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Craig DeLuz: Supreme Court Case Highlights Clash Between Parental Rights, Indoctrination

Craig DeLuz: Supreme Court Case Highlights Clash Between Parental Rights, Indoctrination

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“Parents are — and must remain — the primary educators of their children,” writes Project 21 Ambassador Craig DeLuz in a commentary syndicated through InsideSources.

Craig says a recent parental rights case before the U.S. Supreme Court “is not about retreating from progressive educational mandates; it is fundamentally a defense of First Amendment rights, a defense of parents’ rights to be parents.”

He adds:

When parents enroll a child in a school, whether public or private, it should not be interpreted as a relinquishment of parental authority or the moral guidance essential to their upbringing. We must stand firm in defending parental rights against the encroaching ideologies of the education establishment.

Read Craig’s entire commentary below.


In the education landscape, the tension between parental rights and school curricula has become a contentious battlefield. It is essential to recognize that parents are their children’s primary educators. When they send their children to school — public or private — they do not surrender their rights or responsibilities. Yet, the education establishment has been increasingly encroaching on this vital paradigm.

Craig DeLuz

Craig DeLuz

A case recently argued before the Supreme Court regarding Maryland parents’ rights to opt out of lessons that infringe upon their religious beliefs epitomizes this growing conflict. This is not about retreating from progressive educational mandates; it is fundamentally a defense of First Amendment rights, a defense of parents’ rights to be parents.

At the center of this controversy are the parents from Montgomery County, who assert a fundamental principle: the right to shield their children from exposure to sexual content that is inappropriate for their age while also steering their moral and ethical upbringing in alignment with their faith. 

When the local school board decided to introduce a curriculum infused with LGBTQ+ themes — often embracing controversial discussions of human sexuality and gender identity — without regard for age appropriateness, and, crucially, without permitting parents the option to withdraw their children, it raised profound questions about the role of public education in a democratic society. In their quest for inclusivity, these educators have overlooked an essential truth: promoting inclusivity should never infringe upon parental rights and the deeply held convictions that guide their families.

This matter goes beyond mere exposure — it veers into indoctrination when children are repeatedly confronted with concepts that clash with family values. “I don’t think anybody can read that and say: Well, this is just telling children that there are occasions when men marry other men,” said Justice Samuel Alito. “It has a clear moral message, and it may be a good message. It’s just a message that a lot of religious people disagree with.”

Justice Amy Coney Barrett raised a crucial point, noting it is one thing to expose students to diverse ideas; it is quite another to present certain viewpoints as indisputable truths. By framing an ideology with the certainty of “this is the right view of the world,” educators risk indoctrination rather than enlightenment. This distinction is not merely academic but speaks to the essence of cultivating a truly informed citizenry.

Justice Elena Kagan expressed concern regarding the exposure of young children to certain materials in Montgomery County.  “I, too, was struck by these young kids’ picture books and, on matters concerning sexuality, I suspect there are a lot of non-religious parents who weren’t all that thrilled about this,” she said.

Chief Justice John Roberts aptly questioned the practicality of expecting young children to compartmentalize their beliefs in the classroom. It is unreasonable to expect 5-year-olds, still forming their worldviews, to reconcile lessons that conflict fundamentally with the teachings they receive at home.

What lies at the heart of these debates is a moral disconnect between the values held by many Americans and those promoted by the educational establishment. While the majority rightly argue that material containing controversial sexual content should have no place in our children’s classrooms, the education establishment continues to tout the necessity of exposing children to such content under the guise of inclusivity. This disregards the legitimate values held by the wider community.

Highlighted in this case is a crucial truth: parents must resolutely maintain their right to direct their children’s education according to their values. This struggle is not simply a skirmish; it reflects a broader movement aimed at reshaping education by privileging a state-sanctioned narrative while marginalizing dissenting voices.

We must assert, without hesitation, that parents are — and must remain — the primary educators of their children. When parents enroll a child in a school, whether public or private, it should not be interpreted as a relinquishment of parental authority or the moral guidance essential to their upbringing. We must stand firm in defending parental rights against the encroaching ideologies of the education establishment.

 

Craig J. DeLuz is a Project 21 ambassador and hosts a daily news and commentary show called “The RUNDOWN.” He wrote this for InsideSources.com.

Author: The National Center

Kendall Qualls: Resurrect the Family

Kendall Qualls: Resurrect the Family

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“It is time to admit that after 60 years of the post-Civil Rights movement, American black culture has collapsed to a godless, lawless, and fatherless culture no longer able to self-govern even in cities where black leaders control many if not all the seats of power,” wrote Project 21 Ambassador Kendall Qualls in a commentary published at the Journal of Free Black Thought just before Easter.

