Is This Why Transgenderism Is Exploding in American Public Schools?

Mark Tapscott-Opinion : May 17, 2023
PJ Media

Here's something to think about: Every minute of classroom instruction that is devoted to teaching second-graders about "understanding gender expression" is an hour that is not focused on improving their reading and math skills, the two skills that are the essential foundation of all subsequent learning. It's tragic enough that thousands of young American boys and girls are being led to undergo drug treatments and surgical procedures that leave them with irreparable physical mutilation. American society in general is profoundly harmed when generation after generation of public school graduates lack even the most basic knowledge and skills.

[PJMedia.com] When Audrey Hale shot her way into Nashville's Covenant School on March 27 and murdered three adults and three nine-year-old children, attention immediately focused on her "manifesto" as possibly having the answer to the anguished "why?" question. (Image: Pexels-Sharon McCutcheon)

Hale was clearly a seriously troubled young woman who had previously attended the school. She was also undergoing gender transition drug treatments, a fact that made the contents of her manifesto even more intensely of public interest. Such treatments are typically associated with a psychological condition known as "gender dysphoria."

Local authorities initially said the manifesto would be made public in due time, but then the FBI got involved in analyzing the documents that collectively constitute vital evidence in the case.

When the Tennessee Firearms Association and a former local sheriff filed suit seeking to force the release of the manifesto, Metropolitan Nashville Police Department (MNPD) officials clamped down and refused to do so, pending resolution of the litigation.

Is there a connection between Hale's actions and the side effects of transgendering drug treatment? The manifesto may shed light on the answer to that question. Rep. Andy Ogles (R-TN), whose district includes the Covenant School, thinks there should be an investigation into the possibility of a connection.

I think it certainly warrants some sort of investigation and or hearing into the matter. These are powerful drugs; they have side effects that can clearly be dangerous, if not deadly. And so I think it does call into question whether or not these drugs should be on the market and certainly consideration of the question of should there be further guidance and warnings and stipulations given as to when they are administered or prescribed.

The Tennessee tragedy also focused heightened public awareness of the extent to which the transgenderism movement has achieved a widespread presence in the national media, political and cultural conversations... Subscribe for free to Breaking Christian News here

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