Indoctrination? Ditch public schools, Colorado GOP tells parents

In Colorado, a new law requires teachers to use a student’s preferred pronouns without notifying or receiving permission from their parents. The Colorado Republican Party has responded by urging families to pull their kids from public education to ensure their parental rights.

In a fundraising email, the state GOP explained that students are at risk of “LGBTQ indoctrination.”

“Our next policy aims to save Colorado children from progressive Democrats who want to turn more kids trans by requiring teachers to use ‘pronouns’ that do not make any sense and cause gender confusion,” the email reads.

The authors specifically cited backlash to HB24-1039, which was passed last month. “In reality, all Colorado parents should be aiming to remove their kids from public education,” according to the strongly-worded email.

“The bill, sponsored by four far-left progressives, two of whom do not know their own genders and do not have children, requires teachers in public schools to use ‘pronouns’ for kids with gender confusion that do not align with their actual specific gender, without parental consent.”

Senator Faith Winter, D- Adams, Broomfield, and Weld Counties, one of the bill’s sponsors, said the law is critical to ensuring the safety of students.

“This bill is asking educators to use a child’s chosen name when they’re in school,” Denver7 reports. “And this is really important because children are going to learn better, have better access to education, and this is going to save lives.”

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The state GOP also encouraged families who feel their rights are being stripped to identify religious exemptions that may serve as a case against the new state policy.

“The goal here is clear; the Colorado legislature seeks to break down the family unit while convincing kids that government knows best,” the email reads.

They referred to one California teacher who recently won $360,000 in a lawsuit against the district after she refused to adhere to the district’s gender identity-related policies, NBC News reports.

“People of faith should be allowed to maintain their personal beliefs without fear of losing their job,” Mariah Gondeiro, vice president and legal counsel for Advocates for Faith & Freedom, the nonprofit law firm that filed on Jessica Tapia’s behalf, said in a statement last year. “Jessica Tapia was not dismissed for any wrongdoing, rather, she was dismissed for her Christian beliefs. This is a clear violation of our Constitutional rights.”