LOUDOUN COUNTY, VA &#8212; A judge on Thursday declined to rule in favor of the father who was prosecuted for disorderly conduct after getting angry that a school superintendent lied about his daughter’s rape, instead setting a trial date for September, when a jury could decide his fate.
Judge Howe Brown said Scott Smith saying the word “bitch” to a leftist activist who was allegedly taunting him about his daughter’s rape was sufficient for the government to take him to trial on charges of disorderly conduct.
The ruling sent Smith, a plumber, into anguish over the prospect of his family&#8217;s legal ordeal continuing. It was nearly two years ago that a George Soros-backed attorney tried to put him in jail, and the school board passed a transgender bathroom policy while the superintendent concealed how weeks prior, Smith’s teenage daughter had been brutally raped by a “gender fluid” boy in the girls bathroom.
Shortly after the June 11, 2021 incident, far-left prosecutor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/secret-audio-of-soros-prosecutor-raises-questions-about-her-courtroom-statements-in-loudoun" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Buta Biberaj</a> personally prosecuted him and won a conviction from a judge, with Smith denied a jury because the charge was a misdemeanor. But with Republican state Sen. Bill Stanley as his attorney, he appealed the conviction and got Biberaj tossed off the appeal. In an appeal, the defendant is entitled to a jury, but Smith was hoping the conviction would be thrown out before it reached that point.
Smith became an international symbol of the politicization of schools and the justice system as he was charged with a crime, depicted as a violent bigot on national television, and likened to a domestic terrorist by the National School Boards Association (NSBA) in a letter that was used by the Department of Justice to sic the FBI on conservative parents.
Yet even after Smith’s daughter’s assailant was convicted of rape and the NSBA apologized for its letter, the prosecutor who replaced Biberaj, Eric Olson, fought to preserve the conviction, and the judge ruled that under the “peculiar” language of Virginia’s disorderly conduct statute, Smith arguably committed disorderly conduct by cursing at a woman because it could “incite” her to violence—even though that interpretation would seemingly mean the leftist activist was guilty of the same crime.
“She said ‘I’m going to ruin your business.’ [The police officer] says Mr. Smith leaned in, had a clenched fist [by his waist], and called her a bitch. That’s the totality of it,” Stanley said in court. The officer “said he decided to arrest Smith the moment he said those words.” But “if that’s disorderly conduct, then this courtroom would be filled with people who did actually more than what he did.”
Judge Brown said “I think it incites her to violence. I think he was lucky he didn’t get slapped, let alone arrested. That’s enough” to go to trial.
The officer who arrested Smith and is seen in an infamous picture dragging him away, Smith&#8217;s face bloodied, was in the courtroom as Smith&#8217;s wife Jessica broke down upon hearing those words, sobbing quietly: “Just put a family that’s been through hell through more of this… when is the healing going to begin?”
“The judge said my husband should have been slapped,” she repeated.
Stanley was sanguine about the outcome, telling The Daily Wire that Thursday’s motion to throw out the charge based on a failure to meet “prima facie” threshold was a long shot and that “I’ll take this to a jury all day long. There is no chance that a jury will unanimously convict.”
But that calculus meant little in the moment to Smith and his wife, who outside the courthouse described being worn down by an emotional, years-long process. Jessica described how—between the prosecution of her daughter’s rapist and the prosecution of her husband—she had spent so much time in the courthouse that she had developed a routine. Smith attempted to call Gov. Glenn Youngkin, who rode to victory in part by calling out the Loudoun schools over the <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/loudoun-county-schools-tried-to-conceal-sexual-assault-against-daughter-in-bathroom-father-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rape coverup</a>, to ask for a pardon.
Jessica said the pair had faced a callous superintendent and school board, a prejudiced prosecutor, biased judges, a dishonest media, and violence-tinged far-left activists calling themselves <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/soros-prosecutors-staffer-dem-candidate-in-violence-tinged-group-that-plotted-against-conservative-parents" target="_blank" rel="noopener">“Loudoun Love Warriors.”</a>
On Thursday, they tried to convince themselves that the one thing that couldn’t be rigged was a jury of their peers—though even that was in doubt as the quaint Victorian homes that lined the historic blocks around the Leesburg courthouse, long lined with American flags, began to give way to rainbow décor.

Pictured: Scott Smith

Father Of Loudoun Rape Victim Dealt Another Blow In Court: ‘When Will The Healing Begin?’

