gender rights – Sommer Season all year

According to the article, Parents: Know Your Rights – CANADIAN GENDER REPORT:

The right of parents to direct, and to be fully informed about, all aspects of their children’s education is entrenched in international law, Canadian constitutional law, and provincial law: The Universal Declaration of Human Rights, states in Article 26(3): Parents have a prior right to choose the kind of education that shall be given to their children. The International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, to which Canada is a signatory, states in Article 18(4): The States Parties to the present Covenant undertake to have respect for the liberty of parents and, when applicable, legal guardians to ensure the religious and moral education of their children in conformity with their own convictions. The Supreme Court of Canada in Loyola High School v. Quebec (Attorney General), 2015 SCC 12 (paragraph 65), affirmed that Article 18(4) of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights is applicable in Canada, stating: “Parents, religious or otherwise, have the constitutional right under s. 2(a) of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms to determine all aspects of their children’s education, including the moral education of their children. Like all rights, parental rights are subject to reasonable limits. For example, parents do not enjoy a constitutional right to require the public school curriculum to align with the cultural, moral, and religious values they desire to pass down to their children. Rather, the right to determine all aspects of a child’s education manifests itself in the right to school choice and the right to be informed.”

The law is clear! Parents determine all aspects of their children’s education. Yesterday (September 20, 2023) was the “1 Million March 4 Children,” organized by a “parental rights” movement targeting inclusive public education. Thousands of protesters and counter-protesters in cities across Canada clashed over the rights of trans children and youth. According to this article, protesters were angered by schools exposing their children to “gender ideology,” insisting parents have the right to know whether their children are questioning their gender identity. Counter-demonstrators accused protesters of trying to deny students important lessons about inclusion and respect for gender-diverse people.

Yesterday I (#blogger #blog #somseason #YA #authors) saw some of my family and friends change their Social Media profile picture that showed a Canada map in rainbow colours saying, “no space for hate.” These people see the protests as hate directed towards the LGBTQ2S+ community. They see it as their way of showing support for the trans and nonbinary kids. I see it differently. It is a protest to protect parental rights. Its slogan is, “Leave Our Children Alone.”

The article, “Leave Our Kids Alone” Parents Protest Indoctrination in Schools Canada Wide But are Being Called Bigots for Trying to Protect Their Children, says anxious parents marched in front of their local City Halls and school board headquarters to protect their children’s rights. Parents are feeling a loss of control over the ideological content teachers are imparting on their children. Parents claim their children are left confused by the idea of gender fluidity and medically transitioning to the opposite gender assigned at birth.

Justin Trudeau dismisses parental rights as ‘far right’. According to National Post’s Michael Higgins, most of Canada — as documented previously — it is now official policy to keep parents in the dark if children come out as trans to teachers. These guidelines have been brought in without discussion with parents.

CTV News says Pronoun debate pits parental rights against kids’ rights, and explains the debate as follows. Those who support policies that would require parental permission for teachers to use a student’s preferred pronouns at school say it’s about including parents in the lives of their children.

Those opposed say the issue is not about the rights of parents at all, but rather the protection of transgender and nonbinary students who may not feel safe revealing their gender identities at home.

CTV News’ claim that experts say the meaning of “parental rights” lies somewhere in the middle. Who are these experts? They claim rushing to push forward legislation could have dire effects on transgender and nonbinary children. Interestingly, the article does not discuss the dire effects of removing parental rights.

The debate exploded when two provinces introduced policies to protect parental rights. In June, New Brunswick Premier Blaine Higgs announced a review of an educational policy that had made it mandatory for teachers to use a student’s preferred pronouns and names at school, but changed the policy after a review to teachers must get the consent of a parent to use different names or pronouns for students under 16. Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe followed suit with a similar policy which he has now promised to codify in law, and threatens to use the notwithstanding clause to ensure it stays.

This debate is not unique to Canada, as the article Who is responsible for your children – you as parents or the state? and Debate over ‘parental rights’ is the latest fight in the education culture wars confirms that this debate is raging in the US as well, and likely in other countries.

