School Sex Books Mandatory: Virginia Governor Veto

Representatives of the citizens of Virginia overwhelmingly passed legislation to require schools to inform parents of sexually explicit book assignments in order to allow parents to "opt out" their children, but the governor vetoed the bill this week saying that the state Board of Education, which is eternally controlled by liberals, might someday enact something similar on its own initiative.

[Besides,] "this legislation lacks flexibility and would require the label of 'sexually explicit' to apply to an artistic work based on a single scene, without further context."
-- Gov. Terry McAuliffe (D), Virginia

Informing parents of the curriculum would impede the school's sexual indoctrination programs.

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Illinois School Board OKs Kids' Demands for Dirty Book

California School Pushes Porn Sex Ed, Parents Outraged

Porn Novel for Freshmen Orientation in South Carolina

Children can be protected by citizens' involvement, as shown when parents challenge the schools.

-- From "Virginia Governor Vetoes Sexually Explicit Books Bill" posted at WRC-TV4 NBC News Washington, D.C. 4/4/16

The measure, which is backed by GOP House Speaker William Howell, was brought to the General Assembly by a Fairfax County mother [Laura Murphy] who protested the use of Toni Morrison's 'Beloved' in her son's high school senior class. The 1987 novel set in the post-Civil War era includes scenes depicting sex, rape and bestiality.

The bill initially flew through the GOP-controlled House with unanimous support [including from all of the Democrats]. But outcry from Democrats and free-speech groups grew as the bill received more attention. The 22-17 vote in the Senate means there's likely not enough support to override the governor's veto in that chamber.

The bill would direct the state Board of Education to create a policy on sexually explicit books for elementary and secondary schools. Under the policy, schools would be required to provide an alternative to the sexually explicit book if a parent objects.

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From "McAuliffe vetoes bill permitting parents to block sexually explicit books in school" by Jenna Portnoy, Washington Post 4/4/16

“School boards are best positioned to ensure that our students are exposed to those appropriate literary and artistic works that will expand students’ horizons and enrich their learning experiences,” [Gov. McAuliffe] said in the veto message.

Del. R. Steven Landes (R- Augusta), chairman of the House Education Committee, sponsored the bill at the request of House Speaker William J. Howell (R-Stafford), making it a top priority for the overwhelmingly Republican House.

Landes called the veto “disappointing” and said he would introduce the legislation again next year if the state doesn’t change the regulations.

The National Council of Teachers of English and the National Coalition Against Censorship opposed the bill; the conservative Family Foundation of Virginia favored it.

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From "Gov. vetoes bill requiring schools to ID sexually explicit material" by Jim Nolan, Richmond Times-Dispatch 4/4/16

“Parents make decisions every day about what video games kids play, what movies they watch and what material they consume online,” [Del.] Landes said in a statement. “They should have the same opportunity within the classroom.”

Landes said Virginia already has similar policies for sexual education and science curriculum. He said he brought the legislation because the Board of Education has “put this issue off for several years” and said he would reintroduce the bill again next year if regulatory changes are not implemented.

“It is remarkable that the governor has so little respect for parents who simply want to know and be free to make decisions about what their kids are being taught,” said Victoria Cobb, president of the Family Foundation of Virginia.

“Parents are not the enemy of education, they are the driving force behind their children learning and succeeding,” she added. “If schools and teachers have nothing to hide, there should have been no opposition to this common sense transparency measure.”

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Outlawing 'Transgender' Restroom Use in Virginia

Who could have imagined that a new law would be required to ensure that people use the public restroom that corresponds with their God-given anatomy? Yet, a bill introduced in the Virginia legislature is being vilified for doing just that.

“. . . the U.S. Justice Department is trying to bully schools into having boys and girls shower together. . . Do you want boys and girls showering together? Because that’s where this is headed.  [In contrast, this] legislation will protect the privacy rights of the vast majority of the children in Virginia and respect the rights of those who want to be a different gender than what they are. . . . It’s just common sense. But unfortunately, there seems to be a shortage of common sense these days.”
-- Delegate Mark Cole, R–Spotsylvania

UPDATE 2/9/16: Virginia Bathroom Privacy Bill Defeated (see excerpts below)

For background, read President Obama Forces Wildest Transgender Agenda on School Children Using Full Force of Federal Government and now Hillary Clinton Promises Even MORE 'Transgender/Gay Rights'

Also read Virginia School Sued for Letting Girls in Boys Locker Room

Click headlines below to read previous articles:

Kindergartners Taught Transgenderism in St. Paul School and also Taught Sex Change in Maine School

Minnesota & California OK Boys on Girls' School Teams, in Showers (claiming Title IX)

Missouri Residents Protest Transgender/Gay Boy in Girls Locker Room

Parents' Lawyer Halts Wisconsin School Transgender Sneak Attack

And read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victims and Professionals

-- From "8News Daily Poll: What should be the basis for deciding which bathroom transgender students use?" posted at WRIC-TV8 (Richmond, VA) 1/13/16

A measure (HB 663) sponsored by Delegate Mark Cole would require school boards to create and implement bathroom policies that require students to use gender-specific bathrooms based on their “anatomical sex” and not on how they identify themselves. An individual could also request a unisex bathroom.

One supporter argued during Wednesday’s General Assembly session that, “our young girls have a right to be in the bathroom and not expect their privacy to be vulnerable.”

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From "$50 Fine for Using the 'Wrong' Restroom?" by Sandy Hausman, WVTF-FM89.1 NPR (Roanoke, VA) 1/13/16

Under federal law, it’s illegal to discriminate against students because they’re male or female, and the American Civil Liberties Union says that also applies to transgender children, so the director of Virginia’s office, Claire Gastenaga, is dismayed by several bills drafted by state lawmakers.

But Delegate Mark Cole defends his decision to try and restrict access to restrooms based on anatomy.  He would require school boards and state agencies to adopt a policy fining violators $50, and he says his constituents view this as a legitimate problem.

Critics say self-image is a complicated matter -- that children cannot be defined solely by anatomy, and Gastenaga says enforcement would necessitate physical inspections.

[Cole] says the bill would also protect school districts from lawsuits, but Gastenaga believes courts will side with transgender people in the years to come – ruling that it’s discriminatory to bar them from the bathroom where they believe they belong.

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From "Del. Cole files bill restricting restroom use of transgender people" by Vanessa Remmers, The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA) 1/12/16

[Cole] said concerns raised by Stafford County parents about a transgender student’s use of the female restroom at a county school prompted him to file the proposed legislation.

Hartwood Elementary School staff originally allowed the transgender student to use the restroom of the gender the student identifies with.

At the time, Stafford school officials said they wanted direction from state legislators on how to grapple with such issues.

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From "Creepy Virginia Toilet Proposal Could Require Genital Inspections, Critics Fear" by Ed Mazza, Overnight Editor, The Huffington Post 1/13/16

House Bill 663, proposed by Delegate Mark Cole of the state's House of Representatives, defines anatomical sex as "the physical condition of being male or female, which is determined by a person's anatomy." It would require all restrooms on property owned or leased by the state "solely be used by individuals whose anatomical sex matches such gender designation."

