects on how the law will ban teachers from saying “gay” in public school classrooms, despite the fact that nowhere in the bill is the word “gay” even mentioned.
What the law’s critics have consistently avoided commenting on is the actual substance of its most “controversial” aspects, namely the part where it prohibits age-inappropriate instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in grades K-3. Again, the law’s text.
“Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.”
As you might have guessed, the reason the law’s staunchest opponents – including Disney – won’t address those particular points about the law is because they, as DeSantis has pointed out in so many words, are uncomfortable with being put in the position of having to explain why they support instruction on sensitive sexual matters to children who can barely tie their shoelaces and pick out their daily outfits, much less understand anything about sexual orientation and transgenderism.
When the White House of Biden was asked questions regarding the bill’s passage, they were predictable and mediocre. But when pressed by Fox News reporter Peter Doocy on Monday about what age they think it’s okay for students to be taught about the issues outlined in the law, press secretary Jen Psaki weaved all over the place, first spouting off talking points about how the law was “hateful” and how the White House supported alleged parental concerns across the U.S. about children not being “treated equally.”
After that, she jumped off the tracks and asked Doocy for an example of what children were being taught.
DOOCY – “At what point does the White House believe that students need to be taught about gender identity and sexual orientation?”
PSAKI: “This law…is politicians in Florida propagating misinformed, hateful policies that do absolutely nothing to address the real issues.” pic.twitter.com/bgdKLafk1M
— Townhall.com (@townhallcom) April 4, 2022
Although these were unacceptable responses, they reveal a lot about the Biden White House’s desire to have the substance of the issue resolved.
To Psaki’s question to Doocy, yes there are numerous examples of these situations happening in Florida classrooms and she would know that if she had paid attention to the press conference DeSantis had after the bill signing where parents talked about their experiences with “woke” educators who were undermining their parental rights.
But let’s not kid ourselves here. Even had Doocy supplied her with examples, Psaki would have said she needed “context” before being able to comment, and then when she got it she’d still have come out and spouted the same meaningless points that avoided the actual substance of the law.
The White House is also tapdancing around the topic, suggesting that they will stand shoulder-to-shoulder with parents concerned about their children receiving unequal treatment. This signal shows they want to change the subject so the LGBTQ parent rights are protected.
Democrats took a huge beating over the past year on parental control in education matters. They want to change that narrative before the midterms to make themselves the champion of parents, rather than the opposite.
It won’t work, though, especially when you consider the rash of polling that shows Republicans with an edge on generic Congressional balloting, and which also shows education as a top concern of voters.
Parents were awakened by the efforts of Democrat radicals to force CRT into public schools. And now that they are awake, they’re paying attention to other attempts by these same Democrats to take parents out of the equation when it comes to what children are told about gender ideology and sexual orientation.
That’s not going to fly at all with most people who have young children, even on the Democrat side if one recent poll done by a Democrat pollster is a reliable indicator.
Biden White House is urging Florida parents to repeal the Florida parental rights laws. The sooner this happens, the better. People will soon be reminded how far left Democrats go on education. And the more voters are informed of it, the more likely we’ll see similar stories play out in November across the country that we did in Virginia in November 2021, with control of the House and Senate potentially going back to Republicans.
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