On Social Media, a person commented on the protest saying, “I would like to ask those in the LGBTQ2S+ community that support sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) curriculum in school if they have children? And if they do, do they believe they should have the ultimate say over the upbringing of their children?”

This is the ultimate question. This person persuasively explained their point of view saying:

“Parents have ultimate say over their children. My job as a parent is to help guide my children, instill the values and morals that I believe in. Children depend on us to protect them while they are developing and growing up. Education should not involve ideologies being pushed on them by any group. The ABC’s and 123’s, are skills that set them up to be good productive citizens. Get back to basics! Feel free to teach your children whatever you want (from an ideological perspective) at home. I live in a free a democratic country [some might refute this] that allows freedom of expression and religion, which means I can teach my children how I want. Government and social activism needs to get out of the school system”

I couldn’t agree more. I support the ‘1 Million March 4 Children’ as it was never about hate. It is about parents having control over their children’s education and their children’s life. The SOGI curriculum is an ideological view and should only be taught by the parents, not teachers, if they see fit. Keeping parents in the dark about what is being taught to their children is a form of bullying (#bullying, #antibullying). I support the parents who joined the protest and I agree with their motto “Leave Our Children Alone.” After all, Antonin Scalia, an American jurist who served as an associate justice of the Supreme Court of the United States once said, “The right of parents to direct the upbringing of their children is among the unalienable rights with which the Declaration of Independence proclaims ‘all Men are endowed by their Creator.’” There is no debate. Parental Rights are inalienable, that is, never to be separated, given away, or taken away.

When I wrote (#blogger #blog #somseason #YA #authors) What is Happening to Our Schools? I thought our schools couldn’t get any worse, but it turns out I’m wrong. The school insanity continues.

When I began teaching in my first school, I was told there was a dress code for teachers which meant male teachers had to wear a tie. My, how things have changed. In September of 2022 a Canadian school backed trans teacher with giant prosthetic breasts, with the stance they’re protecting “gender rights.” It seems anything goes nowadays, including males wearing prosthetic breasts. I would have been fired, and likely put into a mental institution, if I’d pulled such a stunt. Ironically, now it is being reported that this Trans teacher with Z-size prosthetic breasts dresses as man outside of school. One would think if you sincerely want to be a female, you would dress like one on all occasions. Even more insane is A British Columbia secondary school is promoting a workshop for students between 14-year-olds to 19-year-olds on how to access “gender affirming care. Now we’re teaching kids how to change genders.

We Canadians think we live in a country where there is freedom of speech, but that is an illusion. A Canadian Student was Kicked Out of Catholic School for Expressing Biblical Beliefs on Gender. You can say what you want if it agrees with authorities, but the reality is Big Brother is watching you. In case you don’t know, the phrase ‘Big Brother Is Watching You’ comes from the novel 1984 by George Orwell, a novel I studied in high school. It has since become a phrase that refers to threats of government scrutiny.

Watch the news cast about a High School that Orders Removal Of All Urinals In The Name Of Gender Equity. These school board believes All-gender washrooms are a big sign of inclusion in these Canadian schools. Do students support this? Not all of them as Students protest multiple ‘gender neutral’ bathrooms at Alberta high school. My great niece attends one of these schools with ‘gender neutral’ washrooms, and she avoids going to the washroom all day because of fear of meeting boys there. That signals there’s a problem with ‘gender neutral’ washrooms.

I just read about a Parent furious a transgendered men was allowed into girls’ changing room at Calgary pools. Is this what is happening in our schools? If the school has gender neutral washrooms, it is happening. Watch the video below about a student who leaves woke school board SPEECHLESS. This kid is amazing! He reveals truth. This grade 11 student tells about his experience in school and why he is changing schools.

You can also watch it on Rumble should censorship happen. The censorship going on is not only about gender, but it’s also about racism as Anti-Anglophone “Wokeness” Dominates Canada’s Education System. Being a white (Caucasian) is a bad thing now. Then there is the pronoun confusion. The pronoun thing confuses the hell out of me, so I’m sure our young people are confused too. Watch the video, This Is Really Where the Pronoun Madness Has Led to. The video is about a middle school student in the United States being charged with sexual harassment because he refused to use pronouns. This is bullying (#bullying, #antibullying)! and it’s not only happening in Canada.