However, “we have to analyze the situation through a wider aperture than race to determine what has been driving these disasters,” he said. For instance, “black immigrants and their descendants are thriving in the United States, mainly because they have not been indoctrinated to feel disempowered the way native-born black Americans have been for the past 60 years.”

Read Kendall’s fascinating commentary below.


As we approach Easter Sunday, it is time for native black Americans, especially descendants of American slaves, to conduct a self-reflection on the current state of affairs within black culture.

Kendall Qualls

Kendall Qualls

It is time to admit that after 60 years of the post-Civil Rights movement, American black culture has collapsed to a godless, lawless, and fatherless culture no longer able to self-govern even in cities where black leaders control many if not all the seats of power.

How could the black community that for so long had a sense of self-respect and dignity despite the unfair hardships of the nation’s past descend from 80 percent two-parent families to nearly 80 percent fatherless homes in a single lifetime without one national initiative to reverse the trend?

Much like addicts, we won’t be able to solve this problem until we admit we have one.

Based on my organization TakeCharge’s own national polling data, a majority of black Americans believe that it is preferable for children to be raised with two parents and that adults should wait until after marriage to have children. In this poll, the majority of respondents do not believe their children are getting an education to prepare them for the future and they believe parents should have the ability to select the best schools for their children, allowing tax dollars to follow the child. This issue spans politics with most respondents self-identifying as Democrats.

Why the disconnect between the stated desires of everyday black Americans and the institutions that claim to represent them? One major reason is that the desires of black Americans are subordinate to the objectives of progressive elite leadership, many of whom are aligned with fatal socialist or Marxist ideology (see Figure 1).

The Victims of Communism

Figure 1

For decades, we have been told that social disparities were and still are a result of systemic racism and white privilege. Sadly, these false accusations have been used by people sympathetic to socialism and/or Marxism as weapons to divide the country, undermine and weaken the United States, and attack capitalism, which by any objective measure is the driver of prosperity in America and the world.

Our universities, particularly Education schools, are replete with self-identified Marxists, up to 40% according to some studies. Many of these professors proclaim openly that their objectives are to transform America and destroy capitalism. Bettina Love, a professor at Teachers College, Columbia University, is just one example out of many. According to a recent interview with her, “Destroying capitalism is a part of our freedom dream. It’s part of the long-term goal.” Education school professors like her indoctrinate America’s teachers who in turn indoctrinate America’s children to despise their country and to misunderstand and hate capitalism.

Many of these believers in socialism/Marxism see the destruction of the black family and the resulting social fallout as nothing more than the sacrifice needed to accomplish their objectives of transforming America and destroying the free-market system.

Unfortunately, most Americans, including black Americans, have no idea of the failures, evils, and mass killings resulting from communist ideology throughout history. The younger you are, the less likely you are to know the truth. Coincidence? (Figure 2).

Do you know how many people were killed under Communism?

Figure 2

When we look at the decades’ long destruction of urban centers where black people live, high rates of murder (often spilling out to the broader society), three times the rate of abortion compared to the general population, mass drug addiction, and failing public schools, we have to analyze the situation through a wider aperture than race to determine what has been driving these disasters.

Beyond the ranks of academia’s self-declared socialists/Marxists, when we evaluate members of the Congressional Black Caucus, many of whom have amassed wealth without ever having held a private sector job or started a business of their own, we find that they are some of the wealthiest people in some of the poorest districts in their states. This is the same group that visited the communist country of Cuba in 2009 and praised the country’s leader as “…one of the most amazing human beings [they’ve] ever met!”, completely ignoring the decades of human rights violations, lack of freedom, and imprisonment or killing of political opponents.

Ironically, in contrast, black immigrants and their descendants are thriving in the United States, mainly because they have not been indoctrinated to feel disempowered the way native-born black Americans have been for the past 60 years.

Only in the United States can a black man become a CEO of a chain of high-end Chinese restaurants. Nigerian born and naturalized American citizen, 37-year old Damola Adamolekun was CEO of P.F. Changs and has recently been tapped to revitalize the flailing Red Lobster chain. Adamolekun is not alone. Take Virginia Lt. Governor Winsome Earle-Sears, an immigrant from Jamaica who won statewide office to become the second in command of a former Confederate state. Before her political career, she was the President/Owner of Shenandoah Appliance Plumbing & Electric, the Director of a Salvation Army Women’s Shelter, and served as a Marine. She is currently running as a Republican candidate for Governor of Virginia.