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Virginia

Illegal immigrants will soon be eligible for free college tuition in Minnesota.
Some immigrants living in the U.S. illegally will be able to apply for Minnesota’s new free tuition program <a href="https://www.kare11.com/article/news/local/college-may-be-free-for-15000-minnesota-students-heres-how-it-works-and-who-qualifies/89-cee6f410-cd4b-4e0b-8020-76f5fc6951ac" target="_blank" rel="noopener">passed</a> last month by the legislature&#8217;s Democratic majority.
The program, called the “North Star Promise,” covers tuition at the University of Minnesota or Minnesota State systems for students whose families make $80,000 a year or less.
“We want to make sure that when we’re expanding opportunities for everybody, we’re doing it for all Minnesotans, regardless of background, regardless of their documentation status,” <a href="https://www.axios.com/local/twin-cities/2023/05/31/minnesota-free-college-tuition-undocumented-immigrants-eligible" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> state Senator Omar Fateh, a Democrat who chairs the Senate Higher Education committee.
Fateh said one impetus for the bill is declining enrollment at public college campuses across the state.
“We’ve been seeing declining enrollment on all campuses,” Fateh said. “If we don’t do something quick, we’re at risk of shutting down some campuses. … I see this bill as an enrollment driver.”
Applicants <a href="https://www.shorenewsnetwork.com/2023/05/31/minnesota-to-provide-illegal-immigrants-with-free-college-tuition/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">must meet</a> residency requirements, which can include graduating from a Minnesota high school or living in the state for a year without being enrolled full-time in college.
Students must also submit a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) form, and once they receive the tuition, they must remain in good academic standing to keep it.
Republicans criticized the program, arguing that the $80,000 limit is unfair to students whose parents work multiple jobs but could still use the financial aid.
Some Republicans complained that they were not included in the legislative process to pass the education bill.
Representative Marion O’Neill, the only Republican on the committee, who wrote the legislative language of the program, <a href="https://apnews.com/article/minnesota-legislature-college-tuition-free-7a229e7fa33fdf8d302f1d3e716b7ad6">said</a> she was “completely frozen out of all discussions.”
The free tuition program is estimated to cost about $117 million for the first year. The program will cost $49.5 million every year following that.
It does not begin until the 2024-2025 school year.
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Minnesota&#8217;s free college incentive for illegal immigrants comes just after a flood of migrants illegally crossed the southern border following a Trump-era restriction&#8217;s expiration.
Title 42, which allowed border authorities to send migrants back to Mexico quickly over COVID concerns, expired last month, prompting several days of record numbers of migrants entering the country illegally.
Several states, including <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/politics/ark-gov-sanders-deploys-national-guard-southern-border-help-texas-tackle-border-crisis" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Arkansas</a> and <a href="https://www.tn.gov/governor/news/2023/5/24/gov--lee-authorizes-tennessee-national-guard-deployment-to-secure-southern-border.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Tennessee,</a> have deployed the National Guard to assist with the crisis at the border, particularly in Texas.
California also allows illegal migrants to receive free tuition. However, only about 14% of migrants who are eligible for California&#8217;s program ended up applying.
Democrats have used their majority in the Minnesota legislature to pass laws granting illegal immigrants other benefits.
One new law allows illegal immigrants to obtain driver&#8217;s licenses.
<a href="https://minnesotareformer.com/2023/05/20/minnesota-to-allow-all-undocumented-residents-to-enroll-in-public-insurance/">Another new law</a> will give more than 40,000 illegal immigrants in Minnesota access to the state&#8217;s public health insurance program. Minnesota, California, and Washington, D.C., are the only places in the U.S. allowing all low-income people, including illegal immigrants, access to public health insurance. Several other states allow illegal immigrant minors and certain adults to access public health insurance.

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Minnesota Will Give Illegal Immigrants Free College Tuition

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Minnesota

U.S.

Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/chicago" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Chicago</a> Mayor <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/lori-lightfoot" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Lori Lightfoot</a> is headed to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/harvard" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Harvard</a> University to teach about health policy and leadership.
The Ivy League university <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/lori-lightfoot-appointed-menschel-fellow-at-harvard-chan-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">confirmed</a> on Thursday that Lightfoot, who lost her bid for a second term as mayor this year, will serve as a senior leadership fellow this fall at the T.H. Chan School of Public Health in Boston.
“We believe our students will benefit from her experiences, insights and knowledge of leadership decision-making,&#8221; Eric Andersen, director of Senior Leadership Fellows Program at the school, <a href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/columnists/2023/6/1/23744640/former-chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-to-teach-at-harvard-t-h-chan-school-of-public-health" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told the Chicago Sun-Times</a>.
In a statement, Lightfoot said she looks forward to teaching about her experience leading the nation&#8217;s third-largest city during the COVID-19 pandemic.
&#8220;I&#8217;ll share specifics about the way we managed the COVID-19 public health crisis, and we&#8217;ll delve into how we approached the crisis as an avenue to address long standing public health equity challenges using data and science,&#8221; Lightfoot said. &#8220;I also look forward to being part of the community of scholars, intellectuals and students at such a world class institution.&#8221;
During her single four-year term as mayor, which ended last month when <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-welcomes-new-leftist-mayor-with-vision-of-a-safer-and-more-equitable-city" target="_blank" rel="noopener">leftist Brandon Johnson</a> took over the role, Lightfoot made headlines for implementing <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/chicago-mayor-lori-lightfoot-issues-another-lockdown-advisory-demands-thanksgiving-plans-be-canceled" target="_blank" rel="noopener">strict lockdown</a> <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/lori-lightfoot-claims-covid-regulations-prevented-tribute-for-fallen-chicago-cop-thats-not-true-medical-examiner-says" target="_blank" rel="noopener">measures</a> and her inability to put a stop to <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2023/03/01/politics/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-race-crime/index.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">rampant crime in the Windy City</a>. <a href="https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/newsplus/lori-lightfoot-appointed-menschel-fellow-at-harvard-chan-school/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Harvard Gazette</a> said her &#8220;accomplishments&#8221; includes &#8220;landmark ethics and good governance reforms, worker protection legislation, and key investments in education, public safety, and financial stability.&#8221;
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After Lightfoot failed to secure a spot in the run-off contest in the mayoral election in late February, <a href="https://abc7chicago.com/lori-lightfoot-chicago-mayor-news-brandon-johnson/13196138/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ABC7 Chicago reported</a> that in an interview she pointed to the pandemic as well as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/derek-chauvin-ex-minneapolis-cop-convicted-of-murdering-george-floyd-files-appeal" target="_blank" rel="noopener">George Floyd&#8217;s death</a> and violence that ensued as factors in her defeat.
&#8220;There&#8217;s a lot of anger, frustration and fear that is present, not only in Chicago, but across our country. And, the winds of dissension continue to blow at a furious pace,&#8221; Lightfoot said. &#8220;So, for me, the biggest challenge wasn&#8217;t some particular person&#8217;s name on the ballot. The biggest challenge was breaking through what I call that &#8216;anger bubble.'&#8221;
Appointed a Richard L. and Ronay A. Menschel Senior Leadership Fellow, Lightfoot is expected to start teaching a course tentatively titled “Health Policy and Leadership&#8221; in late August. <a href="https://www.hsph.harvard.edu/policy-translation-leadership-development/recent-menschel-fellows/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Others who have</a> become Menschel fellows include former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and former Boston Mayor Kim Janey.

