{"id":1031569,"date":"2021-11-19T10:28:48","date_gmt":"2021-11-19T15:28:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1031569"},"modified":"2021-11-19T10:28:51","modified_gmt":"2021-11-19T15:28:51","slug":"wisconsin-parents-sue-school-district-for-allowing-daughter-to-socially-transition-without-their-consent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wisconsin-parents-sue-school-district-for-allowing-daughter-to-socially-transition-without-their-consent\/","title":{"rendered":"Wisconsin Parents Sue School District for Allowing Daughter to &#039;Socially Transition&#039; Without Their Consent"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwisconsin-parents-sue-school-district-for-allowing-daughter-to-socially-transition-without-their-consent%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1031569&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Transgender-child.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Wisconsin parents removed their 12-year-old daughter from the&nbsp;Kettle Moraine School District (KMSD) after the school began a \u201csocial transition\u201d so she could \u201cpresent[] to others as the opposite sex,\u201d according to a lawsuit <a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-11\/BF-v-Kettle-Moraine-School-District-Complaint-2021-11-17.pdf\">filed<\/a>&nbsp;Wednesday on behalf of the parents by the Wisconsin Institute for Law and Liberty (WILL) and Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF).<\/p>\n<p>The lawsuit, which involves two sets of parents suing the school district, specifically challenges KMSD\u2019s policy that \u201callows minor students to change their name and gender pronouns at school without parental consent,\u201d according to a <a href=\"https:\/\/adflegal.org\/press-release\/wisconsin-parents-sue-school-district-shutting-them-out-childrens-name-pronoun\">press release<\/a> from ADF.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>One of the couples says they were forced to withdraw their daughter from the district because teachers and administrators planned to use \u201ca male name and male pronouns to address their daughter at school without their consent and over their objections.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to a letter from WILL and ADF to KMSD school board President Gary Vose and Superintendent Stephen Plum, the plaintiffs\u2019 daughter \u201cbegan to experience rapid onset gender dysphoria, along with significant anxiety and depression\u201d in mid-December.<\/p>\n<p>The other couple joined the lawsuit to make sure their children do not become subject to a \u201csocial transition.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cThis action seeks to vindicate one of the most fundamental constitutional rights every parent holds dear: the right to raise their children,\u201d the filing begins.<\/p>\n<p>The 12-year-old was removed from KMSD briefly to attend a mental health center to process her gender dysphoria in January, but was ultimately encouraged to accept that \u201cshe was really a transgender boy and encouraged her to transition to a male identity,\u201d according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>After returning to KMSD, the parents informed the school of the situation and expressed to school Principal Michael Comiskey and guidance counselor Christina Cowen that they \u201cwanted teachers and staff to refer to their daughter using her legal name and female pronouns when she returned to school.\u201d They were asked to wait another day before sending their daughter back to school, as the administrators needed to find out what the district\u2019s policy was on students with gender dysphoria.<\/p>\n<p>The next day, Comiskey informed the parents they, in fact, would refer to their daughter with whatever name and gender she preferred, over the objections of the parents, according to the lawsuit.<\/p>\n<p>After pulling the child out of school, \u201c<strong>about two weeks later, she changed her mind about wanting to transition<\/strong> to a male identity, deciding instead that she wanted to continue using her birth name and female pronouns,\u201d and she told her mother that \u201c<strong>affirmative care really messed me up<\/strong>.\u201d [Emphasis added]. She explained to her mother, according to the lawsuit, that the \u201crush to affirm&nbsp;that she was really a boy added to her confusion and fueled anger towards her mother.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cParents\u2019 rights to direct the upbringing, education, and mental health treatment of their children is one of the most basic constitutional rights every parent holds dear,\u201d ADF Senior Counsel and Director of the ADF Center for Parental Rights Kate Anderson said. \u201cYet we are seeing more and more school districts across the country not only ignoring parents\u2019 concerns, but actively working against them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Citing caselaw, the letter to the superintendent and school board president stated that, \u201cOne of the most fundamental and longest recognized \u2018inherent rights\u2019 protected by the Wisconsin (and United States) Constitution is the right of parents to \u2018direct the upbringing and education of children under their control.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The letter then lays out three principles, from caselaw, regarding parental rights:<\/p>\n<blockquote readability=\"32\">\n<p>First, parents are the primary decision-makers with respect to their minor children\u2014not their school, or even the children themselves.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Second, the fact that \u201cthe decision of a parent is not agreeable to a child or \u2026 involves risks\u201d \u201cdoes not diminish the parents\u2019 authority to decide what is best for the child,\u201d nor does it \u201cautomatically transfer the power to make that decision from the parents to some agency or officer of the state.\u201d \u2026&nbsp;Rather, courts recognize that \u201cparents possess what a child lacks in maturity, experience, and capacity for judgment required for making life\u2019s difficult decisions,\u201d \u2026 and that parents, not government officials, \u201chav[e] the most effective motives and inclinations and [are] in the best position and under the strongest obligations\u201d to decide what is best for their children.<\/p>\n<p>\u2026<\/p>\n<p>Finally, parents\u2019 constitutional rights reach their peak on \u201cmatters of the greatest importance.\u201d \u2026&nbsp;Medical and health-related decisions, for example, are generally reserved for parents: \u201cMost children, even in adolescence, simply are not able to make sound judgments concerning many decisions, including their need for medical care or treatment. Parents can and must make those judgments.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Deputy Counsel Luke Berg, who is lead counsel for this case, said:<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSchools cannot override parents when it comes to decisions about their children. Students\u2019 decisions about what names and genders pronouns they prefer are no exception. Schools must defer to parents about what is best for their child.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo parent should be forced to withdraw their child from public school to preserve their parental role and protect their child,\u201d the letter concludes. \u201cThe District\u2019s policy not only directly interferes with parents\u2019 right to make the critical decision about whether transitioning will be best for their child, it also does significant damage to the parent-child relationship.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The case is<em> B.F. v. Kettle Moraine School District<\/em>,&nbsp;No. 21-CV-30701 in the Waukesha County Circuit Court.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Wisconsin parents removed their 12-year-old daughter from the\u00a0Kettle Moraine School District (KMSD) after the school began a \u201csocial transition\u201d so she could \u201cpresent[] to others as the opposite sex,\u201d according &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":179,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1031569","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031569","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/179"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1031569"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031569\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031569"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031569"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031569"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}