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"A Florida Senate panel has narrowly backed a bill that would leave children without the right to learn about subjects their parents don’t agree with — including the theory of evolution, anthropogenic climate change, and a whole raft of topics under the umbrella of sex education.
In addition to science-based topics, progressive activists point out that the bill could lead to children of white supremacists being pulled from lessons about African American history or the achievements of other cultures, or Holocaust deniers who refuse to let their children learn history lessons that counter their own propaganda.
The woman who filed SB 1634, State Senator Kelli Stargel (R-Lakeland), says the bill does not change any of the rights already afforded to parents under Florida law; it just highlights them and requires schools to incorporate explicitly into their policies.
It’s telling that the phrase “parental rights” appears in the bill’s text several times, while the idea of children’s rights rates not one mention.
This bill is not a huge departure from what we have in law. It is basically compiling together [in law] for the parents to be involved with their children, that parents know they have rights, and parents have the ability to govern their children in a way they feel is best.
LGBTQ rights activist Delilah Pierre points out that LGBTQ children will be doubly impacted by the bill: kept from learning about LGBTQ history and identity even as they face the risk that their educators will feel compelled to out them to unsupportive families:
This bill takes away the right of queer and trans kids to even have their own personal identification of themselves, their right to have to tell their parents of their queerness and their transness, in their way, on their own terms. This bill makes it possible for people to erase even more LGBTQ history.
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Fine by me... First, you have a right to be stupid. Of course, what is stupid is a subjective observation.
Secondly, I think most of that stuff doesn't even help a child earn a living so it has no business in a school. Much of the disputed areas of science are the ones loaded with conjecture and we shouldn't be teaching them like they're facts. Climate change alarmists have been screwing up for about 60 years, so it's probably not wise to trust them. Evolution is still limited by our ability to gather the data and the gaps are filled in by educated guesses. (That's subjective not objective reasoning, lol.) Ditto on anything in the gender studies category... I don't see how any of that helps a young person get economically ahead... so ditch it... waste of money completely... If they care about it, they'll read about it on their free time anyway, lol.