The proposal would also allow schools to create a single-stall unisex bathroom or shower for students who request it.

The bill does not specify how "anatomical sex" will be confirmed by the law-enforcement officer, but civil rights advocates say there's really only one way to be sure.

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From "Virginia lawmaker says his bathroom bill won't require genital checks for children" by Rebecca Ruiz, mashable.com 1/13/16

Cole refuted that claim in his statement, arguing that administrators could verify "anatomical sex" through a student registration form or birth certificate. The legislation, he added, would be enforced when administrators or authorities receive complaints.

"Contrary to what has been said about the legislation, it does NOT require genital checks," Cole said. "That is a lie started by those who want to make all facilities, including school restrooms, dressing rooms, and showers, 'gender neutral.'"

Cole said that a group of parents in his district requested the legislation, citing concern about a male student who wanted to use the girls facilities. Cole's district includes the city of Fredericksburg and surrounding counties.

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UPDATE 2/9/16: From "Bill to force transgender students to use bathroom of biological sex dies in House committee" by Graham Moomaw, Richmond Times-Dispatch

The bill [House Bill 781] died in the Republican-controlled committee on a bipartisan [8-13] vote.

“This is a little bit complicated, and I’m not comfortable sending a signal to the courts that we’re making a decision in anticipation of what they may or may not decide,” said Del. Thomas A. “Tag” Greason, R-Loudoun.

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Also read All Ladies' Rooms Open to Men in Washington State as the Federal Government OKs Perverts in Employees' Restrooms Across America

And read 52-year-old Man is Adopted as 6-year-old Girl

VA School Sued: Letting Girls in Boys Locker Room

Student Jack Doe (a pseudonym) is suing the Fairfax County School Board over its new transgender policy because he “is terrified of the thought of having to share intimate spaces with students who have the physical features of a girl, seeing such conduct as an invasion of his privacy, invasion of fellow students’ privacy and a violation of the though[t] patterns and understanding about male and female relationships which are part of his cultural values.”

For background, read Fairfax County Schools Opens All Restrooms to "Any and All Genders" -- school claims Obama administration has mandated the change by threatening to withhold money

Also read President Obama Forces Wildest Transgender Agenda on Children Using Full Force of Federal Government and now Hillary Clinton Promises Even MORE 'Transgender/Gay Rights'

UPDATE 4/2/16: Toilets NOT in Restrooms will be New Design for Transgender Agenda

-- From "Conservative advocate sues school board over new transgender policy" by Moriah Balingit, Washington Post 12/29/15

Andrea Lafferty, head of the Traditional Values Coalition, and an unnamed high school student filed the suit in Fairfax County Circuit Court last week, arguing that the county school board overstepped its bounds when it changed the policy to bar discrimination of students and staff based on their gender identity or sexual orientation. The suit asks for an injunction to stop the board from implementing the policy.

The lawsuit argues that the Virginia General Assembly has never given school boards the authority to bar discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity. Even though Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) issued an opinion in March allowing school boards to add those categories, Lafferty’s lawyers disagreed with his reasoning, saying that the General Assembly never authorized the change.

“The Virginia legislature has already chosen a specific set of categories upon which to outlaw discrimination,” said Horatio Mihet, an attorney with the public interest law firm Liberty Counsel, which is representing Lafferty and the unnamed student. “Gender identity, gender expression and sexual orientation are not among those specific categories.”

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From "Transgender Protections Spur Suit in Virginia" by Britain Eakin, Courthouse News Service 12/29/15

Several taxpayers filed suit over the policy change last week in Fairfax County Circuit Court, contending that it will cause student confusion, raise privacy and safety issues, and affect both student-to-student and student-teacher relations.

"Inserting undefined terms into the student handbook and thereby subjecting students to discipline without proper notice of the conduct for which they can be suspended exceeds Defendant's authority under Virginia law," the Dec. 21 complaint states.

Mihet said there is nothing in state law or Title IX, the federal law that bars sexual discrimination in education, that would prohibit schools from restricting bathroom use or locker room use. That argument is "devoid of legal merit," he added.

More than 200 parents of students in Fairfax County public schools signed a petition opposing the changes to the nondiscrimination policy, according to the complaint.

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From "What do you say to a naked girl in the boys room?" by Bob Unruh, World Net Daily 12/30/15

“Because the new policy and code of conduct are not sufficiently defined, Jack Doe has no way of knowing whether he can, for example, question someone who appears to be a girl using the boys’ restroom or locker room, refer to someone by a certain pronoun or even compliment someone on his/her attire without being subject to discipline for ‘discrimination,’” the lawsuit alleges.

“Jack Doe is nervous about having to think about every statement or action and its potential sexual connotations to third parties before interacting with students and teachers, and the prospect of having to interact in such an uncertain environment creates significant distress to the point that it adversely affects his ability to participate in and benefit from the educational program.”

School officials threatened to suspend students for engaging in discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation or even gender expression.

“Jack Doe is particularly distressed about the board’s decision to add ‘gender identity’ to the nondiscrimination policy and to the student code of conduct because ‘gender identity’ is not defined in either the policy or the code, so Jack Doe has no idea what words or conduct might be interpreted as discriminating on the basis of ‘gender identity,’ and therefore does not know what speech or conduct might subject him to discipline, including suspension,” the claim explains.

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Virginia School Sued for Illegally Changing Nondiscrimination Policy" by Liberty Counsel 12/21/15

. . . The school board’s actions are unequivocally prohibited by Virginia Code §§1-248, 15.2-965 and under Dillon’s Rule, which prevents local governing bodies, including school boards, from including groups beyond what has been defined as a protected class by the General Assembly. The school board’s law should be automatically found void and reversed.

This lawsuit names the school board in its official capacity and is brought on behalf of Andrea Lafferty, President of Traditional Values Coalition, who is a resident and taxpayer of Fairfax, and also an anonymous family who are taxpayers in Fairfax County and have a minor who is a student in the Fairfax school district. These clients requested anonymity out of fear of retaliation from pro-homosexual activists, which is commonly experienced in these cases.

“It was the reckless, unlawful conduct of the school board that brought unnecessary legal costs upon the district. A school board should be focusing on providing for its students and teachers - not incurring expenses for illegal activities.” said Mat Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel. “The strength of America’s foundation is that no school may disregard our laws. Just as a board should be punished for removing ‘race’ or ‘religion’ from its nondiscrimination clause, it is equally liable for punishment for adding groups that are not recognized by Virginia law.”

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Gender Redefined by New York City Law; Biology Be Damned

And read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victims and Professionals

Islam Lesson Closes School: Virginia Parents Fume

The mostly rural Augusta County School District in the Shenandoah Valley has been shut down due to citizen outrage over Cheryl LaPorte, a geography teacher at Riverheads High School near Staunton, Virginia, assigning ninth-graders to copy an Arabic script as an exercise in calligraphy.  After students aired concerns, the teacher admitted the translated text is the Shahada — the Islamic profession of faith.  In addition, the teacher insisted that girls in the class don a Muslim hijab (head scarf).

