The Left’s second most rallying cry (and generally the lie most likely to be rolled out as a club) is “It’s for the children!” as if that is supposed to stop all debate by shaming their opposition (with the undertone of “what, you hate kids? Don’t much like puppies or Mom’s apple pie either, do you?). When drawn out of the Progressive quiver, it’s one purpose is to stifle and stop debate, for that is what Progressives want. In their hands, the intent is to use it like a steamroller. Lots and lots of issues have seen this used over and over – because it works, mostly. Children are precious – especially when they can be used as pawns.
Except when they get in the way of an adult’s politically correct ideology – which, pretty much, cares not a whit for real youngsters:
A federal civil rights complaint has been filed against the Salt Lake City School Board after a principal booted a Cub Scout pack from an elementary school.
About 30 young boys were told they could no longer meet at Mountain View Elementary School because the Boy Scout’s ban on gay members in leaders conflicted with the school district’s anti-bias policy.
The ban drew the ire of Michael Clara, a school board member and lifetime Boy Scout. Clara filed the federal complaint on behalf of two Latino parents.
“I believe it is an assault on the founding principles of our country for school officials to attempt to exclude a voice no less legitimate than its own from public school participation,” Clara tells me. “A marketplace of ideas devoid of competitive viewpoints engenders an insidious society of conformity, contrary to the fundamental precepts of our Constitution.”
