Progressives Oppose Parental Rights, Upcoming Maryland Legislation HB378 Should Change That
Parental rights are for everyone. Let me repeat that. Parental rights are for everyone! Parental rights are for all races, ethnicities, nationalities, genders, economic groups, sexual orientations, etc. No matter who the parent is, they have parental rights until they do something that legally changes their status as a parent.
Why is this important?
It’s important because the assumption is that the only people in this country advocating for parental rights are white, right-wing, upper middle class parents.
It’s important because the denial of a parent’s right to decide for his/her child is the beginning of the State takeover of a society. It has happened in every authoritarian country in history. And I don’t know anyone, conservative or progressive, who wants that.
Across the country, politicians and parent groups are proposing parental rights bills. Every time, it seems there are the same reactions. Conservatives support the bills; Progressives oppose them. Depending on the balance in state legislatures, these bills are either approved or defeated.
Unless the parents are in favor of gay rights or trans rights or the right to be free from religion. Then you want government control.