Read the latest news about the struggle to preserve parental rights at all levels of government. Learn what the Santa Clara Moms for Liberty group has been up to, what upcoming events and functions we're having, and how you can help.
He changes times and seasons; he removes kings and sets up kings;
he gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge
to those who have understanding;
Daniel 2:21 (NIV)
But mark this: There will be terrible times in the last days. People will be lovers of themselves, lovers of money, boastful, proud, abusive, disobedient to their parents, ungrateful, unholy, without love, unforgiving, slanderous, without self-control, brutal, not lovers of the good, treacherous, rash, conceited, lovers of pleasure rather than lovers of God — having a form of godliness but denying its power. Have nothing to do with such people.
2 Timothy 3:1-5 (NIV)
If you share our concern over what has been taking place in our classrooms, please consider joining with us as we fight for families, for children, for education, for truth, and for common sense.
We continue to ask people whether they understand what is now taking place within our school systems. We continue to provide information and resources to help people, especially parents, gain some idea of what's being taught to kids (and why). And yes, we continue to ask people to get involved and help with the lifting.
We fight against children being taught to hate their country, to judge people based on the color of their skin, and to ignore the basic truths of biology. We fight against the sexualization in school of little ones and the destruction of the innocence of youth. Perhaps most importantly, we fight to ensure that the proper teaching of math, reading and writing remain at the forefront of a child's education.
The idea that it is parents who are responsible for raising, educating, and seeing to the well being of their kids, that is sacrosanct.
Join with us in preserving the attributes and ideals of this great nation.
Feel free to forward this newsletter to friends and family. Actually anyone who acknowledges the fundamental right of parents to raise, educate, and protect their children are invited to join with us. We are gathering a group of joyful warriors, folks who understands why (and for whom) we fight.
Parents At Odds With Problem School Boards
The young don't seem to have a problem understanding the natural role taken on by their parents.
Why do school boards?
California bill SB 596 is trying to shut parents down who are standing up for their kids. With the provision in this bill, all a school employee would need to do is claim "harassment" and a parent can be arrested and convicted of a crime.
When the government decides that it needs to turn to lawfair in order to silence those who are pushing back against the ongoing corruption of their children, we can't help but conclude that parents are having an impact. While nobody wants to be labeled a criminal, it is high time parents stood up against what can only be seen as governmental abuse of power.
It is parents who are responsible for seeing to the raising, caring for, and protection of their children. It is high time teachers and school boards start to understand that fact.
Sat Sep 2nd at 4pm: Monthly members meeting, online via Zoho. (Members will be emailed connection info).
Thu Sep 7th at 5:30pm: Children at risk community meeting.
Location: Seven Trees Comm Center 3590 Cas Drive, San Jose
Tue Sep 12th from 6:15pm to 9:00pm: September's speaker is Twitter Files journalist Michael Shellenberger, who will speak on the terrifying threat to democracy across the Western world. Shellenberger, a lifelong liberal and environmentalist, and the bestselling author of Apocalypse Never and San Fransicko, is sounding the alarm about “woke totalitarianism,” including censorship, “de-banking,” and the war on cheap energy. To fight back, Shellenberger will argue, we need a new “normie alliance” of old-school liberals and conservatives. Come to hear his provocative call to arms.
Location: IFES Portuguese Hall 432 Stierlin Rd, Mountain View
Three Initiatives for the California Ballot
Beginning this fall, the California Moms for Liberty chapters will be busy gathering signatures to get three initiatives on the ballot here in California for 2024. Given what's been happening within the state legislature, the initiative process remains the last best hope for getting certain problems addressed.
The three initiatives are as follows:
Protect Children from Reproductive Harm - An initiative to prevent child sterilization using puberty blockers, cross-sex hormones, or transgender surgeries. Recent polling suggests 75%of California voters agree minors should be protected from puberty blockers, crosssex hormones and transgender surgeries.