"There is no god but Allah; Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah."
-- The Shahada (the most sacred pillar of Islam)

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Tennessee Students Taught Muslim Prayer of Conversion

Massachusetts Students Forced To Learn Muslim Conversion

Students Required to Pretend Being Muslim in Wisconsin

U.S. Schools Force Islamic Terror Singing, Posters

Teaching Christians Muslim Dress in Illinois School

Teaching Girls to Wear Muslim Hijab in California School

Georgia School: Learn Islam or Take Lower Grade

Pennsylvania School Staff to Mosque for Islamic Training

Florida School Teaches Islam Including Prayer Rugs



-- From "Prayer in Islamic calligraphy closes Virginia schools" by Ed Adamczyk, UPI 12/18/15

At issue is an assignment demonstrating the artistic complexities of Arabic calligraphy, which included the Shahada, an Islamic proclamation of faith and a common phrase among Muslims during prayer.

The assignment has drawn complaints from parents that the school is promoting Islamic indoctrination. A community meeting was organized as well.

A statement from the school system, posted Thursday evening, said the "tone and content of those communications" caused the closures, and that "a different, non-religious sample of Arabic calligraphy will be used in the future."

Superintendent Eric Bond issued a statement Friday saying . . . there was "no specific threat of harm to students."

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

From "Lesson on Islam Shuts Down Virginia School District" by Liam Stack and Richard Pérez-Peña, New York Times 12/18/15

The district said that the number of phone calls and emails “significantly increased in volume” on Thursday as media coverage of the controversy increased. After consulting with Sheriff Fisher, the school board decided to cancel class across the entire district “based on concerns regarding the tone and content of those communications,” it said.

. . . Kimberly Herndon, a parent who has been an outspoken critic of the geography assignment, claimed on Facebook that the students “were instructed to denounce our Lord by copying this creed of Islam.”

“This evil has been cloaked in the form of multiculturalism,” she wrote, adding in a separate post that the students had been asked to write words that were “an abomination to their faith.”

“This creed is connected to jihad in that it is the chant that is shouted while beheading those of Christian faith,” Ms. Herndon wrote.

Despite the outcry, the district said it would continue to educate students about the world’s religious diversity as required by state education guidelines . . .

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From "Furor over Arabic assignment leads Virginia school district to close Friday" by Emma Brown and Moriah Balingit, Washington Post 12/18/15

. . . parents were outraged at what they saw as an attempt to proselytize Islam in a public school, a concern that has been echoed by parents in districts across the country over lessons about Islam. . . .

[Ms. Butterfield, a] parent in Fairfax County, Va., the state’s largest district, said her son received a similar assignment last year, when he was in fifth grade at Ravensworth Elementary; a Fairfax County schools spokesman did immediately respond to a request for comment Friday morning.

The social studies assignment asked him to read aloud the Islamic profession of faith, along with other verses from the Koran. To Butterfield, that crossed the line between teaching about religion and teaching religion.

If a similar lesson were taught within the context of any other major religion, she said – if you asked students to say that “Jesus is my one Lord,” for example – “someone is going to go bonkers over it.”

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From "All schools shut down in Augusta County, Virginia, over Islam homework" by Ben Brumfield, CNN 12/18/15

Calls and emails flooded the school. Some of them demanded the teacher [Cheryl LaPorte] be fired for assigning it.

"I will not have my children sit under a woman who indoctrinates them with the Islam religion when I am a Christian," [parent Kimberly Herndon] said.

By Tuesday, like-minded parents and residents of the town of nearly 24,000 gathered in the sanctuary of Good Will Ministries to voice their grievances, including against the teacher.

As passions overflow, for fear of their potential effects, Augusta County Schools will remain shuttered over the weekend for all activities.

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From "Augusta County school board responds to homework controversy" posted at WDBJ-TV7 (Roanoke, VA) 12/18/15

Eric Bond, division superintendent, is sending a message to parents on Friday afternoon on behalf of the school board. [excerpts:]

As a part of a high school world geography course and consistent with the Standards of Learning . . . an assignment on religion and culture in the unit on the Middle East involved an Islamic statement of faith, written in Arabic. . . .

In one class during their study of the Middle East, students were taught about the modest dress adopted by many in the Islamic faith and were invited to try on a scarf as a part of an interactive lesson about the Islamic concept of modest dress. . . .

Neither these lessons, nor any other lesson in the world geography course, are an attempt at indoctrination to Islam or any other religion, or a request for students to renounce their own faith or profess any belief. Each of the lessons attempts objectively to present world religions in a way that is interesting and interactive for students.

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Also read what happens if there's any hint of Christian prayer in public schools and read about the latest battles in the war against Christmas in public schools.

Transgender/Gay Agenda Mandated in Virginia School

For the second time in as many months, the Fairfax County (Virginia) School Board defied the majority of citizens by turning up the volume on Gay Agenda indoctrination, starting in the 7th grade.  While keeping the public guessing, and causing conflicting media reports, the School Board injected new sexual perversion education into the curricula and repeatedly shifted several aspects to and from mandatory classes, thus forbidding parents from opting their children out.

For background, read Fairfax County Schools Opens All Restrooms to "Any and All Genders" -- school claims Obama administration has mandated the change by threatening to withhold money

Click headlines below to read previous articles:

Girl Sues Virginia School to Use Boys Restroom

Gay Teachers Indoctrinate 8-year-olds in North Carolina

Lesbian Seminar Teaching Kids How to be Homosexual

Kindergartners Taught Sex Change in Maine School

Pennsylvania School Gives 8th Grade Sadomasochistic Exercise

Oregon Trains Pre-teens in Masturbation, Anal Sex

President Obama Pays Pre-teens to Learn Anal Sex in Hawaii

Pornography Belongs in Classroom, More Experts Say

Also read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim



-- From "Fairfax School Board approves adding transgender topic to teens’ class" by T. Rees Shapiro, education reporter, Washington Post 6/26/15

The 10-to-2 vote Thursday night came amid shouts of anger and howls of frustration from a raucous crowd that largely stood in opposition to the curriculum changes.

The board’s decision centered on changes to the Family Life Education curriculum across all grades. The revisions included adding lessons on gender issues for middle and high school students. But some of those who opposed the changes questioned whether the revisions would trickle down to the lower grades.

Opponents also expressed concern that some of the revisions would move certain sensitive lessons out of the Family Life Education curriculum and into health class, which would remove parents’ ability to opt-out their children from learning the material. The health class is a required course; Family Life Education is not.

At the last minute, the board moved ahead and overwhelmingly voted in support of the lesson changes, with Reed and Schultz the only votes against the new curriculum. In a slight concession, the board also voted to move some of the earlier proposed lessons back to their original place in the Family Life Education curriculum, allowing parental opt-outs for children.

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From "Va. County Imposes Transgender Lessons On Middle Schoolers" by Kerry Picket, Reporter, Daily Caller 6/30/15

Fairfax County School Board member Elizabeth Schultz, one of the two dissenting votes on the curriculum change vote, told The Daily Caller that the curriculum committee, which is not a committee of the school board, spent a year going through particular sections of the family life education curriculum and recommended to the board to move parts of the family life curriculum, which included gender identity and transgender issues, over to the health curriculum.

