Democrats in the House and Senate voted against parental rights when they voted against SB272. SB272 would have established a parental bill of rights in New Hampshire.
Democrats said they were standing up for the LBGTQ community because of the provision in SB272 that would have required school staff to answer parents honestly if they asked about their child’s gender status in school. Much of this comes from the model school policy JBAB that was recommended by the NH School Boards Association several years ago. Since then, and after a couple of lawsuits, the NHSBA removed their recommendation. It’s important to note that the NHSBA also opposed SB272. Do you get the feeling the lobbying organization that parents fund out of their school budget doesn’t have much respect for them?
A few years ago Kristie Torbick was praised for her work as a beloved guidance counselor in Bedford, and then worked at Exeter High School. A few months later, she pleaded guilty to raping a child at Exeter High School! Kristie groomed a sexually confused girl.
She had the student babysit her children and met her at playgrounds to sexually assault her, all under the guise of “counseling.” Parents need to know what’s happening with their children, but Democrats want parents to be kept in the dark.
Yesterday ALL of the Democrats in the NH House VOTED to support school personnel like Torbick LYING to parents about their children. Torbick would have been supported by Democrats, the NHSBA, the ACLU, these NH school board members, and every other organization that testified against parents, and in support of school staff lying to parents.
Predators who work in our schools have a better chance of abusing children now because LYING to parents is acceptable. Every Democrat New Hampshire Senator and Representative voted against parental rights, and in support of lying to parents.
Telling children that they will keep secrets allows for a predator to groom the child, just as Torbick did to this victim.
Democrats also made sure that this legislation cannot be brought back up for a vote for two years! They didn’t just remove the provision in the Bill that they said they opposed; they killed the entire Bill for two years. This was never about standing up for the LGBTQ community because those parents have rights too. Why didn’t they bring forward a parental rights bill that eliminated the provision they opposed? They had the power to rewrite the Bill the way they wanted it but chose instead to KILL a parental bill of rights.
As a parental rights advocate in New Hampshire, it is shameful that Democrats now stand against parental rights. All of their talk about supporting parents is not true. If it was true, they would have amended the Bill to reflect their support for parental rights.
The only ones who benefit from this vote are the employees like Kristie Torbick, who have not been caught yet.