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Former Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot Lands Teaching Position At Harvard

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The University of North Carolina medical school is disregarding its diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) task force’s recommendation to “integrate social justice” into the school’s health sciences curricula, the school said in a <a href="https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/university-north-carolina-chapel-hills-response-fire-may-11-2023" target="_blank" rel="noopener">letter</a> to the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression (FIRE).
The news comes months after the school’s board voted to ban DEI statements in promotions, tenure, hiring, and admissions decisions, The Daily Wire <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/university-of-north-carolina-moves-against-woke-dei-with-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">reported</a>. The university said in the letter to FIRE that the DEI task force is being disbanded and the university isn’t implementing any of its recommendations.
“There is no plan to implement the Task Force’s recommendations now or in the future,” Kirsten Stevenson, UNC’s senior university counsel, said in a letter to FIRE. “Even if the recommendations were revisited in the future, further review and revision would be required,” she said, explaining that the school is still “committed to these important missions.” 
FIRE <a href="https://www.thefire.org/research-learn/fire-letter-university-north-carolina-april-7-2023-0" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent</a> UNC a letter on April 7 saying that it was concerned with certain DEI initiatives and recommendations being proposed, including those from the DEI task force for the medical school curricula. They warned that implementing such policies could lead to possible First Amendment violations. The school’s letter in response informed the free speech organization that the recommendations from the task force would not be implemented.
<a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/university-of-north-carolina-med-school-renounces-its-own-dei-framework" target="_blank" rel="noopener">According</a> to Fox News, some of the task force&#8217;s recommendations were based on the Association of American Medical Colleges DEI framework, which includes topics of study including &#8220;Understanding that America&#8217;s medical system is structurally racist” and &#8220;Understanding and Responding to Microaggressions.&#8221;
Color Us United, a group that advocates a “race-blind America,” called for UNC to rescind its DEI policies in teaching earlier in the year, <a href="https://colorusunited.org/unc-petition/">accusing</a> UNC of “replacing vital medical training courses with social justice courses and diminishing the quality of its doctors in the service of a false social justice agenda.&#8221;
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&#8220;We’re proud of UNC’s decision to reject the DEI framework that lowers the quality of doctors and inundates their students with ideologies that have nothing to do with what is medically necessary,&#8221; Color Us United president Kenny Xu told Fox. &#8220;Our next step is to take UNC’s decision to other medical schools in our country to fully rid medicine from DEI’s divisive influence.”
“We will also continue monitoring UNC’s School of Medicine to ensure that employees are not fed DEI trainings and curricula any longer,” he said, adding that UNC was the first university to “revoke” its DEI framework without legislative interference.
The school&#8217;s February resolution banning DEI considerations in hiring and promotion <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/university-of-north-carolina-moves-against-woke-dei-with-ban" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> that employees and applicants must not “be solicited or required to describe his or her actions in support of, or in opposition to, such beliefs, affiliations, ideals, or principles.”

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University Of North Carolina Medical School Disbands DEI Task Force With ‘No Plan To Implement’ Recommendations

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A Massachusetts middle school student who <a href="https://adfmedialegalfiles.blob.core.windows.net/files/MorrisonComplaint.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sued his school and his town</a> after he was sent home for wearing a shirt emblazoned with the message, “There are only two genders” hit a roadblock in his attempt to express his views on the school campus.
On Wednesday, the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts in Boston <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/court-denies-massachusetts-7th-grader-free-speech-request-following-legal-battle-two-genders-shirt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">denied</a> Liam Morrison’s attorneys&#8217; request to suspend the school from barring the boy from expressing his views about gender before a final decision was made by the court.
“We were asking for an immediate order so that he could express himself for the rest of the school year,” Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) legal counsel Logan Spena stated. “Liam’s suing for the right to do what every other student in his school currently has the right to do, which is respectfully express their own view on a matter of enormous public concern. What is the relationship between sex and gender?”
Morrison, 12, had informed the Middleborough School Council in late April that his father had to pick him up from John T. Nichols Jr. Middle School on March 21 because he refused to change his t-shirt.
“I never thought that the shirt I wore to school on March 21 would lead me to speak with you today,” Liam began. “On that Tuesday morning, I was taken out of gym class to sit down with two adults for what turned out to be a very uncomfortable talk. I was told that people were complaining about the words on my shirt and the shirt was making some students feel unsafe.”
“I was told that I would need to remove my shirt before I could return to class,&#8221; he said. &#8220;When I nicely told them that I didn&#8217;t want to do that, they called my father. Thankfully, my dad, supportive of my decisions, came to pick me up.”
“What did my shirt say?” he asked. “Five simple words: ‘There are only two genders.’ Nothing harmful. Nothing threatening. Just a statement I believe to be a fact.”
“I have been told that my shirt was targeting a protected class,” he said. “Who is this protected class? Are their feelings more important than my rights? I don&#8217;t complain when I see Pride flags and diversity posters hung throughout the school. Do you know why? Because others have a right to their beliefs just as I do.”
In an email, Middleborough Public Schools Superintendent Carolyn Lyons <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/media/7th-grade-student-fights-back-school-told-him-change-there-are-only-two-genders-shirt" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Liam violated the school dress code <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/middle-school-banned-boy-from-wearing-two-genders-shirt-family-prepares-to-sue" target="_blank" rel="noopener">because</a> the &#8220;content of Liam’s shirt targeted students of a protected class; namely in the area of gender identity.&#8221;
Liam came back to school wearing another shirt that read, &#8220;There are censored genders,&#8221; but school personnel told him to remove that shirt as well, he said.
“The school has other rules on what students can wear that it is allowed to enforce,&#8221; Spena said. “Liam&#8217;s not asking to literally wear whatever he wants, but he is asking to do what other students are already allowed to do, which is express their view on this topic in a non-disruptive manner. No matter what you think about the gender issue, it&#8217;s pretty remarkable that a school can punish a student for protesting censorship in America today.”
Mairead Elordi contributed to this article.
Related: <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/watch-boy-12-tells-school-board-he-was-sent-home-over-t-shirt-saying-there-are-only-2-genders">WATCH: Boy, 12, Tells School Board He Was Sent Home Over T-Shirt Saying &#8216;There Are Only 2 Genders&#8217;</a>