Adamolekun and Sears represent two examples of a broader theme of black immigrants thriving while native-born black Americans are at the bottom rung of society. There are multiple factors involved of course, but the fact is that we simply do not see the same level of self-destruction and family breakdown in these communities that we see among native black Americans (Figure 3).

Black immigrant household incomes lower than that of the overall U.S. immigrant population but vary among different origin groups

Figure 3

What is the ultimate solution to our woes?

Not surprisingly, it must begin with acknowledging our departure away from our Christian heritage. After 60 years of wandering through the desert following godless leaders, this Easter Sunday is a perfect time to chart a new course, resurrect our Christian faith, rebuild families, re-establish excellence in education for our children’s future, and embrace our American citizenship instead of despising it. As a first step on this path, consider reading and signing TakeCharge’s “Declaration of Revival and Redemption,” which articulates a renewed commitment to faith, family, and education.

Project 21 Ambassador Kendall Qualls is a Faculty-in-Residence at Crown College School of Business and Founder/President of the nonprofit foundation TakeCharge. Mr. Qualls is also a former candidate for governor of Minnesota. Mr. Qualls was raised in a broken home in poverty. He worked full-time to pay for college, and served as an officer in the U.S. Army. He earned his MBA from the University of Michigan and worked as a Global Vice President of Sales and Marketing at an $850MM business unit. Mr. Qualls recently authored a book, “The Prodigal Project: Hope for American Families.” He is also on the President’s Advisory Board of the Heritage Foundation and the Advisory Board for the National Medal of Honor Center of Leadership. His message has reached millions of people as a speaker and through his articles published in the New York Post, Washington Examiner, The Washington Times, The Federalist, Real Clear Politics, The Christian Post, and the Minneapolis Star Tribune. This commentary was first published in the Journal of Free Black Thought.

Author: The National Center

Modern Thanksgiving Celebrations

Modern Thanksgiving Celebrations

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President Abraham Lincoln’s Gettysburg Address

The
Pilgrims inaugural Thanksgiving in 1621 was followed by sporadic
national Thanksgiving celebrations but more common celebrations at
the state level. The switch to a standard Thanksgiving holiday at
the federal level came about in the 1800s.

Lincoln’s
1863 Proclamation

Much
of the credit for this adoption may be attributed to Mrs. Sarah
Josepha Hale, editor of Godey’s Lady’s Book (a popular magazine
containing poetry, art work, and articles by America’s leading
authors). She persistently campaigned for an established national
Thanksgiving, such as in this 1852 editorial:

The
American people have two peculiar festivals, each connected with
their history, and therefore of great importance in giving power
and distinctness to their nationality. The Fourth of July Is the
exponent of independence and civil freedom. Thanksgiving Day is
the national pledge of Christian faith in God, acknowledging him
as the dispenser of blessings. These two festivals should be
joyfully and universally observed throughout our whole country,
and thus incorporated in our habits of thought as inseparable
from American life.

For
two decades, Hale promoted the idea of a national Thanksgiving
Day, writing
president after president. Abraham Lincoln eventually responded to
this persistence in 1863 by setting aside the last Thursday of
that November. The Thanksgiving proclamation issued by Lincoln at
that time was remarkable not only for its strong religious content
but also for its timing. It was delivered in the midst of the
darkest days of the Civil War, after the Union had lost multiple
battles in the first three years of that conflict. Yet, despite
those dark circumstances, Lincoln called Americans to give thanks
that:

In
the midst of a civil war of unequaled magnitude and severity,
which has sometimes seemed to invite and provoke the aggressions
of foreign States, peace has been preserved with all nations,
order has been maintained, the laws have been respected and
obeyed, and harmony has prevailed everywhere, except in the
theater of military conflict.

In
that proclamation, President Lincoln also noted that:

The
year that is drawing toward its close has been filled with the
blessings of fruitful fields and healthful skies. To these
bounties, which are so constantly enjoyed that we are prone to
forget the Source from which they come, others have been added
which are of so extraordinary a nature that they can not fail to
penetrate and soften even the heart which is habitually
insensible to the ever-watchful providence of Almighty God. . .
. No human counsel hath devised nor hath any mortal hand worked
out these great things. They are the gracious gifts of the Most
High God, Who, while dealing with us in anger for our sins, hath
nevertheless remembered mercy.

Presidents
After Lincoln

Over
the seventy-five years following Lincoln’s Thanksgiving
Proclamation, presidents faithfully followed Lincoln’s precedent,
annually declaring a national Thanksgiving Day. The date, however,
of the celebrations varied widely from proclamation to
proclamation.

