Pushing Back

Outside the Washington State capitol in Olympia, on April 1 (no fooling) approximately 2,000 Christians protested a "comprehensive sex-ed" bill. They went inside and lobbied. They protested. They prayed. 

Two days later, on April 3, the deadline passed without the House Education Committee bringing SB 5395 forward for a vote, and the bill died in committee. 

A friend of mine, who is the headmaster of a Christian school, informed me that some parents at his school “don't find the LGBTQ+ agenda to be that offensive.” Some people tell him: "Why is the sin of homosexuality treated as so much more offensive than other sins?  Someone is gay. Another is a drunkard. Sin is sin.”

But what if esteemed teachers were telling impressionable children that getting drunk is normal, and they should be proud to do so someday? Would that be a problem?

It’s one thing to say “one sin is just as much sin as another” (by the way, the consequences are not all equal), but when children are taught that some sins are not sins, and they should accept certain sins as normal and good, we have a problem.

For a short course on what the LGBTQ+ agenda is about, click here, and here.

Some parents are pushing back.  

Consider the recent push-back from Christians regarding a “comprehensive sex-ed” bill in the State of Washington:

On February 26, over 100 people expressed outrage about this bill at a school board meeting. The outrage was so intense that after the meeting the senator who was sponsoring the sex ed bill, and also a member of that particular school board, resigned from her school board position.  

On March 23, nearly 1,000 people from local churches and family groups came to a town hall meeting where the bill’s sponsor and two other legislators were present. At the meeting, the legislators refused to talk about the sex ed bill until a pastor (yes, a pastor) yelled, "You know what we are here for!" and the crowd started chanting! This led to 45 minutes of public comments, and many were neither meek nor mild.

A phone call campaign was organized that put real heat on the House Education Committee members.

On April 1, approximately 2,000 Christians gathered on the steps of the capital to pray, protest and lobby. 

On April 3, the sex ed bill died in committee. 

For the full story, and the group that organized this strategic push-back, click here.

The ruling secularists are not accustomed to having Christians push back. Nor are Christians used to pushing back. But the water has come to a boil, and some are fed up enough to get off their…

For what’s happening in California, click here.

A father pushing back at the City of Federal Way public school board meeting on February 26, 2019. 

While such push-back can never "fix" the root problem of a single tax-supported school system committed to Secularism (I wish such fervor was demonstrated against that, and I wish more pastors would shout about the problem of parents sending their children to schools that perpetuate dualism), this kind of push-back from parents sends an important message to legislators in the meantime. A message that will have to be repeated next year, and the next...until the tax laws are changed.

Posted by Dr. Christian Overman