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7th Grade Boy Who Sued Over ‘Two Genders’ T-Shirt Hits Roadblock In Court

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Massachusetts

Middle School

Transgender

A California school system and a former teacher who is a prominent leftist activist have agreed to pay $950,000 to a student who was assaulted in the classroom by the teacher, in order to settle a lawsuit alleging that the school system kept the teacher in the classroom despite knowing of repeated instances of sexual and ideological misconduct.
Matef Harmachis is a leader in the “ethnic studies” movement who pushed Communism to his classroom of mostly Hispanic teens. In 2017, he was convicted of assaulting a teenage girl after admitting that he nibbled her ear in his classroom. The victim said that he repeatedly touched her buttocks.
Harmachis, who is a black American but contends that he is “African” and adopted the name of an Egyptian god, blamed racism for actions against him and, in a previous email to The Daily Wire, called the victim, a DACA recipient, a “Karen” for reporting the assault to authorities.
“I have never seen a case where a school district ignored so many red flags and allowed a dangerous individual to have unfettered access to vulnerable students,&#8221; said Morgan Stewart, an attorney for the victim—whom The Daily Wire is not naming.
Stewart is a partner at Manly, Stewart &amp; Finaldi, which represented victims of former Olympic doctor Larry Nasser and former University of Southern California gynecologist George Tyndall.
Harmachis pleaded guilty to battery in 2017 over the incident and was placed on leave from his job, but was not terminated until 2020, when the state took his teaching certification away. Prior to the 2017 classroom assault, Harmachis was repeatedly cited for misconduct, including discussing sex with teen girls and physically assaulting or threatening students.
But he simultaneously attained influence and prominence in the district through his activism for “ethnic studies,” which then-administrators like Shawn Carey made a centerpiece of Santa Barbara’s curriculum. He was part of a group called Ethnic Studies Now!, which was tightly entwined with school administrators, and even after he was arrested, he attended school board meetings and led meetings of students in which he exhorted them to rise up against oppressors.
The district hired several people involved in the statewide ethnic studies curriculum which was initially vetoed for being anti-Semitic by Gov. Gavin Newsom, but which was later approved with “guardrails.” Harmachis, too, is virulently anti-Semitic. In 2005, he grabbed a Jewish student and threw him out of the classroom for wearing a shirt that said &#8220;Israel&#8221; on it.
The district spent $1 million trying to fire him following that incident and one in which he told a girl she was &#8220;good in bed,&#8221; but defended by lawyers for the teachers union, Harmachis was kept on paid leave for five years and returned to his job in 2009. He went on to repeatedly make sexually suggestive and ideologically provocative comments, but was kept in the classroom.
Harry Harrison, an attorney with the firm of Tyson and Mendez, which represented the Santa Barbara Unified School District (SBUSD), told The Daily Wire that “a settlement was reached short of trial so there was no adjudication in terms of liability. Mr. Harmachis also has counsel that was involved.” Harrison said the money was paid from the school district’s insurance carrier.
He said that as far as leaving a known bad actor in the classroom, “the district’s hands were tied” by California’s Commission on Professional Competence (CPC), which had said years ago that he showed “unfitness to teach in some respects” but that the “conduct does not show such unfitness to teach as to warrant dismissal.”
Stewart, the victim’s attorney, told The Daily Wire that “Matef’s attorney was heavily involved in trying to get this done, even mores [sic] than the district’s attorney.” He said that the “pressure point” was the specter of depositions by Harmachis and his wife Diane Fujino, a professor of Asian American Studies and onetime director of the Center for Black Studies Research at the University of California, Santa Barbara. Fujino advocated for Harmachis to remain in the classroom even after his conviction.
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He said that Harmachis repeatedly made excuses to postpone the deposition, and that “he had no remorse” and “they probably realized that pretty quickly that if they allow him to say a word, it’s not going to go well.” (Harrison denied that the deposition was a factor in the settlement.) Harmachis declined to comment.
Stewart said that Harmachis used far-left activism as a cover to prey on students in Santa Barbara, a city filled with wealthy white activists and impoverished Hispanics.
“His argument about racism was always a red herring to cover for his behavior and allow him to do whatever he wanted and then if someone pushed back, scream racism. I think that’s the worst type of behavior possible from an individual who is teaching kids, to scream bias to justify your actions. I didn’t see any evidence of racism, on the contrary I saw staff accommodating him at every turn to avoid that accusation,” he said.
Stewart also faulted the teachers union for keeping a bad teacher in the classroom. “We need a mechanism to get abusive teachers out that doesn’t involve some collective bargaining agreement. If you look at his behavior from the outset, he should have never been around kids. They moved him and in this respect the teachers union held too much power,” he said.
He said his client was pleased with the outcome for herself, but that “she’s not confident they took Matef’s abuse seriously enough that they’re going to stop this from happening again.”
The victim told The Daily Wire in a statement that she felt “gutted” to see people in Santa Barbara who had been &#8220;politicized by my perpetrator&#8221; protect Harmachis, and credited the advocacy group Fair Education Santa Barbara for helping her figure out how to file a lawsuit.
&#8220;For all child survivors of school sexual violence: Please report it to the appropriate people, the police department not the administration. The institution protects itself, not you. Report it to the authorities and help save others,&#8221; she said.
Read the Daily Wire’s three-part series on indoctrination and abuse in the Santa Barbara schools:
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/this-is-a-cult-how-wealthy-santa-barbara-foreshadowed-the-fight-against-crackpot-curriculum">‘This Is A Cult’: How Wealthy Santa Barbara Foreshadowed The Fight Against Crackpot Curriculum</a>
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/radical-activist-teacher-got-away-with-shocking-behavior-for-years">Radical Activist Teacher Got Away With Shocking Behavior For Years</a>
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/the-disgraced-teacher-who-took-the-name-of-an-egyptian-god-and-radicalized-a-school-district">The Disgraced Teacher Who Took The Name Of An Egyptian God And Radicalized A School District</a>