Among
the many Thanksgiving proclamations in the WallBuilders’
collection is an 1887 handwritten one issued by President Grover
Cleveland in which he once again emphasized God’s hand:

The
goodness and the mercy of God, which have followed the American
people during all the days of the past year claim our grateful
recognition and humble acknowledgment. By His omnipotent power
He has protected us from war and pestilence and from every
national calamity; by His gracious favor the earth has yielded a
generous return to the labor of the husbandman, and every path
of honest toil has led to comfort and contentment; by His loving
kindness the hearts of our people have been replenished with
fraternal sentiment and patriotic endeavor, and by His Fatherly
guidance we have been directed in the way of national
prosperity.

In
1933, President Franklin D. Roosevelt set the precedent of
celebrating Thanksgiving on the fourth Thursday of each November.
And in 1941, Congress permanently established that day as the
national Thanksgiving holiday.

During
World War II, (which would eventually claim the lives of over
400,000 Americans),
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt issued a Thanksgiving
proclamation for November 1944 asking Americans to be thankful . .
.

For
the preservation of our way of life from the threat of
destruction; for the unity of spirit which has kept our Nation
strong; for our abiding faith in freedom; and for the promise of
an enduring peace.

President
George W. Bush summarized this history of Thanksgiving
proclamations and celebrations in his 2007 Thanksgiving
proclamation:

Our
country was founded by men and women who realized their
dependence on God and were humbled by His providence and grace.
The early explorers and settlers who arrived in this land gave
thanks for God’s protection and for the extraordinary natural
abundance they found. Since the first National Day of
Thanksgiving was proclaimed by President George Washington,
Americans have come together to offer thanks for our many
blessings.

As
Americans continue to “Be
thankful in all circumstances
” (1 Thessalonians 5:18 NLT),
our Thanksgiving celebrations should include reflections on all
the reasons to be truly thankful to God for His many blessings.
Perhaps the four items George Washington mentioned in America’s
original federal Thanksgiving proclamation in 1789 should
be the basis for future Thanksgiving commemorations:

  1. Acknowledge
    the providence of Almighty God;
  2. Obey
    His will;
  3. Be
    grateful for His benefits; and
  4. Humbly
    implore His protection and favor.

Author: Frances Rice

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL MOMS

HAPPY MOTHER’S DAY TO ALL MOMS

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Picture by Getty

We take the time on Mother’s Day to honor all of the mothers in America and recognize the enduring nature and worth of our communities, faith, and family. it is with great joy that we celebrate the women who presented us with the gifts of life and wise counsel, sacrificing much and providing for us safe harbors–our homes.

Author: Frances Rice

Belmont Club: The Ghost Problem

Belmont Club: The Ghost Problem

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AP Photo/Aaron Favila

“History doesn’t repeat itself, but it often rhymes,” Mark Twain observed. Joe Biden’s rebranding of Easter Sunday as the Transgender Day of Visibility can be understood as part of a long line of efforts to replace a religious observance with state-sponsored ersatz. 

NOW, THEREFORE, I, JOSEPH R. BIDEN JR., President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim March 31, 2024, as Transgender Day of Visibility.  I call upon all Americans to join us in lifting up the lives and voices of transgender people throughout our Nation and to work toward eliminating violence and discrimination based on gender identity.

These ersatz systems could take the form of state-sponsored atheism, state-mandated religion or even a completely invented replacement cult, like the French Revolution’s Cult of Reason. What explains this secular obsession with religion? Henry Kissinger pointed out that the two most powerful forces in history are the Conqueror and the Prophet. “The Middle East has been the chrysalis of three of the world’s great religions. From its stern landscape have issued conquerors and prophets holding aloft banners of universal aspirations. Across its seemingly limitless horizons, empires have been established and fallen; absolute rulers have proclaimed themselves the embodiment of all power, only to disappear as if they had been mirages.”

From the historical perspective, there nothing more interesting to “secular” government than religion. China, for example, is officially atheist but you may join any one of 5 registered faiths. It is sort of like buying a gun. Clearly religion is dangerous. While secular ideologues often say that “religion is based on fear” and empty superstition, they are obviously afraid of religion and it is the first thing they suppress. I call this the “ghost problem.” “God? I don’t believe in no God,” we say with our eyes flitting from side to side. Then how comes you is skeered? The ghost haunts us notwithstanding.

Conquerors and Prophets are among the two most powerful forces in history. The principle difference between the two is the time scale of their message. Conquerors live the lifespan of empires while Prophets exist on the scale of civilizations.Two thousand years later the Conqueror still fears the empty tomb.

Happy Easter.

Author: Frances Rice

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