“Once you move something out of family life, the family life education curriculum delivery method and into a health curriculum, by default, a parent no longer has the right to opt out,” Schultz said. ”And so there were huge sections, not just of the more controversial topics but even basic things about family units and emotions and social development they suggested to move to the health curriculum.”

The Fairfax School system is the nation’s tenth largest. According to one local outlet, classes pertaining to personal development (emotions/feelings, self-image, self-concept, personal characteristics, skills to work and play successfully in a community), healthy relationships (includes conflict resolution skills), respecting individual differences (disabilities, ethnicities, cultures), and mental health issues like depression and suicide, were all moved to from family life to the health curriculum.

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From "Health Curriculum To More Closely Align with State" by Tim Peterson, Virginia Connection Newspapers 6/26/15

At the board’s regular meeting on June 25, the first and foremost action item was voting on recommended changes to the Family Life Education and health education curricula for grades Kindergarten through 10. The changes were proposed by the Family Life Education Curriculum Advisory Committee, an ad hoc group set up, according to the School Board, to align the school system’s lessons with Virginia Department of Education health standards and evaluate new standards for opt-out-optional Family Life Education.

Changes included adding gender identity and sexual orientation to Family Life Education, beginning in seventh grade, as well as moving a portion of the curriculum from Family Life Education to students’ health courses. Parents may opt their students out of any Family Life Education class, while the health lessons are mandatory for all students.

Between May 21 and June 19, the recommendations were put online for community review. During that period, the School Board reports, staff received 561 emails, plus a petition signed by 116. It amounted to 225 pages of citizen comments, all of which can be viewed and read through the School Board’s agenda notes for the June 25 meeting.

Among the breakdown of responses (also posted in the June 25 agenda notes) 435 were opposed to “inclusion of transgender instruction and references to gender-fluidity,” while 54 supported “inclusion of sexual orientation and gender identity instruction.”

[Citizens speaking] before the board claimed many of the curriculum items coming out of Family Life Education and into health were not actually required as part of the state standards of learning. And the prospect of losing the opportunity to opt their children out of material not required by the state was infuriating for some.

To read the entire very lengthy and detailed article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read governments' myriad efforts to sexualize children via public schools.

In addition, read how the Gay Agenda transgender objectives are being advanced by President Obama and across the Obama administration; and by private businesses; as well as via public schools and throughout academia -- and funded by taxpayers.

Girl Sues Virginia School to Use Boys Restroom

Leading to the next Supreme Court Gay Agenda battle . . .

After a female high school student claiming to be male caused restroom-use complaints, the Gloucester County (Virginia) School Board decided to construct not one, but three restrooms at Gloucester High School to accommodate "transgender students," but given the recent edict from the Obama administration, that acquiescence wasn't good enough for the sexual revolutionaries.  The ACLU has filed suit against the school on behalf of Gavin Grimm who demands that she be allowed to use the boys restrooms and locker rooms/showers.

"My case is the first of its kind, so I'm hoping if we win it will set a legal precedent for others in similar situations.  I've also got a lot of support and messages from other trans teens telling me I've given them inspiration and courage to come out in their lives, so I'm happy it's positively impacting other people."
-- Gavin Grimm, 16-year-old student

UPDATE 10/13/15: Illinois School Rejects Fed's Forcing Boy into Girls Shower

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Minnesota & California OK Boys on Girls' School Teams, in Showers (claiming Title IX)

Supreme Court Opens Girl's Room to Grown Men in Maine

Naked Man in Girls Locker Room OKd in Washington

Kindergartners Taught Sex Change in Maine School

Obama Administration Forces Gay Agenda on Schools via Taxpayer$$

Also read governments' myriad efforts to sexualize children via public schools.

In addition, read how the Gay Agenda transgender objectives are being advanced by President Obama and across the Obama administration; and by private businesses; as well as via public schools and throughout academia -- and funded by taxpayers.



-- From "Transgender student sues Virginia school, citing restroom policy" by Sharon Song, KRON-TV4 (San Francisco, CA) & Associated Press 6/11/15

The American Civil Liberties Union is representing Gavin Grimm in the lawsuit against the Gloucester County School Board. The complaint says the 16-year-old student used the communal restrooms without incident until the board, responding to complaints from local residents, adopted a policy in December requiring transgender students to use a private facility.

The ACLU said the lawsuit is the first of its kind in Virginia, but several similar cases have been brought in other state courts and at least two in federal courts elsewhere.

According to the complaint in the Virginia lawsuit, Grimm was designated female at birth but has a male gender identity. It says he has been diagnosed as having gender dysphoria, a medical condition characterized by distress stemming from conflict between a person’s gender identity and the person’s assigned sex at birth.

The lawsuit seeks unspecified damages and an order allowing Grimm to use the boys’ restrooms.

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From "ACLU sues Virginia school board for discriminatory transgender restroom policy" posted at Augusta Free Press 6/11/15

The American Civil Liberties Union and the ACLU of Virginia filed a lawsuit against the Gloucester County School Board for adopting a discriminatory bathroom policy that segregates transgender students from their peers. The policy effectively expels trans students from communal restrooms and requires them to use “alternative private” restroom facilities.

The case was filed on behalf of Gavin Grimm, a transgender male student at Gloucester High School who will begin his junior year this fall. The lawsuit argues the bathroom policy is unconstitutional under the Fourteenth Amendment and violates Title IX of the U.S. Education Amendments of 1972, a federal law prohibiting sex discrimination by schools.

As part of Gavin’s medical treatment for severe gender dysphoria, Gavin and his mother notified administrators of his male gender identity at the beginning of his sophomore year so that he could socially transition in all aspects of his life. With permission from school administrators, Gavin used the boys’ restroom for almost two months without any incident. But after receiving complaints from some parents and residents of Gloucester County, the school board adopted the new policy on December 9, 2014, by a vote of 6-1, despite warnings from the ACLU.

The ACLU previously filed a federal discrimination complaint with the Department of Justice and Department of Education in December 2014. The investigation remains ongoing.

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From "Transgender Teen Sues Virginia School Board for Allegedly Not Allowing Him to Use Boys Room" by Avianne Tan, ABC News 6/11/15

A transgender teen from Virginia is suing the Gloucester County school board for allegedly discriminating against him by adopting a bathroom policy that doesn't allow him to use the boys room, a move that "undermines his social transition," according to court documents and the American Civil Liberties Union, which filed the suit today.

Last August, [Gavin Grimm, 16,] says he told the school in Gloucester that he was a boy and received permission to use the boys' restroom from the principal shortly after.

But a policy change on Dec. 9, 2014 barred him from using the bathroom of his choice, the court complaint explains.

"It shall be the practice of the GCPS to provide male and female restroom and locker room facilities in its schools, and the use of said facilities shall be limited to the corresponding biological genders," the school board announced, according to the complaint, "and students with gender identity issues shall be provided an alternative appropriate private facility."