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California School District Pays $1M To Victim Of Disgraced Teacher And ‘Ethnic Studies’ Activist

California Schools Pay $1M To Victim Of Disgraced Teacher And 'Ethnic Studies' Activist

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Santa Barbara

Sexual Abuse

Teachers Unions

The University of <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/colorado" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Colorado</a> Boulder claims that misgendering someone can be an &#8220;act of violence.&#8221;
CU Boulder&#8217;s &#8220;Pride Office&#8221; <a href="https://campusreform.org/article?id=23354" target="_blank" rel="noopener">argues</a> on the university&#8217;s website that deliberately ignoring someone&#8217;s pronouns can be an oppressive and even violent act.
&#8220;Choosing to ignore or disrespect someone’s pronouns is not only an act of oppression but can also be considered an act of violence,&#8221; reads a <a href="https://www.colorado.edu/cisc/pride-office/lgbtq-resources/pronouns" target="_blank" rel="noopener">page</a> titled &#8220;Pronouns.&#8221;
&#8220;When someone asks you to use their pronouns, they are asking for you to respect their identity,&#8221; the page says. &#8220;It is never safe to assume someone’s gender and living a life where people will naturally assume the correct pronouns for you is a privilege that not everyone experiences.&#8221;
The &#8220;Pronouns&#8221; page says the information was &#8220;created by students, for students.&#8221;
People should introduce themselves with their own pronouns so &#8220;everyone you meet knows that you’re a safe space and that you won’t assume a person’s pronouns,&#8221; the students say on the &#8220;Pronouns&#8221; page.
The students go on to tell readers that if they do not know someone&#8217;s pronouns, they should use &#8220;gender-neutral ones, like they or ze.&#8221; The page also explains how to use new pronouns like &#8220;ze&#8221; and &#8220;hir.&#8221;
Even asking someone their pronouns is not always the right move, the students say, because it&#8217;s better if &#8220;gender non-conforming people come out with their own pronouns on their own terms.&#8221;
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Using the wrong pronoun, even by accident, leads to &#8220;dysphoria, exclusion and alienation,&#8221; the page says. If someone else uses the wrong pronouns, you should step in and correct them, the students add.
&#8220;The mark of a true ally is never giving up on the people you want to help,&#8221; the students say. &#8220;Plus, gender non-conforming people tend to get tired of always correcting other people, so having a friend to help is amazing.&#8221;
If you do use someone&#8217;s pronoun incorrectly, you should apologize but not &#8220;make it a big deal,&#8221; the students say.
&#8220;As long as you portray that you are sorry and you try harder next time, it’s going to be OK,&#8221; the page says.
&#8220;Knowing a person’s pronouns is not the most important thing in the world but respecting a person is, so try not to demand something of someone when they’re not comfortable giving it,&#8221; the students say.
CU Boulder is a public university that is part of the University of Colorado system, which has four schools in Boulder, Denver, Colorado Springs, and a medical campus in Aurora.
The school has nearly 31,000 undergraduates and <a href="https://www.usnews.com/best-colleges/university-of-colorado-boulder-1370" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ranks</a> number 97 on the U.S. News and World Report&#8217;s Best National Universities list.
Over the last year, more universities have been moving to allow students to officially register using their preferred pronouns.
Harvard <a href="https://www.opb.org/article/2022/07/08/more-universities-move-to-include-gender-neutral-pronouns/#:~:text=More%20and%20more%20colleges%20and,the%20change%20official%20this%20year." target="_blank" rel="noopener">made</a> the change last year, allowing students to choose newly-invented pronouns like &#8220;ze&#8221; or even sets of pronouns like both &#8220;he&#8221; and &#8220;they.&#8221;
<a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/parents-furious-at-north-dakota-school-district-for-suggesting-it-will-buck-law-on-kids-gender-identities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Thousands</a> of public K-12 schools also have policies allowing minor students to use preferred pronouns in school, in many cases requiring school staff to hide a student&#8217;s gender identity change from parents.

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Misgendering Is ‘Act Of Violence,’ University Says

