The Patriot Post® · A Moment of Moral Clarity

We’ve reported before about the ongoing controversy in Montgomery County, Maryland, a progressive suburb of Washington, D.C.  Far-left radicals on the school board not only decided to incorporate a lot of bizarre material into sex ed lessons and more, they also decided to take away the ability of parents to opt their children out of such extreme lessons.
 
This radical assault on parental rights had the immediate effect of unifying the very diverse community.  The divisions between faith and ethnic groups were quickly erased when it came down to the right of parents to protect their children.  Christian, Jewish and Muslim parents came together to protest this blatant attack on their values.
 
But the left-wing bureaucrats are ignoring the parents.  So, they are taking their case to the federal courts, and the lines have been clearly drawn.
 
Twenty-three state attorneys general (all Republicans) filed a brief in the court siding with the fundamental rights of parents to raise and control the education of their children. 
 
Nineteen state attorneys general (all Democrats) filed a brief saying our kids are property of the state, and that the state will dictate what and when they learn about complicated issues of sex and gender, which leftists have completely warped now. 
 
What is happening in this lawsuit is a perfect example of the irreconcilable split in America today. 
 
One side in this dispute can’t even tell you what a woman is!  That’s as basic as it gets.  Why on earth would anyone trust them to manage anything else?!
 
But only one worldview is going to prevail in the culture war.
 
I know folks in Mississippi or Missouri might be thinking, “Well, Gary, that’s one community in a blue, coastal state.  Of course, they’re going to do crazy things.  But that will never happen here.”
 
Think again. 
 
Every time the left gets control of the White House and Congress, they move aggressively to force all the states to do what the liberal states are doing.  That’s the problem.  They don’t believe in federalism. 
 
Joe Biden’s administration has threatened to starve poor children (here and here) unless local schools accept the insane idea that boys should be able to use girls’ bathrooms. 
 
For all the left’s talk about tolerance, they don’t have any.  They mean to force you to kneel at their progressive altar, especially if it offends your religious beliefs.