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The Wisconsin Supreme Court has agreed to hear a major parental rights case involving a local school policy that allows schools to hide a student’s gender transition from his or her family.
The Madison Metropolitan School District policy says school staff “shall not disclose any information that may reveal a student’s gender identity to others, including parents or guardians and other school staff” unless the student has authorized such disclosure or unless the school is legally required to do so. The policy allows the school district to use the student’s preferred name and pronouns “in the school setting, and their legal name and pronouns with family.”
The result of the policy is that students, from elementary to high school, can identify as transgender at school without parental consent or notification – and with teachers and staff keeping the information hidden from parents.
A group of parents sued the school district, asserting the policy violates their constitutionally protected parental rights. Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) and Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty are representing the parents.
The Wisconsin Supreme Court on Friday agreed to hear the case.
“School policies that exclude parents from children’s gender identity decisions are harming children across the country,” said Kate Anderson, director of ADF’s Center for Parental Rights. “We are hopeful that the Wisconsin Supreme Court will take the lead in protecting a parent’s right to be a parent.”
Luke Berg of the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty called it an “important case.”
“The Madison Metropolitan School District cannot make decisions reserved for parents,” Anderson said.Meanwhile, Alliance Defending Freedom sent a letter to a Virginia school district Friday expressing concern about a similar policy. The Harrisonburg City Public Schools policy allows students to transition without parental consent or notification. Like the policy in Wisconsin, it permits teachers to hide information about the […]
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Will America-First News Outlets Make it to 2023?
Things are looking grim for conservative and populist news sites.
There’s something happening behind the scenes at several popular conservative news outlets. 2021 was bad, but 2022 is proving to be disastrous for news sites that aren’t “playing ball” with the corporate media narrative. It’s being said that advertisers are cracking down, forcing some of the biggest ad networks like Google and Yahoo to pull their inventory from conservative outlets. This has had two major effects. First, it has cooled most conservative outlets from discussing “taboo” topics like Pandemic Panic Theater, voter fraud, or The Great Reset. Second, it has isolated those ad networks that aren’t playing ball.
Certain topics are anathema for most ad networks. Speaking out against vaccines or vaccine mandates is a certain path to being demonetized. Highlighting voter fraud in the 2020 and future elections is another instant advertising death penalty. Throw in truthful stories about climate change hysteria, Critical Race Theory, and the border crisis and it’s easy to understand how difficult it is for America-First news outlets to spread the facts, share conservative opinions, and still pay the bills.
Without naming names, I have been told of several news outlets who have been forced to either consolidate with larger organizations or who have backed down on covering certain topics out of fear of being “canceled” by the ad networks. I get it. This is a business for many of us and it’s not very profitable. Those of us who do this for a living are often barely squeaking by, so loss of additional revenue can often mean being forced to make cuts. That means not being able to cover the topics properly. Its a Catch-22: Tell the truth and lose the money necessary to keep telling the truth, or avoid the truth and make enough money to survive. Those who have chosen survival simply aren’t able to spread the truth properly.
We will never avoid the truth. The Lord will provide if it is His will. Our job is simply to share the facts, spread the Gospel, and educate as many Americans as possible while exposing the forces of evil.
To those who have the means, we ask that you please donate. We have options available now, but there is no telling when those options will cancel us. We have our GivingFuel page. There have been many who have been canceled by PayPal, but for now it’s still an option. Your generosity is what keeps these sites running and allows us to get the truth to the masses. We’ve had great success in growing but we know we can do more with your assistance.
Thank you, and God Bless!
JD Rucker