Misgendering Is 'Act Of Violence,' University Says

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Parents are furious at a North Dakota school district they say is openly defying a state law that prohibits hiding children&#8217;s <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/gender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">gender</a> identities from their parents.
On May 8, North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, a Republican, signed a <a href="https://www.ndlegis.gov/assembly/68-2023/regular/documents/23-0864-10000.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">law</a> prohibiting schools from withholding or concealing information about a student&#8217;s transgender status from the student&#8217;s parent.
Just a day later, Fargo Public Schools Superintendent Dr. Rupak Gandhi <a href="https://nypost.com/2023/05/28/north-dakota-parents-mad-at-school-board-for-defying-gender-identities-law/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> the school district should &#8220;double down&#8221; on supporting students who want to change their gender identity.
“We will not openly out any student because of one law if we know that that’s going to cause harm to that child,” Gandhi <a href="https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/north-dakota-school-district-will-conceal-students-gender-identity-from-parents-despite-new-law-fargo-public-schools-transgender-lgbt-governor-doug-burgum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> at a May 9 school board meeting. Gandhi also said he believes there is a conflict between federal and state law on this issue.
The school district said their policies were not meant to go &#8220;<a href="https://thenationaldesk.com/news/americas-news-now/north-dakota-school-district-will-conceal-students-gender-identity-from-parents-despite-new-law-fargo-public-schools-transgender-lgbt-governor-doug-burgum" target="_blank" rel="noopener">against</a>&#8221; parents, but some parents weren&#8217;t convinced. On May 23, parents showed up at another school board meeting to express their anger and concerns.
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“The way I heard it is that you want to protect kids from their parents,” one father said. “Not only do you think you know my kids better than I do, you think you know every kid better than every parent does by saying you will not deal with the parents.&#8221;
“Whether or not you agree with the politics of the law or what is behind it, I really urge you all to pay attention to what we’re setting as a precedent,” a mother told the board.
“Whose kids are these? Do they belong to you as a school board? Do they belong to Fargo Public Schools or is each parent’s child ultimately the decision-maker in their family over what is allowed and what is safe for that child?&#8221; the mom said.
The mom added, “Parenting 101: You teach your kids that nobody that asks you to keep a secret is safe.”
Parents also expressed concerns that Fargo Public Schools is risking potential legal challenges by announcing they do not intend to fully comply with the new law. They urged the school district to back down on their resolve to buck the law.
The new law also prohibits schools from requiring employees to use a student&#8217;s preferred pronouns. Schools may also not ban anyone from using someone else&#8217;s preferred pronouns.
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The law also says that schools must prohibit students from using bathrooms that do not correspond with the student&#8217;s biological sex. If a parent consents, the school may come up with a plan for a trans-identifying student to use a separate restroom.
More than 17,000 schools across the country have rules saying school staff can or should hide a student&#8217;s gender identity from parents, according to <a href="https://defendinged.org/investigations/list-of-school-district-transgender-gender-nonconforming-student-policies/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">a list</a> compiled by Parents Defending Education.
Those schools serve more than 10 million students in 38 states.
Some of the larger districts on the list are Chicago Public Schools, Los Angeles Unified School District, D.C. Public Schools, Baltimore City Public Schools, San Francisco Unified School District, Portland Public Schools, and Seattle Public Schools.
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Parents Furious At North Dakota School District For Suggesting It Will Buck Law On Kids' Gender Identities

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Elected officials, from rural school board members to the president of the United States, take an oath to defend the Constitution. Additionally, many unelected officials, such as FBI agents, take an oath of loyalty to the Constitution. Inherent in these initiation ceremonies is the belief that the Constitution is the regime to which officials bind themselves. Here, insurrection is best understood as an attack against a text, not a person or a building — even though buildings and people may be casualties caught up in an attack against the American idea.
Hillsdale College, the preeminent conservative institution of higher learning in America, distributes as many pocket Constitutions as possible to anyone who will have one. They have long known this is what needs conservation.
In November 2021, an original copy of the U.S. Constitution fetched an impressive bounty of $43,200,000 at a private auction — a monetary gesture at the value of the text that holds America in existence.
When Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wants to validate her positions, her go-to is still the United States Constitution. She may stray from what is now considered mainstream, but she never goes so far as to stray away (in her theory) from the Constitution.
Given the importance of this text, what must it mean for people who are not actually loyal to the Constitution to rise in rank? Do you suspect we&#8217;ve had a lot of these folks in serious positions for quite some time?
If your answer is yes, you have detected what one preeminent political philosopher has called a “cause of constitutional change” by accident. “Accident” here means something not directly related to the State, which makes it harder to detect.
The three other accidental causes of regime change are:
<ol>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Corrupt elections or electioneering leading to changes over time.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Many minor changes to the Constitution add up to large changes over time.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">Immigrants in large numbers splintering the country into new factions over time.</li>
</ol>
Does any of this sound familiar?
In addition to the subtle but deadly causes of regime change, the philosopher also provides a list of non-accidental causes of constitutional change, i.e., causes directly related to the State.  
He lists them:
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<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">An arrogant ruler is in charge.  </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">A repelling faction develops.  </li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">People are acting to avoid disgrace or gain honor.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">A too-powerful monarchy or oligarchy is ruling.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">The people fear punishment.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">The people despise those in power.</li>
<li style="font-weight: 400;" aria-level="1">One class grows disproportionate.</li>
</ol>
Would you be surprised to hear these lists were composed 2,400 years ago by Aristotle?
Today our youth shrug off movies from the ’80s as irrelevant to their current life experience. The hope of generating interest in the wisdom of the ages is often dashed for a belief that the ideas du jour are on an uninterrupted continuum of progress. They are “awoke” that the ways of old are categorically unredeemable and offer nothing to them and their stream of consciousness.
Examples of this behavior abound, but the thinking often goes something like, “Fat can be the new healthy if one wants, and anyone who thinks otherwise is a bigot. These bigots will be trampled during the march of progress.”
How could a person holding this disposition take up the Constitution as something worth extending into the future? They cannot.
It should be mentioned that in composing this list of “deadlies” to a regime, Aristotle was not making a moral claim about the phenomena of regime change, but more basically an observation that these are the things that ultimately lead to regime change. If any of these items were set into motion, over time the Constitution of a state would become vulnerable.
While it’s a stretch to credit any one group with systematically organizing these action items together, they certainly have been pushed by organized factions, and not by accident. We find ourselves well into an unfolding development of many of these phenomena.
The 24-hour news cycle dominating public discussion encourages short-term, immediate thinking based on the present. The muscle memory needed to reflect on the past and to reference the wisdom of past ages becomes atrophied in these conditions. We are wired to grab for what seems pressing, and in this predicament, the resources available to think through important questions are often left aside.
It can be encouraging to know that while we are in a new era, we have not transcended the body, material world, or the basics of human nature that still account for so much of politics and individual and group behavior. The flawed and genius playbook that Aristotle composed 2,400 years ago is still very much in play, albeit with characters that he probably never could have imagined in his wildest dreams. If the American regime is worth preserving, it’s worth a nod and reference.
Becca Williams is the founder of Valor Education. 

The views expressed in this piece are those of the author and do not necessarily represent those of The Daily Wire.

