Democrats’ Push of Radical Gender Ideology On Children

WASHINGTON, DC, Oct 26 — Thirty-four House Republicans introduced a bill called the Stop the Sexualization of Children Act last week. Lead sponsor of the legislation, House Republican Conference Vice Chairman Mike Johnson [R-LA], says “The Democrat Party and their cultural allies are on a misguided crusade to immerse young children in sexual imagery and radical gender ideology. This commonsense bill is straightforward. No federal tax dollars should go to any federal, state, or local government agencies, or private organizations that intentionally expose children under 10 years of age to sexually explicit material.”

It’s a timely endeavor. A growing number of news reports suggest that more and more teachers and schools are engaging in “gender disorder” activities aimed at children in elementary school, leading some to conclude that these teachings are sparking kids to think it might be “cool” to identify with the opposite sex in and out of school.

In an article written by the former Lieutenant Governor of New York State, Betsy McCaughey, for the New York Post, she said that “Children — as young as 5 — are being encouraged to disregard their anatomy and choose their gender based on their feelings.” McCaughey cited the case of a California woman who took two public school teachers in Salinas, CA to task, accusing them of secretly encouraging her 12 year old daughter to identify herself as a boy. 

“The girl’s mother and grandfather sounded off on the district, alleging that school staff altered her name and pronouns without their consent and called Child Protective Services when they objected to her social transition…The family said that teachers didn’t even notify them after finding out their daughter was suicidal,” according to a Blaze Media report.

This sort of indoctrination, says McCaughey, “offends many Christian and Jewish parents. Most Christians say that whether someone is a man or woman is determined by their sex at birth, according to Pew Foundation research (which did not cover Muslims, who’d likely agree), while agnostics and atheists are more likely to go along with gender ideology. In the document ‘Male and Female He Created Them,’ the Vatican rejects gender ideology’.”

The harm that can be done to our nation’s children is incalculable. For example, it is common among transgender advocates for teachers to encourage children to refer to their classmates according to their gender selection. Thus teachers may tell a boy to refer to a male classmate as “she” or “her” if they have “gender dysphoria.” Children’s Mental Health Consultant Teva Johnstone, who specializes in counseling young patients with psychological disassociation, told The Epoch Times that it can damage kids and put them at risk of psychological harm.

The issue of parental rights is emerging as a top issue for the November midterm elections. A report published by The Hill says that “Republicans believe…that they can convince voters that Democrats are a party that overreaches and makes decisions that are better left to parents.” AMAC CEO, Rebecca Weber says “The AMAC/Trafalgar poll shows 82% of those polled do not agree with the Biden Department of Education proposal that will require school children to attend mandatory counseling without parental consent if they refuse to use the preferred pronouns of their transgender classmates. A whopping 93.2% of Hispanics do not agree along with 68.6 percent of democrats. Parents are just not buying into it.”

House Republican Conference Vice Chairman Mike Johnson [R-LA] and 33 of his GOP colleagues have introduced legislation to prohibit federal, state, local governments, and private organizations from using federal tax dollars to expose children under 10 to sexually explicit material.  According to Johnson, “The Democrat Party and their cultural allies are on a misguided crusade to immerse young children in sexual imagery and radical gender ideology. This commonsense bill is straightforward. No federal tax dollars should go to any federal, state, or local government agencies, or private organizations that intentionally expose children under 10 years of age to sexually explicit material.”

The Hill says that a poll of 1,900 likely voters conducted by Heritage Action in September in Arizona, Georgia, New Hampshire, Nevada and Wisconsin found that roughly one-third of those voters agreed that the economy, inflation, abortion and age-appropriate schooling are the most important issues to them heading into November.