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From "15-year-old girl sues to force Virginia school district to let her use boys’ bathroom" by Dustin Siggins, LifeSiteNews 6/12/15

The ACLU says the school violated Title IX, a 1972 law that bars sexual discrimination. In April 2014, the U.S. Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights changed how it interpreted gender identity, making it a protected class under federal law. . . . [but law experts say] that the change to Title IX "is not legally binding" and was "politically motivated."

The ACLU also says Grimm's 14th Amendment rights were violated.

However, Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) attorney Jeremy Tedesco told LifeSiteNews, "We do not believe either claim will be successful."

"A federal court in Pennsylvania recently rejected a similar lawsuit filed by a transgender student seeking access to restrooms at a college," said Tedesco, "ruling that 'separating students by sex based on biological considerations … for restroom and locker room use simply does not violate the Equal Protection Clause.'"

"The court rejected the Title IX claim for the same reason. It also highlighted that Title IX’s implementing regulations state that schools do not violate Title IX when they 'provide separate toilet, locker room, and shower facilities on the basis of sex.'"

To read the entire article above, CLICK HERE.

Also read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim

Obama Forces Gay Agenda on Schools via Taxpayer$$

With virtually zero notice to parents, the Fairfax County (Virginia) School Board suddenly voted Thursday night to fully embrace the transgender/cross-dressing tenets of the Gay Agenda regarding both employees and students, meaning that all formerly private restrooms and locker rooms will be fair game for "any and all genders."

"The Office of Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education is requiring that school divisions revise their non-discrimination policies to include gender identity."
-- Deputy Superintendent Steven Lockard, Fairfax County Public Schools

"The decision by the Fairfax County School Board to add ‘gender identity’ to our nondiscrimination policy is to provide an environment which promotes equality where every student and employee is treated with dignity and respect."
-- Chair Tammy Derenak Kaufax, Fairfax County School Board

UPDATE 12/31/15: Fairfax Schools Sued for Letting Girls in Boys Locker Room

UPDATE 10/13/15: Illinois School Risks Losing $6M by Rejecting Obama Gay Agenda

UPDATE 7/1/15: Fairfax Schools Adds Transgender Indoctrination to Sex Education Curriculum

For background, read how Schools Across America OK Boys in Girls' Showers as "transgender rights" are being forced into public schools as the Obama Administration Expands Title IX Interpretation to Advance the Gay Agenda.

Also, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Male Teacher Suddenly Female, Shocks California Parents

Supreme Court Opens Girl's Room to Grown Men in Maine

Kindergartners Taught Sex Change in Maine School

Also read President Obama Floods Gay Agenda with Taxpayers' Money

UPDATE 9/29/15 - President Obama Speech: Gay Agenda Trumps Christianity





-- From "Fairfax school board approves transgender protections" T. Rees Shapiro, education reporter, Washington Post 5/7/15

The School Board voted 10 to 1 with one abstention to add “gender identity” to its non-discrimination policy, two months after Virginia Attorney General Mark R. Herring (D) issued an opinion granting local school boards the authority to expand protections to transgender people.

The School Board voted in November to include sexual orientation in its non-discrimination policy after the Supreme Court let stand rulings that allow gay marriages in Virginia and other states. (emphasis added)

The auditorium at Luther Jackson Middle School was filled to capacity, with about 500 people in attendance. At times, the meeting was interrupted by vocal opposition from hundreds in the audience who chanted and booed.

Kaufax at one point hammered her gavel and threatened to clear the auditorium if audience members continued to interject. At least five Fairfax County police and school security officers were standing in the room during the meeting. Some in attendance stood to turn their backs on board members as they spoke in favor of the policy change.

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So, now tell me again how somebody else's "gay marriage" won't affect my marriage or my family.

From "School district adds gender identity to non-discrimination policy" by Garrett Haake, WUSA-TV9 (Washington, D.C.), USA Today Network 5/8/15

The approved [non-discrimination] policy now reads:

"No student, employee, or applicant for employment in the Fairfax County Public Schools shall, on the basis of age, race, color, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, national origin, marital status, or disability, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity, as required by law. It is the express intent of the School Board that every policy, practice, and procedure shall conform to all applicable requirements of federal and state law."

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From "Fairfax Co. school board approves change to policy to protect transgender students, staff" by Alexandra Limon and Tom Fitzgerald, WTTG-TV5 (Washington, D.C.) 5/7/15

The school board held its vote during a heated and contentious public hearing Thursday night at Luther Jackson Middle School in Falls Church. People were fired up on both sides with screaming and shouting during the meeting. It got so bad that the board threatened to kick everyone out while police and security even showed up.

The supporters pushing for this change said they are doing this not because of an outcry for it from their community, but because of a mandate by the U.S. Department of Education in Washington.

Fairfax County School Board Chair Tamara Derenak Kaufax said in a statement after the vote:

"On March 4, 2015, Virginia Attorney General Mark Herring said local school boards have the authority under state law to include gender identity in their non-discrimination policies. The U.S. Department of Education has told school districts that transgender students are protected from discrimination under Title IX and has recently required some school districts including Alexandria, Virginia, to amend their policies to expressly include gender identity."

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From "Feds Force ‘Gender Equality’ On Virginia School District" by Josh Fatzick, Reporter, Daily Caller 5/8/15

Many parents [at the Board meeting] were concerned the new rules will allow boys and girls who identify as the opposite sex to use the bathrooms and locker rooms of their choice, and that the school board is rushing the decision without asking for their input.

Efforts to add the language to the school’s nondiscrimination policy began in March as a way to help transgender students and staff in the schools feel more welcome, but some are calling it simply government overreach.

According to Andrea Lafferty of the Traditional Values Coalition, a religious advocacy group based in Washington, D.C., the board has been trying for weeks to pass the policy change, but only informed parents it would be voting on the change two days before the meeting.

“The School Board is showing a glaring disregard for the interests of the majority of parents with children in the county’s public schools,” she said in a statement.”No public hearing was ever held, just two brief 30 minute testimony periods and then ‘Bingo!’, the School Board will vote.”

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From "Some Fairfax Co. Parents Protesting Vote on Transgender Students" by David Culver, Northern Virginia Bureau, WRC-TV4 (Washington, D.C.) 5/8/15

The vote was last night, but some Fairfax County parents say their campaign is not over.

The vote came after testimony from an equal number of parents on each side of the issue -- but in a room that was packed with parents who opposed it.

"Right there in front of us were our representatives that were voted by our people," [parent Arlinda] Hanna said. "And they completely shut the doors on us."

One board member voted against the measure, wanting to delay it instead: Elizabeth Schultz.

"The question is, what message do we send parents?" Schultz said. "That we want your taxpayer dollars, we want you to participate in the PTA, we want you to participate in fundraisers, we want you to volunteer in the schools -- but then we want you to go away?"

She said she has gotten many emails from parents thanking her for her stand.

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From "School district says feds forced policy that allows transgender kids to use bathrooms of their choice" by Todd Starnes, FOX News 5/7/15

A plan to add “gender identity” to a Virginia school’s nondiscrimination policy has enraged parents and preachers . . . of the nation’s tenth largest school district . . .

Martin Baker, the pastor of Burke Community Church, warned that “the damage and destruction to our children, teens and impacted adults will be incalculable.”

