{"id":2014546,"date":"2023-08-28T17:11:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-28T21:11:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-continues-to-push-parental-rights-as-left-wing-attacks-mount\/"},"modified":"2023-08-28T17:13:17","modified_gmt":"2023-08-28T21:13:17","slug":"youngkin-continues-to-push-parental-rights-as-left-wing-attacks-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-continues-to-push-parental-rights-as-left-wing-attacks-mount\/","title":{"rendered":"Youngkin stands firm on parental rights despite increasing left-wing criticism."},"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\">20<\/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%2Fyoungkin-continues-to-push-parental-rights-as-left-wing-attacks-mount%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=2014546&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--><h2>Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin Continues to Champion Parental Rights<\/h2>\n<p>Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin \u200bis\u2063 steadfastly \u2064advancing his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/youngkin-continues-to-push-parental-rights-as-left-wing-attacks-mount\/\" title=\"Youngkin stands firm on parental rights despite increasing left-wing criticism.\">pro-parental rights agenda<\/a> as he campaigns for state lawmakers ahead \u200dof the upcoming elections \u2062in November.<\/p>\n<p>Recently, Youngkin&#8217;s administration strongly criticized the Fairfax County \u200cPublic Schools&#8217; \u2062decision to defy the state&#8217;s guidelines on radical gender \u200dtheory.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p>&#8220;The \u2063Fairfax County Public Schools policies diverge from VDOE \u2063model policy guidance and perpetuate a false notion that \u200bFCPS knows what&#8217;s better for a child than a child&#8217;s parent. The Fairfax County \u200bschool\u2062 board is expected to follow the law.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>During a recent event in Georgia, \u200bYoungkin also took aim at teachers unions, describing them \u2062as &#8220;a political organization&#8221; that his administration has to battle every day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Virginia Gov. \u200dGlenn Youngkin on Virginia&#8217;s recovery:<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s any better \u2063example of bad leftist policies that weren&#8217;t\u200b working and then common-sense conservative \u2063policies that do work&#8230;&#8221; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/deE3gi3lHq\">pic.twitter.com\/deE3gi3lHq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Steve Guest (@SteveGuest) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SteveGuest\/status\/1696229316269379803?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 28, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>In a separate interview, Youngkin emphasized that government policies regarding parents should be based on common sense, stating that &#8220;parents are in charge of their children&#8217;s lives.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The kids don&#8217;t belong to\u2063 the state. They belong to the parents and to families,&#8221; he asserted.\u200c &#8220;And they have the ultimate say in decisions that that child is going\u200c to make with \u200ba parent, not with a bureaucrat. And finally, at the end of the\u200b day, these are the exact same school\u200d systems that fought us \u200con allowing\u2063 parents to decide whether children wear a mask or whether <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/masterpiece-cakeshop-christian-baker-on-trial-again-this-time-sued-by-transgender-activist\/\" title=\"Masterpiece Cakeshop Christian Baker On Trial Again: This Time Sued By Transgender Activist\">sexually explicit materials<\/a> could be removed from the curriculum, or that schools were going to stay shut for a long period of time, unnecessarily long, which resulted in massive learning loss.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As Youngkin continues to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/casey-desantis-helps-position-her-husband-as-the-pro-parent-candidate-in-2024-race\/\" title=\"Casey DeSantis boosts husband's pro-parent image for 2024 race.\">champion parental rights<\/a>, Democrats, including Senator Tim Kaine, have criticized him on the issue. Kaine mentioned Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida as a role model for Youngkin and raised concerns about\u2063 efforts in Virginia to ban \u200bbooks and restrict access to certain materials.<\/p>\n<p>The \u200bDaily Wire\u2064 previously reported on the\u2062 removal of a highly graphic book titled &#8220;Gender Queer: A Memoir&#8221; from library shelves in Loudoun County, Virginia.<\/p>\n<p>Local media, such as the\u2063 Richmond Times-Dispatch, have also attacked Youngkin&#8217;s efforts, questioning the academic benefits of removing sexually explicit \u2063books and downplaying concerns about gender identity and national security threats.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&#8220;It&#8217;s \u200bdifficult, if not impossible,\u200d to see how <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/biden-admin-investigates-texas-superintendent-for-removing-sexually-explicit-books-from-school-libraries\/\" title=\"Biden Admin Investigates Texas Superintendent for Removing Sexually Explicit Books from School Libraries\">removing sexually explicit books<\/a> is going to help why student or school improve academically&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>A real argument from the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RTDNEWS?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@RTDNEWS<\/a> editorial board against Youngkin&#8217;s parental rights efforts. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/H1ckvBpUkw\">https:\/\/t.co\/H1ckvBpUkw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Matt Whitlock\u2064 (@mattdizwhitlock) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattdizwhitlock\/status\/1695822585756287265?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">August 27, 2023<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin is actively promoting his pro-parental rights agenda while campaigning for state lawmakers before the upcoming November elections. His administration strongly criticized the Fairfax County Public Schools for disregarding the state&#8217;s guidelines on radical gender theory. 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