Well this is awkward. Now that Allen West is the Chair of the Republican Party of Texas, he is going around the state endorsing candidates at all levels of government in the November election. It’s a good thing. Republicans have long ceded too many government positions to liberals, especially school boards. But it does strike me as odd that West would endorse someone that goes against the party platform and West’s stated views on the homosexual community.
First, remember what West said about denying the Log Cabin Republicans a paid booth at the recent state party convention.
If you are taking a position that undermines any of the planks of the platform of the Republican Party of Texas, I don’t believe you should be there at the convention with a booth saying you’re part of the Republican Party of Texas. This is not a purity test, and I believe that when it’s time for Republicans and conservatives to say that this is who we are.
We welcome people, but we are not going to acquiesce, appease, and water down our beliefs in order to accommodate and make others feel happy. We’re not shunning anyone that is a part of these organizations or believes in the LGBT lifestyle, but one of our major planks is that we support a traditional nuclear family, and I will not support an organization that believes the nuclear family is not important for the sustainment of Texas, and the sustainment of the United States of America. As a matter of fact, what has decimated our communities is the undermining of the traditional nuclear family.
Whether or not you agree with West, that is the position that he has taken.
While I couldn’t find any specific plank in the Texas RPT platform opposing Diversity and Inclusiveness Training in public schools, I did find these two planks:
- Sexual Education: We demand the State Legislature pass a law prohibiting the teaching of sex education, sexual health, or sexual choice, or identity in any public school in any grade whatsoever, or disseminating or permitting the dissemination by any party of any material regarding the same. All school districts, individual schools, or charter schools are prohibited from contracting with or making any payment to any third party for material concerning any of the above topics. Until this prohibition goes into effect, sexual education shall only utilize sexual risk avoidance programs and promote abstinence outside of marriage. [State, Local]
- Extracurricular Opportunities: We encourage nonpublic school parents to create extracurricular opportunities for their children where they are not readily available and in a manner that they can be free from discriminatory testing, intrusive government oversight, or harmful school policies regarding mixed-gender students in bathrooms and locker rooms. We encourage the Legislature to find ways to allow nonpublic school students’ participation.i Any homeschool student that does not participate will be unaffected. [State, Local]
Clearly, the party is against LGBTQ indoctrination in public schools at any grade. But along comes Allen West and endorses a guy for a school board that is for Diversity and Inclusiveness Training at ALL grades of public school. Here is what Muni Janagarajan, candidate for Frisco ISD, wrote when he ran for the same position a year ago:
Here is Allen West’s endorsement of Muni Janagarajan:
https://www.facebook.com/BrandonBurdenBuildFriscoforGenerations/videos/987772215026709/?v=987772215026709
It’s interesting that in West’s endorsement speech, he states that “we have got to get back to a system of education and not a system of indoctrination”. Apparently, Muni Janagarajan prefers a system of indoctrination. At ALL levels of education.
So which is it Mr. West? Follow the platform or not follow the platform?
now tell us about Muni’s opponent
I know nothing about Muni’s opponent, but what I just read is, or should be, disqualifying for Muni to hold any office. If he was the dogcatcher, he’d probably insist on diversity training for the dogs and cats, letting the cats know they can be dogs if they really want to be, and vice versa.
If the opponent is even worse, then clearly no endorsement should have been made.
As to denying the Log Cabin Republicans a booth, I disagree with West on that. These are people that are Republicans. They should be able to rent a table at the convention. They aren’t demanding that the RNC pledge fealty to them, they just want to rent a table and be included. What are we afraid of? They will recruit unsuspecting Republican youth to the homosexual lifestyle? It’s a marketplace of ideas. I don’t want kids indoctrinated in schools with ‘diversity and inclusiveness’ training, which is really code for leftist indoctrination, but damn, if you are afraid of catching the gay cooties from a table at the RNC convention, maybe you aren’t quite as straight as you think you are.
so LGTBQs are worse than Gs that are repubs? Even I don’t make that distinction. Nor do they.
An apt comparison to your analogy is Muslim Brotherhood vs ISIS. One group wants to wear suits and ties to blend in to get crowd control of the narrative (Kieth Ellison) and the other wants to fight to the death for same (Tsarneav brothers). Different causes (muslim domination vs gay promotion) but same tactics.
Either way your promoting your own downfall by accommodation.
I just want you to know that it was not me who down voted you.
no worries Bill, tell a truth and hump monkeys come out
As Republicans, we encourage everyone to vote with us because we have the best policies for all citizens. In the past, I hadn’t really thought through the LGBTQ issue, butI now have a clearer understanding of it and realize that protecting children is vitally important. I misspoke and want to make it clear that I in no way support the LGBTQ agenda in our schools or Comprehensive Sex Education or “diversity and inclusiveness training.” My original intent was that students of ethnic backgrounds not be bullied, and I stand by that policy. As a Republican, I support our traditional family values as outlined in the RPT platform. I am removing my original post and I apologize for any confusion this has caused.
Thank you!
Sounds like “I didn’t mean to say what I meant to say
man how many times have you walked into that scenario Howie? is it every time or just most of it?
A little skeptical of those conversions on the way to Damascus, I take it?
So you support LGBTQ students being bullied? Excluded from taxpayer funded team sports?
A ban on pro-LGBT free speech on campus while anti gay groups like the Fellowship of Christian Athletes receive extra protection?
What makes ALL LGBT people so vile, in your opinion, that children need to be protected from?
Do you think that Districts in Texas, like Mansfield ISD should be able to bar LGBT teachers from employment?
Ill let y’all get back to pretend the GOP is pro LGBT now.
not advocating for people who can’t settle on their gender at the expense of us normies does not equate to promoting their safety being compromised…unless you’re a democrat it of course