Our kids’ future and the future of our military are hanging in the balance.

From The Federalist. Schools servicing military kids are targeting parents and teachers alike who question administrators’ sexual agendas, and Congress chose to let it continue in the defense bill just signed into law over Christmas.

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In November, a concerned mom posted on social media her shock at seeing “artwork” in the entrance of an elementary school that caused her 7-year-old to ask her what “polysexual” meant. The response was swift, but not in the way you might expect: An Army officer at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey called state and local law enforcement and used base security forces to monitor the supposedly unsafe situation she had created in the school district where more than half of the students are children of active-duty military personnel.

Another case from this year: A teacher at an on-base, non-Department of Defense (DOD) school who refused to use a student’s “preferred” name was consequently disciplined by the school. Such forced political ideology isn’t isolated to non-DOD schools that serve military bases; it’s also happening in federally run Department of Defense Education Activity (DODEA) schools, which are schools expressly created for the children of military personnel.

Thankfully, several members of Congress have stepped up to draw attention to the political indoctrination that has infiltrated DODEA. Rep. Elise Stefanik, R-N.Y., introduced the Servicemember Parents Bill of Rights, which was included in its entirety in the first House-passed version of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) of 2023.

Unfortunately, the final language agreed upon by the House and Senate and signed into law by President Joe Biden on Dec. 23 was significantly watered down — and it requires no change in practice or acknowledgment of wrongdoing by DODEA.

Protections Watered Down

The most important parts from Stefanik’s amendment — that clarified that schools must be transparent with parents when it comes to the contents of teacher training, library books, and medical treatment of their children at school — were removed.

For example, Stefanik’s amendment stipulates that DODEA schools should “make all … educator professional development materials, including teachers’ manuals, films, tapes, books or other reading materials, or other supplementary materials used in any survey, analysis, or evaluation, available for inspection by the parents of children attending the school.” …

Another important section that was removed from Stefanik’s Servicemember Parents Bill of Rights is the acknowledgment that schools must “notify parents of any medical examinations or screenings the school may administer to their child and receive written consent from parents for any such examination or screening prior to conducting the examination or screening” and to “notify parents of any medical information that will be collected on their child, receive written parental consent prior to collecting such information, and provide parents an opportunity to inspect such information at the parent’s request.”

Seems pretty common sense, but it’s apparently not common sense at DODEA, where teachers are being taught in official trainings to ask for so-called preferred pronouns and to hide name changes from parents. …

Denying Trans Ideology Exists, or Agreeing with It

Why was this language dismissed not once — but twice? It’s likely some legislators think educator-facilitated gender-bending isn’t actually happening in schools that cater to military children. …

Another possible reason medical transparency language was removed, aside from outright denial that it’s needed, is that many in Congress are actually supportive of the notion that a child can be born in the wrong body. …

Whether it’s denial or outright support for the policies that are affecting American children in profound ways, we need all of the adults in the room, both left and right, to acknowledge the issues that military parents have brought into the light. …

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(Excerpt from The Federalist. Photo Credit: Getty Images)