School Transparency and Partnership - An initiative to require schools to notify parents when their child wants to socially transition. Recent polling suggests 68% of California voters support schools notifying parents of kids wanting to socially transition at school.
Protect Girls Sports and Spaces - An initiative to make certain girls have fair competition by ensuring athletic programs for girls are kept to females. Recent polling suggests 64%of California voters agree student athletes should only play on sports teams matching their biological sex.
Beginning in October we will be gathering signatures across the state. Please help spread the word. It is time for us to take back control and see to it that future generations of Californians enjoy the same blessings that we in this current generation have enjoyed.
Problem Books in Classroom Libraries
Back in January, a New York Times article reported that “Parents, activists, school board officials and lawmakers around the country are challenging books at a pace not seen in decades. The American Library Association said in a preliminary report that it received an ‘unprecedented’ 330 reports of book challenges, each of which can include multiple books, last fall.”
Moms for Liberty Santa Clara has been slowly determining which of the 31 school districts here in Santa Clara County have been making obscene, pornographic books available to students. We have done this through use of the California Public Records Act. We now have a fairly good idea of where the problem books are shelved. It is now time to move to doing the things necessary to see to it that these materials are removed from school libraries.
Parents have enough to worry about without having to wonder whether their young kids are going to stumble upon erotic literature in their classroom libraries. It is incumbent upon school board members to take better care that the books being allowed into schools and being made available to children are in fact age appropriate.
Kids should be allowed to be kids. The innocence of youth is precious and the world will have time enough to mess with these kids once they're a bit older.
If you would like to help us with this effort, please drop us an email.
While the U.S. Constitution does not expressly discuss parental rights, the right to protect, raise, and educate your own children has been described as the oldest of our fundamental liberties.
The history and culture of Western civilization embraces a strong tradition of parental rights, and the Supreme Court of these United States has described parental rights as being "established beyond debate as an enduring American tradition." See Wisconsin v. Yoder, 406 US 205, 232 (1972).
Parents need to begin to recognize the rights they hold as parents, and make their voices heard. Only then can we hope to turn things around.
Madison Meetup
Interested in learning more about our Constitution and Declaration of Independence? Want to discuss the principles upon which this precious republic was founded? Well you are in luck!
Moms for Liberty Santa Clara is now hosting monthly "Madison Meetup" gatherings on the last Sunday of each month. Meetings take place from 3 to 4:30pm in a meeting room at the Bascom branch of the San Jose Public Library, located at 1000 South Bascom Avenue San Jose.
Open to ages 8 years and up. All attendees will be provided with a pocket constitution. Discussion topics will be emailed to those who are signed up one week in advance of the meeting. Please let us know if you'll be attending.
Make James Madison and the other founding fathers proud!
Please let us know if you'll be attending. We are trying to get a handle on if there's interest in doing this. Thanks!
A Parent's Role
Think on this...
I FEAR THAT IN EVERY ELECTED OFFICE, MEMBERS WILL OBTAIN AN INFLUENCE BY NOISE, NOT SENSE. BY MEANNESS, NOT GREATNESS. BY IGNORANCE, NOT LEARNING. BY CONTRACTED HEARTS, NOT LARGE SOULS . . . THERE MUST BE DECENCY AND RESPECT.
- John Adams
OUR COUNTRY MAY BE LIKENED TO A NEW HOUSE. WE LACK MANY THINGS, BUT WE POSSESS THE MOST PRECIOUS OF ALL - LIBERTY!
- James Monroe
THE FUTURE AND SUCCESS OF AMERICA IS NOT IN THIS CONSTITUTION, BUT IN THE LAWS OF GOD UPON WHICH THIS CONSTITUTION IS FOUNDED.
- James Madison
Moms for Liberty Santa Clara County operates as a 501(c)(4) nonprofit organization.
The organization's primary mission is to organize, educate and empower parents to defend their parental rights at all levels of government.