“Everything from locker rooms to bathrooms will be potentially open for people who simply feel that their inner sexuality does not match their outer, physical sexuality,” he wrote in an email to the 3,000-member congregation.

“This is not just shocking, it is morally and spiritually abhorrent, and that is why I am convinced this is one cultural issue where we, as a church, must speak up and out with clarity, compassion and conviction,” he added.

“This is a beating into submission of the American people and the taxpayers by the Obama Administration and those willfully going along with it,” said [Andrea] Lafferty. “They are going to say if you don’t comply, we’re going to take away your lunch money – your federal funding.”

In Fairfax County, that amounts to a lot of lunch money. The Washington Post reports the district receives $42 million from the federal government – about 1.7 percent of its budget.

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Also read Pastors Lead Local Battles Against 'Gay Rights'

And read Christian College Wins Title IX Transgender Dorm Complaint

Most importantly, read Transgenderism is a 'Delusion' According to Victim

Virginia School Slow-walks Pro-life Club Approval

Lawyers have informed Principal Larry Marks of Courtland High School in Spotsylvania County that the inordinate delay in approval of senior student Madison Sutherland's “Students for Life” club would result in legal action against the school.

“By denying Maddie’s pro-life group on the grounds that it is not tied to the school’s curriculum, while allowing other non-curricular groups such as an equestrian club and lacrosse club, Courtland High School is violating their students’ First Amendment rights.”
-- Jocelyn Floyd, Associate Counsel, Thomas More Society

UPDATE 4/26/15: Iowa School Censors Pro-life Students' Rights, Lawyer Says

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

Connecticut School Censors 'Controversial' Pro-life Club

California School Loses Lawsuit Against Pro-life Student

Washington School Says Gay is OK, but Pro-life is Offensive

Christian, Pro-life Free Speech Censored at Ohio College

Buffalo, New York University Charges Pro-life Club Extra $

University of Chicago Teaches Students How to Get Abortion

Also read California Feminist Sex/Porn Professor Attacks Pro-lifers



-- From "Va. High School Denies Creation Of Right-To-Life Club" by Ben Smith, Daily Caller 11/12/14

Fed up with the stalling and the “fixes” that Sutherland has been waiting to receive, the Thomas More Society sent a letter to Marks demanding that he respond to the complaint by a Nov. 21 deadline or they will be taken to court.

Kristen Hawkins, president of Students for Life of America expressed concern over what she sees as a deliberate attack on the pro-life movement. “It is unfortunate that many pro-life high school students have faced resistance from hostile school administrators,” Hawkins said.

As for Sutherland, she will continue pushing her campus group to be recognized. “Abortion is the greatest violation of human rights in our time and I believe the pro-life message deserves a voice at my school,” she declared.

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From "Did principal deny student’s constitutional rights with anti-abortion group decision?" by Jeff Branscome, The Free Lance-Star (Fredericksburg, VA) 11/11/14

The anti-abortion club application “is in the review process” and “will be considered in the same manner as other applications for student organizations,” the [school official's] statement said.

Marks turned down an initial application for the club in a letter Oct. 6, writing that the group did not appear to “bear a clear relationship to the regular school curriculum” as required by the division’s policies. The principal also noted that the student had not provided all of the required information in the application, namely the group’s bylaws and a description of its relationship to the curriculum.

Sutherland resubmitted the application Oct. 24 but has not received a formal response, according to a press release from the anti-abortion organization Students for Life of America. . . .

George Mason University law professor Joyce Malcolm said the principal has “no business” denying an anti-abortion club while recognizing other issue groups such as an environmental club. “I think it’s unfortunate that our schools have become … single-minded,” she said. “Certain views are OK, and other views we don’t even want to hear.”

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Also read Planned Parenthood 'Special Forces' Raid Schoolyards

And read Parents Want Obama-paid Abortionist out of Their School

Abortionists Can Ignore Rape of Teens: Virginia AG

A decision by Mark Herring, Attorney General of Virginia, has unilaterally negated the long-standing state requirement that health professionals inform authorities of instances of suspected statutory rape.  Herring wrote that abortion clinics need not be concerned that a pregnant 13-year-old might have been a victim of rape by an older man, but rather may simply "turn a blind eye."

“The [abortion] industry is counting on [Gov. Terry] McAuliffe finding a way to end the public scrutiny of their abortion centers.”
-- Virginia Cobb, The Family Foundation of Virginia (TFFVA)

For background, read of myriad instances of Planned Parenthood being exposed of violating laws:

Four Abortionists Charged in Indiana: Rape, Murder

Planned Parenthood Conceals Serial Rapist in Arizona

Abortionists Concealing Rape: New Jersey Clinic Shut Down

Planned Parenthood Criminal in Serial Rape Coverups

Planned Parenthood Busted by Video Sting in Alabama

-- From "Virginia Attorney General Absolves Abortion Clinics From Requirement to Report Suspected Rapes of Teen Girls" posted at Washington Free Beacon 10/2/14

“It is my opinion that a Virginia Department of Health (VDH) licensing inspector who is a nurse and who, during the course of a hospital inspection, learns from the review of a medical record that a 14-year-old girl received services related to her pregnancy is not required to make a report of child abuse and neglect pursuant to Virginia Code § 63.2-1509 unless there is reason to suspect that a parent or other person responsible for the child’s care committed, or allowed to be committed, the unlawful sexual act upon the child,” Democrat Mark Herring’s September 12 opinion said.

“It is also my opinion that the VDH licensing inspector is not required to make a report to law enforcement of the crime of carnal knowledge of a child between the ages of 13 and 15.”

Herring includes “prenatal or abortion services” among the signs of potential rape that he said do not have to be reported to law enforcement.

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From "Virginia AG: Abortion Clinic Inspectors Don’t Have to Report Statutory Rape" by Zoey DiMauro, CNSNews.com 10/3/14

According to Virginia law, anyone who "carnally knows, without the use of force, a child thirteen years of age or older but under fifteen years of age, such person shall be guilty of a Class 4 felony” punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a $100,000 fine.

But Herring says that the fact of a minor girl’s pregnancy alone, “without additional information or evidence, is not sufficient to create a reason to suspect that the child is an ‘abused or neglected child’” under Virginia’s mandatory reporter statute, which requires certain professionals to report suspected child abuse.

TFFVA claims that Herring’s opinion unilaterally changes a Virginia law that has been uncontested for 14 years, in addition to reversing the decisions of two former attorneys general. “. . . a 2001 opinion by then Attorney General and now respected Court of Appeals Judge Randolph Beales requir[ed] teachers to report sexual acts against a child regardless of whether the teacher suspected or believed the child’s parent or other responsible person committed the sex crime.”

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From "Abortionists don’t have to report most statutory rape cases: Virginia’s Democratic attorney general" by Ben Johnson, LifeSiteNews 10/2/14

Abortion personnel only need to report suspected child abuse if it is perpetrated by a parent or legal guardian, Virginia AG Mark Herring, a Democrat, wrote in a five-page opinion to State Health Commissioner Marissa Levine on September 12.