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Former <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/wyoming" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Wyoming</a> Congresswoman <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/liz-cheney" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Liz Cheney</a> had a chilly reception at her alma mater this past weekend when she gave the commencement speech for Colorado College’s class of 2023. 
Many students turned their backs to Cheney during her speech and others booed, while she also received some signs of support from the audience. According to the Cowboy State Daily, <a href="https://cowboystatedaily.com/2023/05/30/colorado-college-grads-turn-backs-to-alumnus-liz-cheney-during-commencement-address/#:~:text=About%20half%20of%20Colorado%20College's,Class%20of%202023%20on%20Sunday." target="_blank" rel="noopener">roughly half</a> of the graduates turned their backs to Cheney during her speech.
“It’s an honor to be here with most of you to celebrate this tremendous accomplishment,” she said during her speech, which also took aim at former President <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/donald-trump" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Donald Trump</a>.
“After the 2020 election, and the attack of Jan. 6, my fellow Republicans wanted me to lie,” Cheney said. “They wanted me to say that the 2020 election was stolen, that the attack of Jan. 6 wasn’t a big deal, and that Donald Trump wasn’t dangerous.”
“I had to choose between lying and losing my position in House leadership,” she added.
Colorado College is a private liberal arts college in Colorado Springs and has a student body of over 2,000 students. The school’s president, Leah Song Richardson, <a href="https://gazette.com/news/education/colorado-college-alum-liz-cheney-delivers-commencement-speech-graduates-turn-chairs-away-from-stage-in/article_32e7fc22-fd89-11ed-92a8-f7214a714b08.html" target="_blank" rel="noopener">told students</a> to “welcome different perspectives” in the leadup to Cheney’s speech.
“The liberal arts education that you received here, both inside the classroom and outside, has taught you how to think,” she said. “It’s taught you how to think critically, to welcome different perspectives, to see and understand different viewpoints, to challenge and debate each other and the ideas with which you may disagree.”
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Cheney, who became well-known for her feud with Trump while serving on the Democrat-run <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/january-6-committee" target="_blank" rel="noopener">January 6 committee</a>, was booted from Congress after she lost a primary race to current Rep. Harriet Hagemen (R-WY), who was backed by Trump and went on to <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/republican-harriet-hageman-replaces-liz-cheney-wins-wyoming-house-seat" target="_blank" rel="noopener">win the general election</a>.
One student complained to the Cowboy State Daily that Cheney was too conservative. “She stood up to Trump, and that was commendable,” one student said. “But that doesn’t change her voting record or her stance on what I consider to be basic human rights.”
During her speech, Cheney also took shots at men, saying that more women should be in politics.
“This country needs more of you [women] in office,” she said. “You may have noticed that men are pretty much running things these days, and it’s not going all that well. You can change that.”
In the lead-up to the 2022 midterm elections, Cheney campaigned for a <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/first-time-im-campaigning-for-a-democrat-liz-cheney-hits-the-trail-in-michigan" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Democratic candidate in Michigan</a> and opposed Republican Arizona gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake.

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<a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/target" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Target</a> has repeatedly boasted about efforts to support the Gay, Lesbian, and Straight Education Network, also known as GLSEN, an entity which helps <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/education" target="_blank" rel="noopener">teachers</a> place <a href="http://dailywire.com/topic/lgbtq" target="_blank" rel="noopener">LGBTQ</a> books in school libraries and hide their students’ so-called gender <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/transgender" target="_blank" rel="noopener">transitions</a> from parents.
Conservatives have launched a boycott against Target after the retail behemoth <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/target-slammed-after-offering-female-swimsuits-that-have-extra-crotch-coverage-are-tuck-friendly" target="_blank" rel="noopener">marketed</a> a female swimsuit as “tuck-friendly” and with “extra crotch coverage,” as well as <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/target-faces-backlash-over-pride-collection-designer-behind-satan-respects-pronouns-shirts" target="_blank" rel="noopener">hired</a> an artist who creates Satanic items to make various designs for the company. Links between the company and GLSEN, which <a href="https://www.glsen.org/about-us" target="_blank" rel="noopener">supports</a> “affirming learning environments for LGBTQ youth” and activates “supportive educators,” resurfaced amid the backlash against Target.
The retail behemoth <a href="https://corporate.target.com/article/2022/06/pride" target="_blank" rel="noopener">boasted</a> last year about donating more than $2.1 million to GLSEN over the past decade, lauding the group’s mission to create “affirming, accessible, and antiracist spaces for LGBTQIA+ students.” Target also actively <a href="https://www.target.com/c/pride/-/N-5589f" target="_blank" rel="noopener">promotes</a> GLSEN on its online store.
“We are grateful to Target for their funding of this retrospective and for their support of GLSEN’s work in student leadership and educator trainings,” former GLSEN executive director Eliza Byard said in a <a href="https://www.glsen.org/news/glsen-and-target-team-25th-anniversary-documentary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">statement</a> several years ago about a documentary the two entities produced. “Together, we have been able to change school climates for LGBT youth.”
GLSEN runs the Rainbow Library initiative, through which individuals can <a href="https://www.rainbowlibrary.org/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">purchase</a> books such that a portion of the proceeds will be used for free volumes in school libraries. GLSEN has <a href="https://bookshop.org/shop/RainbowLibrary" target="_blank" rel="noopener">sent</a> more than 46,000 books with LGBTQ themes to several thousand schools across the nation, including “posters and supplemental resources” for educators.
One of the volumes <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/gender-queer-a-memoir-maia-kobabe/14914528?ean=9781549304002" target="_blank" rel="noopener">available</a> for purchase is “Gender Queer,” a graphic novel which <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/parents-battle-school-boards-over-graphic-content-in-gender-queer" target="_blank" rel="noopener">contains</a> verbal descriptions of masturbation and oral sex along with explicit illustrations, including a scene where a teenage boy fantasizes about touching an older man’s genitalia. “Lawn Boy,” another sexually explicit book, is also <a href="https://bookshop.org/p/books/lawn-boy-jonathan-evison/16605473?ean=9781616209230" target="_blank" rel="noopener">available</a> for purchase.
GLSEN meanwhile encourages educators to hide a student’s intention to undergo so-called gender transition from parents and other school employees. “Staff or educators shall not disclose any information that may reveal a student’s gender identity to others, including parents or guardians and other staff, unless the student has authorized such disclosure, the information is contained in school records requested by a parent or guardian, or there is another compelling need,” one model local education agency policy posted on the GLSEN <a href="https://www.glsen.org/activity/model-local-education-agency-policy-on-transgender-nonbinary-students" target="_blank" rel="noopener">website</a> said.
Beyond the endorsement of explicit books and clandestine gender transitions, GLSEN supports the promotion of the LGBTQ movement in every facet of a school’s curriculum. The organization has resources, for instance, that assist teachers with incorporating the ideology into math lessons. “As teachers teach about data collection and relevance, they should include whether it is beneficial to include gender or biological sex, being sure to reinforce the difference between those two terms,” one <a href="https://www.glsen.org/blog/how-do-we-make-math-class-more-inclusive-trans-and-non-binary-identities" target="_blank" rel="noopener">article</a> from the organization contended. “When students are creating their own surveys, if they want to include data for biological sex, teachers need to be sure they include both intersex and other as choices, and if the students want to include data for gender, a variety of choices need to be included.”
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Target has suffered in recent days as a result of backlash over their support of the LGBTQ movement. The firm’s market capitalization, which refers to the total value of a publicly traded company’s outstanding shares, has indeed <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/targets-stock-market-value-takes-6-billion-hit-since-backlash-over-pride-collection" target="_blank" rel="noopener">fallen</a> from $70.4 billion to $64.3 billion over the past week as consumers react strongly against the company&#8217;s efforts.
Executives made <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/news/bud-light-situation-target-makes-emergency-calls-after-backlash-to-tuck-friendly-female-swimwear-report" target="_blank" rel="noopener">calls</a> to managers and senior directors last week amid the backlash against the firm, reportedly telling leadership to make their “Pride Month” displays less prominent in order to avoid inducing another “Bud Light situation,” a reference to the beer brand’s rapidly declining sales which occurred after a partnership with self-described transgender influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

