The Battle for Privacy
Radio Commentary, 90.7, 91.7 New Life FM, June 10, 2016 – By Sue Ella Deadwyler
The bathroom issue is far from over, but, thankfully, Georgia School Superintendent Richard Woods assured local superintendents he “has their backs.” Referring to a joint letter to schools nation-wide from the U.S. Department of Education and Department of Justice, Superintendent Woods said this:
“We at the Georgia Department of Education believe the [letter] openly violates, misinterprets and moves to rewrite established U.S. law … [Therefore] you are not required to comply … or make changes to your established actions and policies.”
Then, he said, “However, if the federal government DOES decide to withhold federal funds, ENFORCE this directive, or bring suit against ANY district in Georgia … we will work with all parties to take appropriate action. …I do not believe a student of another gender should use a restroom or locker room alongside students of the opposite sex.”On April 6th, the American College of Pediatricians issued its report “Gender Ideology Harms Children,” and it is FILLED with reassuring facts like these:
“A person’s belief that he or she is something they are not is, at best, a sign of confused thinking. No one is born with a gender. Everyone is born with a biological sex. Gender is a sociological and psychological concept; not an objective biological [fact]. It is child abuse to condition children into believing a lifetime of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex is normal and healthful.
“Children who use puberty blockers to impersonate the opposite sex … require cross-sex hormones in late adolescence. … [T]estosterone and estrogen are associated with dangerous health risks [including] high blood pressure, blood clots, stroke and cancer.
“The American College of Pediatricians urges educators and legislators to reject all policies that condition children to accept as normal a life of chemical and surgical impersonation of the opposite sex. Facts – not ideology – determine reality.”
A 2011 Massachusetts law passed in 2011 provided special protection for gender identity. A 2012 policy passed by the Massachusetts School Board protects gender identity. In 2014 the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network executive director told students and teachers they can choose to be he, she, or something else, and everybody else has to get used to it.
NEA resolutions of 2015 affirm transgender identities and protect students’ wearing clothes of the opposite sex. So, sexual confusion is NOW part of the public school curriculum. For Georgia Insight I’m Sue Ella Deadwyler, your Capitol correspondent.