His guidance overturns the opinions of two previous state attorneys general that required the reporting of suspected child abuse, even if the abuser was not a parent or the abuse took place without the parents' knowledge. Then-Attorney General Randolph Beales, now a court of appeals judge, issued such an opinion in 2001 and Jerry Kilgore offered similar guidance in 2003. Both are Republicans.

State law makes having sexual relations with anyone under the age of 15 a fourth class felony, but Herring cited a statute that defines an “abused or neglected child” as someone abused by his or her parents or guardians.

Herring is no stranger to selectively enforcing the law. He faced calls for his impeachment after he refused to defend the state's marriage protection amendment.

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Also read how Planned Parenthood teams up with schools by providing "kinky sex trainers" for kids.

Polygamy Too: Fed. Court Ruling for 'Gay Marriage'

As two activist judges of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit hailed same-sex "marriage" by ruling against the citizens of Virginia regarding their 2006 definition of natural marriage, another judge on the court panel dissented by reasoning that the ruling must certainly also permit "marriage" of multiple persons of any gender, as well as incestuous marriages.

". . . if the fundamental right to marriage is based on 'the constitutional liberty to select the partner of one’s choice,' as they contend, then that liberty would also extend to individuals seeking state recognition of other types of relationships that States currently restrict, such as polygamous or incestuous relationships."
-- Judge Paul Niemeyer, 4th Circuit Court of Appeals

UPDATE 3/24/15: 'Husband' Impregnates Both 'Married' Lesbian Wives (Polyamory)

UPDATE 1/18/15: Teen Girl to Marry Father in New Jersey—Adult Incest is Legal

For background, read Supreme Court's New Morality Means Justice for Polygamy and also read Polygamy OKd by Federal Judge = 'Marriage' Anarchy

For the "big picture," read how activist judges across America are forbidding voters the right to define marriage as between one man and one woman.  However, there are lone appellate judges who say that there is NO constitutional protection for "gay marriage."

Click headlines below to read previous articles:

Judge Says Incest OK; It's the New Gay

Pedophiles Win in 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals

'Gay Marriage' Not Favored in Polls, Only in Court

-- From "Appeals panel strikes down Virginia gay marriage ban" by Richard Wolf, USA TODAY 7/29/14

The [4th] circuit court has jurisdiction over Virginia, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina and South Carolina. The panel's decision will not take effect until at least Aug. 18 while circuit clerks defending the state's ban decide whether to appeal to the full appellate court or the Supreme Court.

"I do strongly disagree with the assertion that same-sex marriage is subject to the same constitutional protections as the traditional right to marry," Niemeyer said. "I would reverse the district court's judgment and defer to Virginia's political choice in defining marriage as only between one man and one woman."

The Virginia case, which involves two couples seeking to marry in the state and two couples seeking to have their marriages from other states recognized, now gives the Supreme Court a choice. It can hear the Utah or Oklahoma cases from the 10th Circuit, wait for Virginia's to be appealed, or defer action even longer for other gay marriage cases scheduled for appellate hearings in August, September and beyond.

Because Virginia's new Democratic attorney general, Mark Herring, had refused to defend the state's gay marriage ban, that task was left to circuit court clerks from two counties. Brian Babione, senior counsel at Alliance Defending Freedom, which represented one of the clerks, said they were considering their options.

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From "Virginia Same-Sex Marriage Ban Struck Down" by Adam Klasfeld, Courthouse News Service 7/29/14

Virginia's laws denying same-sex couples the right to marry or have their marriages recognized are "the type of segregation that the Fourteenth Amendment cannot countenance," the 4th Circuit ruled.

"Civil marriage is one of the cornerstones of our way of life," the majority opinion states. "It allows individuals to celebrate and publicly declare their intentions to form lifelong partnerships, which provide unparalleled intimacy, companionship, emotional support, and security. The choice of whether and whom to marry is an intensely personal decision that alters the course of an individual's life. Denying same-sex couples this choice prohibits them from participating fully in our society, which is precisely the type of segregation that the Fourteenth Amendment cannot countenance."

In a bitter dissent, Judge Paul Niemeyer argued that same-sex marriage would lead to recognition of "polygamous or incestuous relationships."

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From "Dissenting judge raises polygamy question" by Doug Clark, News & Record (Greensboro, NC) 7/29/14

. . . there's no clamor for allowing "incestuous" marriage. But "marriage" doesn't require procreation or even a sexual relationship. If it's viewed as a legal arrangement that bestows certain benefits, why should the law bar, say, two elderly sisters from claiming those benefits? Why should they be prohibited if the goal of "marriage equality" is to allow a person to marry any other person?

. . . Several years ago, an NPR report cited studies indicating that some 50,000 to 100,000 American Muslims live in polygamous marriages -- although of course they are not recognized as such under any state law.

Niemeyer was not advocating for recognition of polygamous marriages. On the contrary, he was warning that the same legal construct used to expand marriage laws to include same-sex unions must logically continue the expansion.

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From "Judges 'open door' to marriage of 3, 4 or 5 people" by Greg Corombos, Radio America, posted at WND.com 7/29/14

“Over the decades, the Supreme Court has demonstrated that the right to marry is an expansive liberty interest that may stretch to accommodate changing societal norms,” wrote [Judge] Floyd in his [majority 4th Circuit] opinion.

[Liberty Counsel Special Counsel Rena Lindevaldsen, said] “First you have the court proclaiming that the right is ever-expanding, and then you have this language that adults should be free to choose to love who they want to love. We already have challenges to the polygamy bans. We have a movement out there suggesting that two, three, four, five people should be able to come together in the marital union. So this opens that door entirely. Once you’ve opened the door past one man and one woman, which has historical and foundational roots, what’s to say the line can’t be drawn to allow two, three, four and five people to marry?”

“I like to think we could limit it, but from a legal perspective and realistically speaking, once you open the door the door is open,” Lindevaldsen said. “There simply is no reason to now say that three consenting adults, who love each other and want to raise children together, shouldn’t be allowed to marry once we retreat from the definition of marriage as one man and one woman.”

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From "Bush-and-Obama-Appointed Judge: It's 'Dubious Proposition That Same-Sex Couples are Less Capable Parents'" by Terence P. Jeffrey, CNSNews.com 7/28/14

[U.S. 4th Circuit Appeals Court Judge Henry F.] Floyd made the [headline, above] remark while declaring same-sex marriage a constitutional right and dismissing the argument made in favor of Virginia's marriage amendment that it safeguards the need of children to be raised by both a mother and a father.

"The proponents aver that 'children develop best when reared by their married biological parents in a stable family unit,'" wrote Floyd. "They dwell on the importance of 'gender-differentiated parenting' and argue that sanctioning same-sex marriage will deprive children of the benefit of being raised by a mother and a father, who have 'distinct parenting styles.' In essence, the proponents argue that the Virginia Marriage Laws safeguard children by preventing same-sex couples from marrying and starting inferior families."

