Minnesota Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, who is also the vice presidential candidate on the party ticket with current Vice President Kamala Harris, is once again at the center of a brand new controversy after a report revealed his administration has more or less banned practicing Christians, Jews, and Muslims from being able to teach in public schools. How has he managed to do this? Through the implementation of teacher licensing rules that will go into full effect next July. Walz’s new rules make it mandatory for teachers to affirm transgenderism and other “culturally sensitive” issues that could end up going against the religious beliefs and teachings of educators.
Notice how progressives like Walz tend to care about every other person’s beliefs and wants to cater to them, so long as they aren’t Jewish or Christian specifically. In this case, Islam just happens to be in the group, but they themselves are far from innocent when it comes to the persecution of the other two faiths.
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The Federalist, a conservative news outlet, broke the story, highlighting the significant implications of these changes. The new regulations, passed under Governor Walz, mandate that teachers must foster an environment that affirms students’ identities, including their gender identity and sexual orientation, as a condition for receiving a teaching license. The policy applies not only to public schools but also to private schools that require state licenses for their educators.
The publication noted that these rules will, without coming right out and saying it, ban “practicing Christians, Jews, and Muslims from teaching in public schools” because they conflict with personally held beliefs. Despite the fact science completely proves transgenderism false, those teaching at institutions in the state of Minnesota will be forced to “affirm” a student’s gender identity and sexual orientation, which is a violation of most faiths. Universities and colleges that train future educators will now have to incorporate the new standards into their programs or potentially lose their ability to offer state licensing to graduates.
According to the new standards, teachers must ensure that student identities, including race, ethnicity, gender, and sexual orientation, are “historically and socially contextualized, affirmed, and incorporated into a learning environment where students are empowered to learn and contribute as their whole selves.” This puts religious teachers in a difficult position, as affirming these identities may go against their core beliefs. Doug Seaton, founder and president of the nonprofit Upper Midwest Law Center, expressed his concerns over the regulations. He said that while some Christian universities in Minnesota may comply with the new rules, others are reluctant to do so. “Some are not willing to do it [file a lawsuit] until they actually have their college programs tagged for noncompliance or their graduates actually not licensed as a consequence of not adhering to these standards,” he said on the phone to The Federalist.
Under Walz, Minnesota has been shifting further left. Walz has made diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) a cornerstone of his agenda, even though these policies have faced significant opposition. His very first executive order created a DEI council, and his administration has been relentless in pushing for more progressive education policies, despite resistance from those who believe these efforts are divisive.
Walz is essentially creating a situation where progressive ideology is being forced onto students, whether they agree or not, or whether it is against their parents wishes to be taught these contrary beliefs. All that matters to the administration is pushing the agenda and helping to usher in “progress” toward the goal of a utopian society.
Who cares if kids are harmed in the process? You can’t make an omelet without breaking a few eggs, right? Well, that’s how liberals look at things. It’s worth it for the greater good. To them, the greater good is taking one step at a time toward perfecting human nature, and thus creating a utopian society. Just get the right “elites” in power who can create the right rules and enforce them.
The left’s definition of progress is the enemy of liberty.