Texas AG Paxton threatens AISD over Pride Week, continues bullying trans children
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton this week took some time off from bullying transgender kids to attack and threaten the Austin ISD for celebrating Pride week. “The Texas Legislature has made it clear that when it comes to sex education, parents — not school districts — are in charge,” Paxton declared in a post to his Twitter feed.
The tweet included a copy of the letter he sent, addressed to Austin ISD superintendent, Stephanie S. Elizalde. Paxton wrote that the district’s Pride Week curriculum and lesson plans “deal head-on with sexual orientation and gender identity — topics that unmistakably constitute ‘human sexuality instruction’ governed by state law.’ … With just one full day of ‘Pride Week’ on the books, we received reports of ‘community circles’ — group discussions on sensitive topics that sudents are encouraged to keep confidential, presumably from parents.” The letter continued: “The Texas Legislature has made it clear that when it comes to sex education, parents — not school districts — are in charge. … By hosting ‘Pride Week,’ your district has, at best undertaken a week-long instructional effort in human sexuality without parental consent.
Or, worse, your district is cynically pushing a week-long indoctrination of your students that not only fails to obtain parental consent, but subtly cuts parents out of the loop.
Either way, you are breaking state law.” Paxton — who, by the way, is under federal indictment on charges he broke the law and is also under investigation by the FBI on completely different allegations of illegal activity — ended his letter by warning that “Based on your violation,” parents can file grievances with the school board and the Texas Education Agency.
