Vast Majority Believe Parents Should Be Able To Opt Out Of Objectionable Curriculum, Rejecting Left’s View

 A new poll finds that three out of every four Americans believe that parents should be able to opt their children out of public school subjects they deem immoral or objectionable.

The Becket Fund for Religious Freedom surveyed 1,000 American adults between September 28 and October 5 as part of its annual Religious Freedom Index, and the results show that transgender advocacy in schools is a losing deal for Democrat politicians - At least if voters are paying attention.

In a consensus that is rare for any political issue, 74% of respondents agreed that "Parents should be able to opt their children out of public school curriculum on gender and sexuality that violates their religious beliefs." does or that they believe is not age appropriate.”

That's four percent more than when the question was raised at the height of the education culture war in 2021, suggesting the left has lost ground as more Americans hide radical ideas under the banner of social-emotional learning. We've seen examples of public schools having sex-ed, and so on.

Only a third of respondents agreed with the position supported by teachers unions and many Democrats that "public schools are responsible for shaping the next generation of citizens and should be the final authority on what children are taught in school."

The percentage agreeing strongly (not somewhat) with the position of parental rights has also strengthened, up nine points from 2021.

Eighty percent disagreed that schools should be allowed to "withhold information from parents about their child's decision to change a new name, adopt new pronouns, or initiate a gender transition" and 76% disagreed. That "schools should be allowed to encourage children to change gender."

The results of the survey were first shared with The Daily Wire. “Americans are making it clear that no one can replace a parent when it comes to raising children,” said Lori Windham, vice president and senior counsel at Beckett. This is a good sign for the direction of our nation and for every parent who wants to impart values and virtues to their children.

Windham said, "Our country is better off when we allow parents to raise their children, not the government."

The findings come as school districts across the country are doing the opposite.

For example, in Montgomery County, Maryland, the school board prevented parents from removing their children from lessons on sexuality, specifically arguing that it was because so many parents wanted to do so. So that it causes disruption. District materials tell teachers that if a parent asks, "Can I keep my child home while students are learning about LGBTQ+ topics?" They should discuss "equity" and then say, "Parents always have the option to keep their student(s) at home when using these texts; “However, this will not be an excused absence.” (The same district recently excused the absence of students who wanted to protest Israel on the anniversary of Kristallnacht.)

Meanwhile, the state of California paid a nonprofit that encourages children to identify as "fauxgender" gender and teaches schools how to hide it. It includes a six-page guide on what pronouns to use for children and whether school staff need to hide the use of those pronouns from their parents. “It's not always the case that caregivers are supportive of their child's gender, their gender journey, in that case, if the parents aren't supportive or if the child isn't out, there's not necessarily someone on the gender support team. will be part of, training director Carla Pena said at the group's annual Gender Spectrum Families conference last year.

And in Virginia, a mother sued her school district because she repeatedly asked her child about the infection. The child contracted the infection, the district hid it from the mother, and then he was smuggled to Baltimore and placed with a registered sex offender. A school counselor reportedly testified in a Baltimore court that the girl should live in a group home with at-risk boys in Baltimore rather than being returned to her mother, speculating that the mother might be transphobic.

The survey results explain why the issue of parental rights has become an issue in the current presidential election. Republican candidates this year have framed themselves as staunch defenders of parents' rights in the classroom, with top contenders Donald Trump, Ron DeSantis and Nikki Haley all promising to give parents more power if they win the presidency. Is.