. . . said Floyd. "For example, as the American Psychological Association, American Academy of Pediatrics, American Psychiatric Association, National Association of Social Workers, and Virginia Psychological Association (collectively, the APA) explain in their amicus brief, 'there is no scientific evidence that parenting effectiveness is related to parental sexual orientation,' and 'the same factors'—including family stability, economic resources, and the quality of parent-child relationships—'are linked to children’s positive development, whether they are raised by heterosexual, lesbian, or gay parents.”

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Also read American Decline: Obama's Gay Agenda vs. Christians as well as America Going to Hell; Christians Lose Convictions

In addition, read Pastors Who Avoid Gay Agenda Deserve Hell, Says Rev. Franklin Graham

Christian Tea Party Defeats GOP in Virginia: Brat

Republican voters swept economics professor Dave Brat into the congressional race in Virginia's 7th District, giving the boot to Eric Cantor, the GOP establishment's House majority leader.  Brat ran on a platform to restore America to its constitutional and moral founding including pro-life principles and the preservation of natural marriage.

“I think the people are just ready for some major changes in this country, and I was blessed. It’s a miracle.”
-- Dave Brat, Virginia congressional candidate

The Tea Party is NOT an organization, it's a movement of individual, faithful American citizens.

For background, click headlines below to read previous articles:

GOP Strategy: Dump Old Uneducated Christian Voters

GOP in Illinois Proclaims Biblical Beliefs Unacceptable

GOP Funds Pro-abortion Homosexual Candidates

GOP Has Failed the Nationwide Marriage Amendment Test

GOP Platform OKs Abortion & 'Gay Marriage' at Nevada Convention

-- From "Who is Dave Brat?" by Alex Isenstadt, Politico 6/10/14

Brat, a Michigan native, is 49 years old. He’s spent the last 18 years working as an economics professor at Randolph Macon College, a school of around 1,200 students located in Ashland, Va. According to news reports, he also spent time working as an economist in the Army and at the accounting firm Arthur Andersen.

He earned his bachelors degree from Hope College, a small liberal arts college in Holland, Mich. He would go on to get a doctorate in economics from American University. Brat, who is Catholic, got his masters from Princeton Theological Seminiary, an institution that, according to its mission statement, “prepares women and men to serve Jesus Christ in ministries marked by faith, integrity, scholarship, competence, compassion, and joy, equipping them for leadership worldwide in congregations and the larger church, in classrooms and the academy, and in the public arena.”

Brat launched his campaign in January. Like many tea party-aligned candidates, he said he wanted to address the nation’s ballooning deficit and that he wanted to be Cantor’s “term limit.”

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From "David Brat’s Writings: Hitler’s Rise ‘Could All Happen Again’" by Reid J. Epstein, Wall Street Journal 6/11/14

In his 13-page essay titled “God and Advanced Mammon — Can Theological Types Handle Usury and Capitalism?” Mr. Brat [wrote:]

Capitalism is here to stay, and we need a church model that corresponds to that reality. Read Nietzsche. Nietzsche’s diagnosis of the weak modern Christian democratic man was spot on. Jesus was a great man. Jesus said he was the Son of God. Jesus made things happen. Jesus had faith. Jesus actually made people better. Then came the Christians. What happened? What went wrong? We appear to be a bit passive. Hitler came along, and he did not meet with unified resistance. I have the sinking feeling that it could all happen again, quite easily. The church should rise up higher than Nietzsche could see and prove him wrong. We should love our neighbor so much that we actually believe in right and wrong, and do something about it. If we all did the right thing and had the guts to spread the word, we would not need the government to backstop every action we take.

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From "Protecting Values" posted at Dave Brat for Congress website

On Eric Cantor’s watch, our treasured American values have taken a hit. Our Freedoms and Rights have been diminished. Since 2008, the Obama administration has systematically trampled on Constitutional protections with little opposition from Eric Cantor and the Republican Establishment which has either been utterly ineffective, completely silent, or outright complicit in this administration’s assault on our values.

Conservative leader Dave Brat is the strong voice we need to restore those values. Specifically, Dave believes the Declaration to be true. "We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain inalienable Rights."

Dave has spent a life time learning and educating others about these fundamental rights and values. Dave respects and values every person he meets because he truly sees them as Children of God. Our Rights come from God and not from Government. Government is instituted to protect these rights.

Additionally, Dave Brat respects the Constitution, and he will oppose the efforts of the Obama administration to curtail freedom of speech, freedom of the press, religious liberty, and our Second Amendment rights.

Dave understands that the most important factor in our nation’s success is the strength of the family unit. As our congressman, Dave will protect the rights of the unborn and the sanctity of marriage, and will oppose any governmental intrusion upon the conscience of people of faith.

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From "Cantor challenger, Dave Brat, 'shocked' as results rolled in" by Deirdre Walsh, CNN Senior Congressional Correspondent 6/11/14

"This is the happiest moment, obviously, of my life," Brat told his supporters at a post-election event in Glen Allen, outside Richmond, on Tuesday night. "The reason we won this campaign, there is just one reason, and that's because dollars do not vote -- you do."

Brat, who raised less than $300,000 to the House majority leader's campaign war chest of $5.4 million, said, "It's not about David Brat winning tonight, it's about returning the country to its principles."

Many political pundits were quick to credit the tea party for boosting Brat's campaign, but his campaign did not get any significant financial support from conservative groups because they were funneling money into other primary challengers they believed had a better shot at beating GOP incumbents.

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From "David Brat’s Biblical Views Shape His Tea Party Politics" by Elizabeth Dias, Time Magazine 6/11/14

[David Brat] waved a piece of paper with a Bible verse in the air when he won: “Jesus replied, ‘What is impossible with man is possible with God!’” he announced to the crowd’s applause.

But there was another reason as well. Brat’s spiritual life has long been as central to his identity, even though it has also been difficult to pigeonhole. He currently attends a Catholic church, but he also identifies as a Calvinist, and he lists four churches as affiliations on his resume: St. Michael’s Catholic, Christ Church Episcopal, Third Presbyterian, and Shady Grove Methodist. . . .

Like many of his Tea Party colleagues, Brat is an Ayn Rand enthusiast, and coauthored a paper assessing the moral foundations of her writings in 2010. Like many Protestants in the classic Calvinist tradition, he believes Christ is the transformer of culture, and that capitalism is the key to this world transformation. . . .

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From "David Brat Just Became the Christian Right’s Favorite Economist" by Kevin Roose, New York Magazine 6/11/14

. . . one subset of Republican voters — namely, evangelical Christians with an interest in economics — should be more excited than most. Because, in addition to getting a tea-party conservative on the ballot, they just got a new poster boy for their cause.

. . . A review of several of Brat's academic papers reveals that he sees free-market economics as being intricately linked to ethics and faith. He's not just a professor who happens to believe in God; he wants to put God at the center of his work.

. . . As Vox's Zack Beauchamp puts it, Brat believes that "most economists are motivated by philosophy rather than science: they're secretly utilitarians who believe that the goal of public policy is to produce the greatest good for the greatest number."

The Christian right can be a lonely place for serious academics. Especially in the hard and social sciences . . . when a professor comes along who has both impressive secular credentials and a strident religious worldview, they're immediately moved to the front lines of the culture war.

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