I recently read that Dr. Seuss was re-classified as adult fiction, gets “racism” complaints: Ottawa Public Library. The thing about our schools is books are being censored because they are deemed as racist, yet a Canadian dad feels the need to rip school board for sexually explicit book available to young children, gender policies. Watch this 11-year-old SILENCE a School Board as he reads from a sexually explicit book found in his school library. You can also watch it here. If you’re a parent, ask why: Are These 7 LGBT ‘Kids’ Books in Your Child’s Classroom or School Library? A Father exposes child grooming books in Canadian schools. Is this what is happening? Are our children being groomed? The article suggests sexually explicit books are being used as tools by predators to aid them in child grooming. Are people trying to normalize pedophilia? If you’re a parent or grandparent, read this article. It’s alarming to think this may be why these types of books are showing up in school libraries.

As far as I’m concerned, our school system is warping the minds of our children. We are confusing kids about gender and teaching them to be racist. That is what Critical Race Theory does in my view, and many others agree. Is there an agenda? You bet. ‘A lot of reason to be afraid,’ says censured teacher critical of the woke revolution in classrooms. In an Interview with the National Post, this teacher said, “Teaching is now a political act that involves indoctrinating children instead of educating them. There’s a lot of reason to be afraid. We are in a kind of cultural revolution and people really do need to pay attention.”

In a February state of the nation speech, Russia’s President Putin said Western nations are trying to “‘distract people’s attention’ from corruption scandals … from economic-social problems…Look at what they do to their own people: the destruction of families, of cultural and national identities and the perversion that is child abuse all the way up to pedophilia, are advertised as the norm … and priests are forced to bless same-sex marriages.” Mainstream Media (MM) maintains Russia is our enemy, but are they? If you have been reading my blogs in past years, you know what I think of the MM. Is Putin merely trying to warn us about the insanity in our Western world?

Here are some other ridiculous things happening in our schools. A N.S. school fires coach after he makes late team members run exercises. When I was teaching, kids were taught to be responsible to their team, and there were consequences for being late. Is that no longer the case? Seems so. School boards placing equity lens as priority even for tree pruning jobs. Equity means staff should reflect the “diversity of the community.” The article states, “It used to be…that prospective employers were not permitted to ask or discriminate against candidates based on age, sexuality, religion and any other personal details that really have nothing to do with one’s ability to perform a particular job. That was when one’s ability to nab a job was based on merit.” I guess ability to do a job doesn’t matter anymore. Human rights are protected for transgender people, but not for those who belong to a majority ethnic group.

Then there is the Canadian school board who votes to terminate teacher who dared to teach truths about Residential School deaths. You’re not allowed to have an opinion or speak truth anymore. It makes people too uncomfortable. “Truth is only visible to those who are able to question everything that they have been taught to believe.” I don’t know who said that, but he or she is bang on. People don’t want to hear truth. It seems Youngsters are becoming infected with adult climate cult hysteria, govt data shows. Let’s panic our youth more. No wonder teachers don’t want to teach anymore. I personally know of a few. It’s why Ontario school boards are hiring uncertified emergency staff.

Yet another survey shows people think things are broken in Canada. This survey says 65% of Canadians agree it feels like many things in Canada are broken. That means 65% are willing to admit something is wrong in Canada. The fact is, all our institutions—schools, government, judicial system, religious institutions and many others—are broken. Things are broken in Canada, and not just in Canada. All of North America and the Western world are broken. As a veteran teacher of 35 years, I find what is happening in our schools very upsetting. I’m happy I am no longer teaching or have children in school. If you’re a parent, or grandparent, you need to pay attention to what’s happening in our schools. Are our children being indoctrinated to think a certain way? Are you okay with that? As a former teacher, I know how easy it is to influence young people, and persuasion can be used for both good or evil. To quote the Pink Floyd song, Another Brick In the Wall, I bet many kids are saying, “Hey, teacher, leave us kids alone.” I say, “leave them kids alone.”