Sunnyvale School District Grants Temporary Opt-Out From LGBTQ Curriculum

Why Bible-Believing Christians Should Care

Parental opt-out provisions matter because they acknowledge, even temporarily, that parents retain some authority over what their children are taught regarding sexuality and gender. Bible-believing Christians should note the qualifier 'for now' — a policy granted at district discretion can be withdrawn the same way. This is not a doctrinal victory but a procedural concession, and it should be watched closely rather than treated as settled. Parents in this district and others should understand that the underlying curriculum content has not been reported as changed, only the ability to decline it, and that ability may prove temporary.

Train up a child in the way he should go: and when he is old, he will not depart from it. — Proverbs 22:6

From the book

Educators reframe moral and cultural questions as technical or medical ones. A dispute over explicit material becomes a matter of library science. A dispute over gender identity becomes a matter of mental health best practice. The activist tells the parent he is not an educator, using the appeal to authority to sever the parent's confidence in his own judgment.

— Chapter 19, “Capture in K-12”

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