Commentary Marriage is an institution uniquely apt for the rearing and nourishing of children, an open-ended task calling parents to assume an attitude of love and commitment toward children. Conversely, divorce undermines the family unit and deprives children of an intact biological family. Karl Marx recommended the abolition of marriage in his Communist Manifesto, stating…
How Marxism Broke Down the Nuclear Family
Huntington Beach to Consider Screening Children’s Library Books for ‘Obscene’ Content
Huntington Beach Mayor Pro Tem Gracey Van Der Mark claims there are “obscene” and “pornographic” books available to children in city libraries and is asking the council to consider screening such books in an upcoming city council meeting. “It has been a longstanding problem in public education that children are being exposed to obscene, and…
LGBTQ+ Schoolbooks for Kindergarten, Elementary Students at Center of Parents’ Lawsuit
“Pride Puppy!” is one of the more than 20 books with an LGBTQ+ theme that the largest school district in Maryland approved, in the fall of 2021, for instruction of students in kindergarten through fourth grade. The 32-page illustrated storybook–which the publisher lists as appropriate for 3- to 5-year-olds, and grades preschool through kindergarten, tells…
LGBT Schoolbooks for Kindergarten, Elementary Students at Center of Parents’ Lawsuit
“Pride Puppy!” is one of the more than 20 books with an LGBT theme that the largest school district in Maryland approved, in the fall of 2021, for instruction of students in kindergarten through fourth grade. The 32-page illustrated storybook–which the publisher lists as appropriate for 3- to 5-year-olds, and grades preschool through kindergarten, tells…
New York Schools to Hide Children’s Gender Identity From Parents
The New York State Education Department (NYSED) has released a new guidance report encouraging schools to keep the gender identity of students a secret from their families, while insisting that a child’s preferred gender identity be readily accepted. “School personnel’s acceptance of a student’s asserted gender identity should require no more than a statement from…
Australian Parliament Approves Referendum on ‘The Voice’
The Australian Senate has voted overwhelmingly to approve a referendum on changing the country’s Constitution. Having already passed the lower house, the bill passed the upper house on Jan. 19, 52 votes to 19, and means the country is set for a national vote sometime between October and December. The passing of the Constitution Alteration…
Parental Rights Groups Respond to Southern Poverty Law Center ‘Hate’ Designation
Parental rights organizations, many with chapters in Virginia, responded to The Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC), labeling them “hate” and “extremist group.” Groups including Parents Rights in Education, Moms For Liberty, and Parents Against CRT were all on the SPLC’s new hate map. Suzanne Gallagher, national executive director of Parents Rights in Education, told The…
Wearing Shirt Saying ‘There Are Only Two Genders’ Not Protected Speech, Judge Says
School administrators were not infringing on a student’s constitutional rights when they ordered him to remove a shirt that said “there are only two genders,” a district judge ruled on June 17. A Massachusetts middle-schooler said the order violated his First Amendment rights to free speech and his Fourteenth Amendment rights to due process, but…
Mom Speaks Out About Societal Pressure Pushing Teens Towards Transgenderism
“Like a dystopian novel.” That’s how Ava described her family’s life since her teenage son’s announcement that he is transgender. James was a kind, smart, and “gentle boy” with excellent grades who wanted to go to MIT. Now he is failing his classes and yells and curses at his mother when she refuses to address…
Journal Retracts Study of Rapid-Onset Gender Dysphoria in Youth
An academic journal has retracted an article on young people whose parents believe they have developed gender dysphoria because of social contagion. The theory is known as rapid-onset gender dysphoria (ROGD). “It’s easy to study things that make people happy. It’s much harder to study things that are bound to make at least some people…
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