Last month, Townhall covered how one LGBTQ+ activist has launched an initiative to create a school for children dedicated to focusing on gender and sexuality.
Reportedly, the Miss Major Middle charter school, which would be tuition-free, would serve as a “genderful environment” for children in grades 5 through 9 to “embrace their own identity, and decide how they will authentically walk, through the world.”
In other parts of the United States, parents and lawmakers are pushing back against this type of left-wing indoctrination in schools.
A new bill in Missouri would make it a felony for a school teacher or counselor to support a child who believes they are “transgender” to “social transition.” This includes going by a chosen name and preferred pronouns.
In addition, the proposed law would have the offender be placed on the sex offender registry (via ABC News):
If a teacher or counselor "provides support, regardless of whether the support is material, information or other resources," they could be convicted of a Class E felony conviction, facing up to four years in prison or a fine up to $10,000, according to the Missouri Revisor of Statutes. The bill is in the early stages of consideration and is subject to amendments if it progresses through the state Legislature.
In an interview with KY3, Republican Rep. Jamie Gregg, explained, “This bill was created and really submitted to help parents and families and to help teachers. I talk to parents every day who are frustrated with things that kids are being taught in school.”
“I would say the large majority of teachers in our state and also in our country, do a great job, they do a fantastic job. This (bill) is to put the social learning development of our children back in the hands of the parents,” Gragg said. “School teachers and professionals are trained to teach a topic or subject matter and help our children and their parents by bringing them along in that topic or subject matter. They’re not trained to do all the things that society has heaped on nowadays; teachers are underpaid already as it is.”
Gragg told the outlet that the bill would include if teachers include LGBTQ+ literature or signs in their classrooms.
“I think that would fall into that same category. Teachers are there in the schools to teach the topics that they’re trained to teach and to help those children grow in knowledge. They’re not there to necessarily push a total social agenda, things of a sexual nature,” he said.