Colorado’s State Board of Education is expected to get an earful Tuesday when they consider public feedback on whether children in kindergarten through third grade should be learning about LGBTQ perspectives in history and civics classes.
There is just no delicate way to explain this argument, which we would argue is argument enough for why the subject doesn’t belong in a classroom of five-year-old kids.
If a child is too young to even spell penis or vagina, can they really even comprehend what it is they are being taught?
This isn’t about political beliefs, it’s about parents not wanting their young child in a room full of strangers broaching matters dealing with sexuality of any nature.
The committee revising the state’s social studies standards agreed to remove all references in the recommended curriculum for young children after getting blowback from parents who rightly questioned the “age appropriateness” of the material.
And as the state begins consideration as to whether these studies will be removed from the classroom —yes, our little ones are already learning about it — one school board official is already demanding LGBTQ studies in kindergarten through third grade.
One guess who it is.
We must unite and oppose this.
This is the Colorado version of #DontSayGay https://t.co/jpjbxHjTuc
— Denver School Board Vice President – Tay Anderson (@DirectorTay) April 8, 2022
Florida’s state lawmakers recently prohibited the instruction of LGBTQ issues to children in kindergarten through third grade and are being labeled as anti-gay by progressives and the media.
That is the exact opposite of what Colorado did in 2019 when the Democrat-controlled legislature mandated LGBTQ studies and Gov. Polis signed House Bill 1192 directing that all students be taught the experiences and perspectives of Black, Latino, Native American, LGBTQ and religious minorities.
When they said all students, they included kindergarten.
From the Denver Post:
Tuesday’s presentation will focus on public feedback the committee received about its revisions. The state Department of Education received nearly 1,000 emails and letters as well as more than 17,000 pieces of feedback through its database, although many of those comments were sent by the same people, according to slides that were made public by the agency ahead of the meeting.
The feedback was mixed. Some people supported the changes made to include more inclusive perspectives in school history lessons, while others felt the proposed changes “appeared to emphasize ‘negative’ elements of American history.”
The state Board of Education will finalize the new standards this summer.