{"id":1415100,"date":"2022-04-01T14:44:34","date_gmt":"2022-04-01T18:44:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1415100"},"modified":"2022-04-01T14:44:45","modified_gmt":"2022-04-01T18:44:45","slug":"floridas-new-law-is-only-bad-for-people-who-believe-parents-have-no-rights-over-their-children","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/floridas-new-law-is-only-bad-for-people-who-believe-parents-have-no-rights-over-their-children\/","title":{"rendered":"Florida\u2019s New Law Is Only Bad For People Who Believe Parents Have No Rights Over Their Children"},"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\">34<\/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%2Ffloridas-new-law-is-only-bad-for-people-who-believe-parents-have-no-rights-over-their-children%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=1415100&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\/2022\/04\/CNN.png\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p>\u201cQueer\u201d activist and Florida student Zander Moricz implored CNN\u2019s audience on Friday to immediately take it upon themselves to read <a href=\"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/2022\/03\/31\/dont-let-gay-chasten-buttigieg-near-your-children-says-nonexistent-desantis-law\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">the new parental rights law<\/a> that has caused so much heartburn among leftists. I can only guess that he\u2019s banking on nobody actually doing it because he went on to mischaracterize all seven pages of the thing (with of course no pushback from the anchor).<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you haven\u2019t read the bill, go read it right now,\u201d he said, \u201cbecause the language of the legislation makes it so obvious that despite the title, this has nothing to do with empowering parents. This is about de-empowering and harming queer children.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Let\u2019s call his bluff!<\/p>\n<p>The full text of the law <a href=\"https:\/\/www.flsenate.gov\/Session\/Bill\/2022\/1557\/BillText\/er\/PDF\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">can be read here<\/a> in the same amount of time it takes to say \u201cgender dysphoria,\u201d but here are just a few key lines on what it directs public schools to do:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>\u201c\u2026adopt procedures for notifying a student\u2019s parent if there is a change in the student\u2019s services or monitoring related to the student\u2019s mental, emotional, or physical health or well-being and the school\u2019s ability to provide a safe and supportive learning environment for the student.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c\u2026not prohibit parents from accessing any of their student\u2019s education and health records created, maintained, or used by the school district.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c\u2026encourage a student to discuss issues relating to his or her well-being with his or her parent or to facilitate discussion of the issue with the parent.\u201d<\/li>\n<li>\u201c\u2026notify parents of each healthcare service offered at their student\u2019s school and the option to withhold consent or decline any specific service.\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>In essence, the language affirms a parent\u2019s right to control and be fully informed about the health and development of his or her child. That means if a school plans to give out hormone replacement drugs, they\u2019re going to need parental consent (a radical concept, I know).<\/p>\n<p>On CNN, Moricz fretted that the law would prohibit \u201cqueer\u201d children from coming out as non-heterosexual to their teachers. That impression \u2014\u00a0to the extent that it\u2019s an honest one \u2014 appears to come from some notion that requiring schools to provide parents with total access to their own children\u2019s health records could potentially mean \u201couting\u201d students to family members before they\u2019re ready to do so. But to the contrary, the law explicitly protects students from that very scenario.<\/p>\n<p>From page four: The law \u201cdoes not prohibit a school district from adopting procedures that permit school personnel to withhold such information from a parent if a reasonably prudent person would believe that disclosure would result in abuse, abandonment, or neglect\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I didn\u2019t know that until I read the text. Thanks for the tip, Zander!<\/p>\n<p>Moricz also suggested that the law works to prevent gay and transgender students from expressing their identities, raising the question: Has <em>he<\/em> read it?<\/p>\n<p>I assume this is the part on page four that Moricz, like so many other leftists, is taking exception with: \u201cClassroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students\u2026\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In other words, teachers are instructed not to discuss topics related to sex with children up to grade 3, and anything else needs to be \u201cage appropriate,\u201d as determined by the school board.<\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s not blatant dishonesty, then it\u2019s confusion on the part of Moricz and many in the media; this law does not apply to students. It\u2019s for teachers and other faculty. The kids can say whatever they want about being gay, \u201cqueer,\u201d transgender, etc. No one is going to stop them. And nothing in the law prohibits a teacher from having private discussions with students on the subject anyway.<\/p>\n<p>To recap, the law requires schools to provide parents with any and all information related to their child\u2019s well-being, to protect students who may be in harm\u2019s way at home, and to knock it off with the sex talk until at least the fourth grade.<\/p>\n<p>If it\u2019s a great imposition that now a Florida teacher doesn\u2019t get to explain to 6-year-olds what it means to have <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1509658926203039744?s=10\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">a \u201ctrans fem\u201d partner<\/a>, Moricz and his peers should feel free to make the case for why it\u2019s imperative that teachers have that right. (Spoiler: It\u2019s not! Try teaching math instead.)<\/p>\n<p>Moricz is right about one thing, though. If you haven\u2019t read the law, go read it right now.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\" \/>\n<div class=\"article-author-description fst-italic\">\n  Eddie Scarry is the D.C. columnist at The Federalist and author of &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Privileged-Victims-Americas-Fascists-Hijacked\/dp\/1642931454\">Privileged Victims: How America&#8217;s Culture Fascists Hijacked the Country and Elevated Its Worst People<\/a>.&#8221;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>\u201cQueer\u201d activist and Florida student Zander Moricz implored CNN\u2019s audience on Friday to immediately take it upon themselves to read the new parental rights law that has caused so much<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":493,"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-1415100","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\/1415100","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\/493"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1415100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1415100\/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=1415100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1415100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1415100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}