Ohio’s governor signs a don’t say gay bill into law that also allows a Christian Nationalist group to indoctrinate children in public schools, a Federal judge claims using preferred pronouns is a 1st amendment violation, Professor Jerry Coyne is called on the carpet for using biology to justify discrimination and in a bright spot a Trans woman is appointed to a city council
Tag: public schools
In this episode we get a final update on the effort by Lifewise Academy to force its way into our public-schools and then we learn there is some movement in the case of Dad’s Place church in Bryan Ohio including the Ohio Attorney General and candidate for Governor sticking his nose into the local issue.
As the Ohio Legislature barrels through their end of session lame duck time, all the religious zealots are trying to get their pet bills rammed through as if no one is paying attention. One such proposed law would force local public schools to allow Lifewise Academy to indoctrinate young children into their true religion without any guidelines or enforcement when they abuse their privilege.
Christian Nationalists like Joel Penton and LifeWise Academy are like real life versions of Terminators – they can’t be reasoned with and they will force themselves on public school children. We hear from two parents who decided enough was enough and are the subject of intimidation tactics, by LifeWise, that seem like they are copied from the Mafia and like all Christian nationalists they are..
Find out how a 10-year-old Ohio law ignited a massive and well-funded effort to inject the Holy Bible into public schools. And then we talk about an Ohio State Representative who wants to punish cities who support abortion access, contrary to the recent Abortion Rights Amendment passed by a majority of Ohioans.