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Six <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/maryland">Maryland</a> parents are suing their children&#8217;s school board for allegedly forcing their children to read &#8220;Pride&#8221; themed books without parental knowledge.
The three couples, who come from different religious backgrounds, filed a <a href="https://becketnewsite.s3.amazonaws.com/20230524130022/Complaint-in-Mahmoud-v.-McKnight.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">lawsuit</a> Tuesday in federal court against the Montgomery County Board of Education, alleging the board violated their parental rights.
The lawsuit comes after the school board in October compiled a <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/1J0TsuuWckSvLucXh_xxl28X7eD0EkHzZjR6eXLBqOR4/edit" target="_blank" rel="noopener">list</a> of 13 new &#8220;LGBTQ-inclusive&#8221; books.
The board also allegedly informed parents they could no longer opt their children out of the curriculum.
The school board &#8220;claims authority to introduce pre-K and elementary school kids to certain books (the &#8216;Pride Storybooks”&#8217;) that promote one-sided transgender ideology, encourage gender transitioning, and focus excessively on romantic infatuation — with no parental notification or opportunity to opt out,&#8221; the lawsuit states.
The parents&#8217; lawsuit argues that the board&#8217;s new LGBT book list and the lack of opt-out options violates a <a href="https://mgaleg.maryland.gov/2022RS/bills/hb/hb0618f.pdf" target="_blank" rel="noopener">state law</a> that requires school boards to notify parents beforehand about any curriculum material related to &#8220;sexuality&#8221; and allow them to &#8220;withdraw the child from the course or lesson.&#8221;
The Maryland law states that parents may “object to instructional material and other materials, … if the objection is based on beliefs regarding morality, religion, philosophy, any fundamental value system deemed important by a parent, or the belief that the materials are harmful.”
The board also violated one of its own policies, the lawsuit claims.
The parents&#8217; legal team is asking the court to immediately block the school board’s no parental notice or opt-out option policy.
One of the books on the &#8220;Pride&#8221; list is titled &#8220;Love, Violet&#8221; and is meant for children as young as kindergarten. The book is about girls falling in love with other girls.
Another book is titled &#8220;Born Ready: The True Story of a Boy Named Penelope,&#8221; also aimed at children as young as kindergarten, and teaches children that a girl may actually be a boy.
&#8220;Pride Puppy,&#8221; aimed at ages three to five, serves as an &#8220;introduction to Pride parades for the youngest readers,&#8221; <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Pride-Puppy-Robin-Stevenson/dp/1459824849" target="_blank" rel="noopener">according</a> to Publishers Weekly.
The lawsuit also claims that the &#8220;Pride&#8221; books invites children as young as three to look for images of an &#8220;intersex flag,&#8221; a &#8220;drag king,&#8221; a &#8220;drag queen,&#8221; &#8220;leather,&#8221; &#8220;underwear,&#8221; and a picture of &#8220;LGBTQ activist and sex worker, Marsha P. Johnson.&#8221;
The lawsuit names school board members as well as Superintendent Monifa McKnight of Montgomery County Public Schools, which covers an affluent area directly north of Washington, D.C.
The six parents are Muslim, Catholic, and Orthodox Christian and are being represented by the Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, a conservative law firm focused on religious freedom.
&#8220;Children are entitled to guidance from their own parents, who know and love them best, regarding how they’ll be introduced to complex issues concerning gender identity, transgenderism, and human sexuality,&#8221; <a href="https://www.becketlaw.org/media/maryland-parents-sue-for-right-to-opt-kids-out-of-pride-storybooks/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">said</a> Eric Baxter, vice president and senior counsel at the Becket Fund.
&#8220;Like states nationwide, Maryland has long recognized that parents have the right to opt their children out of school activities that conflict with their religious beliefs or push sham science,&#8221; Baxter said.

Six Maryland Parents Sue School Board For Forcing Kids To Read ‘Pride’ Books

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