Sept. 5, 2025 6 AM PT
To the editor: I’ve heard some absurd faculty insurance policies in my time, however this one is up there with the very worst (“Parents can now opt kids out of LGBTQ+ lessons. How schools are bracing for the change,” Sept. 4). Dad and mom can withdraw their kids from classes that battle with their non secular views (however the youngsters can’t choose out themselves).
Isn’t it among the many targets of training that we grow to be wiser, extra broad-minded and enlightened? This ruling permits dad and mom to maintain their kids in the dead of night in regards to the realities of life, probably even shielding them from science, as Yale Regulation Faculty professor Justin Driver factors out. Might dad and mom choose their kids out of science class the place they study the origins of the universe, the age of our planet — that our planet is a sphere?
And the fact is that 9.3% of the U.S. population identifies as LGBTQ+. Shouldn’t kids know what meaning, and know that human beings are a really numerous species and are allowed to dwell as they see match right here in America?
David Tempest, Mar Vista
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To the editor: I can see it now: a handful of youngsters leaving the classroom in order that they don’t should be uncovered to matters their dad and mom object to. Most of those must do with sexuality and LGBTQ+ points. Has anybody considered the idea of forbidden fruit? Inform a toddler one thing is forbidden and that solely will increase their need to find out about it.
So inform me please, what baby isn’t going to depart that classroom and instantly begin asking questions and speculating in regards to the matter? Oh, the chatter on the playground. I clearly keep in mind a few of the “secret” issues I discovered there. Maybe these youngsters could be higher off listening to these points mentioned with skilled academics slightly than within the playground hypothesis of different kids.
Barbara Rosen, Fullerton
