Hearing on Mastriano parental rights bill invigorates supporters, riles foes

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The Senate State Government Committee heard testimony from parents who support Pennsylvania joining 15 states that codify parental rights as a fundamental right while critics call it unnecessary.

Parent Fenicia Redman of Chester County read an excerpt from a book containing sexually explicit material to senators during a Senate State Goverment Committee hearing on Wednesday on a bill to create a parental bill of rights in Pennsylvania. Screenshot from Pa.

Street criticized the Republicans on the committee for not allowing his caucus to offer up testifiers who would offer an opposing view although committee Chairman Dave Argall, R-Schuylkill County, maintained that was not the case. “Parents do have rights with respect to curriculum. They’re able to review it. They’re able to opt students out of lessons or courses,” Ward said.“They need to enforce the rights that students are given to be free from discrimination under the law and that’s what schools are doing,” she said. “That includes discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.”

Maria Ault, mother of two teen-age daughters in Lehigh County, said the COVID-19 lockdown that had students learning in virtual classrooms gave parents a window into what was happening in schools. “It’s clear to parents that our schools are in the grips of radical sexual and gender ideology and the parents are being excluded from important matters concerning their own children,” Ault said. “This is an egregious interference with the rights of parents and we will continue to fight.”

 

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Mastriano is correct.

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