Confusion & Deception In Local Schools

It's been almost 40 years since Tina Turner released her song, “What’s Love Got To Do With It.” A song that would take her to the top of the charts, ranking number one for the first time in her carrier. Almost 40 years later we are being asked to redefine love and what love has to do with who we are as a civilization. What does love have to do with it? In short. Love has everything to do with it.

But what is love? Is love defined by attraction? No, that is simply trying to rename, “desire.” Is it true that, “love is love?” Not at all, you cannot logically define a word by using the very word you are trying to define. Is love simply the act of accepting everything that everyone wants to do, regardless of the outcome? No, in fact, that would be incredibly unloving. Could you imagine letting a little child play with the kitchen knives because they, “want to?” Is it love to believe the lie that we are to, “mind our own business?” Not even close. In fact, Jesus Himself said that the second greatest command ever given is to love your neighbor as yourself. Applying love today does not mean we ignore those around us, nor does it mean that we step aside and watch those living in the Treasure Valley make compromised decisions with their desires that will lead to their own demise. Love is getting in the way of issues that will hurt those around us. Love is not short-term appeasement at the cost of long-term damage or ill-health.

I ask you, is it loving to encourage and expand confusion amongst the youth of our Valley and to hide what is happening at school from a child’s parents? Well, that is exactly what some school districts are proposing, and others have already embraced. Policy 3281 has exposed the intended indoctrination of the Caldwell School Board and has revealed the already unloving acceptance of it by others. Rather than focusing on reading, writing, and arithmetic, this policy embraced gender confusion and encourages children to question whom they were born to be. Like stepping into quicksand, policy 3281 will cause our kids to be stuck in confusion rather than help them out of it. This policy supports the indoctrination that children should be allowed to change their pronouns, pick a new name, participate on whichever athletic team they desire, and have access to the restrooms and locker rooms of their choice. (For the list of schools that are considering the policy, see below.)

Perhaps the most infuriating portion is that if you work for the school district and do not comply you will be met with disciplinary actions. Additionally, if you work for the school district, under policy 3281, you would be required to hide a child's actions and changes in behavior from their parents.

The loving thing is to help a child out of their confusion and turmoil, not convince them to live in it. When a toddler wakes up from a bad dream, they should be comforted and told that we are there for them and that everything is going to be ok. The same is true for anyone living with confusion and trauma, they should be loved and helped through the confusion, not convinced that the nightmare is reality. It is time for the Treasure Valley to wake up, speak up, and love their neighbor as themselves. The time for action is now. Speak the truth in love to anyone who is struggling with identity. Call, write, and visit your schools and school boards. They have already expressed that from where they sit as a district, silence is compliance.