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Louisiana Newsletter Aug 202
Created: 2022-08-24 22:29:30
Updated: 2024-03-22 23:00:00
Published: 2022-08-24 15:00:00
Converted: 2025-04-14T20:05:22.754469457
reedom is never more than one
generation away from extinction.
We didn’t pass it to our children in
the bloodstream. It must be fought for,
protected, and handed on for them to do
the same, or one day we will spend our
sunset years telling our children and our
children’s children what it was once like in
the United States where men were free.”
-President Ronald Reagen
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“an we stop the attacks on
Louisiana’s youth?”
During the 2022 Louisiana
legislative session Representative
Dodie Horton introduced
HB837
which provides relative to
discussion of sexual orientation
and gender identity in public
schools.
She plans to reintroduce this
legislation during the 2023
Louisiana legislative session, and
will need the help of concerned
citizens to overcome the
pressure of persistent forces to
indoctrinate our youth in sexual
perversion.
This is a link to the bill; https://
legiscan.com/LA/bill/
HB837/2022
During the 2022 session there was
an army of individuals eloquently
lobbying for “sex education” for
youth, beginning in preschool.
I believe that we must protect our
children from these predators,
and I will do all that I can to
recruit help to defeat this effort in
our schools.
That is the point of this article:
to enlist invincible support for
Louisiana’s youth, and energetic
opposition for the efforts of Social
Emotional Learning proponents.
During the 2021-22 school season,
many parents in Louisiana and
around the nation were alerted
to the dangers of CRT (critical
race theory.) Parents came out
of the background,
confronting their
school boards
publicly.
Be advised that
CRT is only a feature
of the much larger
totalitarian objective
called
“Social Emotional
Learning” or SEL.
If you doubt me, please browse
the tangischools.org website, and
search these terms for yourself.
Having visited one school board
meeting during the past school
year, I couldn’t help noticing
the constant use of terms such
as equity and social emotional
learning, with an emphasis on
Summer learning programs. I
browsed their website and found
these terms defined in harmless
and innocent ways.
My conclusion is that these
deviant programs have not yet
been incorporated into our
public school system, but my
concern is that the use of the
terms leaves open the redefining
of them at a later date.
The following information
reinforces my concern.
“Welcoming Classrooms” is
a term that provides educators
with an environment, free from
parent scrutiny (or in many cases
even knowledge) where students
can be allowed or encouraged
to discuss perversions of many
kinds.
There are many features and
trademarks that make up this
platform.
“Social Emotional Learning”
is a Trojan Horse to introduce
children to all of the perversions
that parents want to protect their
children from.
A child’s world view is well
established by the time they
reach thirteen years of age. That
means that in order to instill in
them a biblical world view, they
must be protected from Marxist
perversions during these very
impressionable years.
If schools, who have a monopoly
on most children’s time, are
allowed to indoctrinate them with
atheistic perversions, we will be
fighting an uphill battle for our
children’s well-being.
The proponents of “Social
Emotional Learning” are adept at
adapting their verbiage to deflect
attention away from their goals.
They don’t want to alert parents
to their objectives.
These are some of the terms that
fall under the umbrella of “Social
Emotional Learning,” and they
are all included in the Tangipahoa
school system.
• CRT, or critical race theory
• Changing of values, beliefs
& mindset
• CSE, or comprehensive
sex education
• Equity
• Gender identity
• Welcoming Classrooms
• Intersectionality
• Summer programs
Some of our school districts are on
the leading edge of providing these
dangerous environments.
These ideas originally were
introduced at the college and
high school levels. They are now
being introduced in earlier and
earlier grade levels. This gives
the purveyors of these evil ideas
access to young minds at the most
receptive and impressionable
point in their lives.
This is the time when parents are
to guide their children’s reception
toward the most important
principals of life. These forces
hope to undermine and sabotage
these efforts.
There is another troubling
aspect of SEL. According to Dr.
Carol Hanes, there is a mental
health component of SEL. Our
education systems are authorizing
“behavioral specialists” who,
without parental knowledge are
making mental health judgments
and recommendations to our
youth.
There is a concern that mental
health surveys and assessments
may be used to label the children
of 2nd Amendment supporters as
unfit.
It is possible that these
instruments may be used to disarm
a generation of Americans.
My goal is to alert as many
Americans, and especially
Louisiana citizens, of these
dangers, so that we can be effective
in our opposition to them.
God bless you, Dave
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As we grow the grassroots, influence our
legislators, and educate the American people,
we must master our ability to effectively
articulate the mission of COS in order to save
our great nation.
That is why we are launching an elevator pitch
competition called COS Voices wherein the
grand prize winner will be awarded an all
expense paid trip to the historic 2023 Simulated Con-
vention of States!
Record a video of 60 seconds or less describing the
Convention of States Project to someone who has
never heard of it. Each submission will be judged on
the following criteria: Content, Clarity, Creativity,
Originality, Timelessness.
Contest ends on August 31, 2022
Michael Maples, the LA State Videographe
r has volunteered to help the first 10 members who wish to
enter this video competition. Contact him at michaelmaplesart@gmail.com. But hurry, time is Short!
n Saturday, August 6th,
COS DC Luke Prejean, COS SD Julie Sandifer, COS
SCW Van Walter and two new volunteers, Patrick and Winston met at a
local coffee shop in Lafayette. After a short strategy session and on boarding for
Patrick,Winston, Julie, Luke and Van began
the first ever Louisiana block walk.
We walked together in a very nice neighborhood and managed to talk to some very
nice and concerned citizens. We even had petitions signed and volunteer interest.
The day was very hot and humid and we eventually ran out of time. However it
was a successful day.
We learned our elevator speeches, we honed our communication skills and we
were rewarded by getting a few petitions signed. This is the beginning of something
we can do in the future when the weather is cooler.
On Wednesday, August 10, 2022, Van drove from Lafayette to the COS
Regional Meeting in Baton Rouge. The meeting was held in the East Baton Rouge
main library on Goodwood Boulevard. The facility is a very nice open room with
audio visual hook up. At 6 PM the meeting was called to order by
Cliff Ancelet.
I did not count heads but we had a respectable attendance.
Cliff led in with the Pledge of Allegiance and Van opened with a brief prayer.
Julie came to the podium and welcomed us all.
Jeanine came afterward and explain why she joined COS and explained
her role as District Captain. Julie talked about
self governance, our
unalienable rights, constitutional orginalism and freedom from a Convention
of States perspective.
Dale Clary talked for quite some time explaining to the new COS folks about
Article 5 and the arguments for and against calling a Convention. He clearly
explained the process to be followed when an
Article 5 Convention is called.
The group was very interested during the entire meeting. Many people had
questions and brought up their thoughts about today’s dilemma with the federal
government and its representatives.The meeting adjourned around 8:30 PM.
Patrick,
Winston,
Julie,
Luke
& Van
began
the first
ever
Louisiana
block walk.
Send Public Records Request to your local school
system asking for information regarding professional
development training in Social Emotional Learning
and Mental Health.
Sample:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1 f8D
Results may be forwarded to parentschoicela@gmail.com
State Strategy Meeting
Saturday, October 29
EBR Parish Main Library
7711 Goodwood Blvd.
Baton Rouge, LA
Meet with team members for dinner at Cafe Americain at 5:30
Friday, Oct. 28 and/or for Breakfast (both on your own)
at Cracker Barrel at 7:30
Meeting 9:00-4:30 Saturday, Oct. 29th.
Space is limited, so sign up today:
Check your email on July 12 for the survey to complete if you
want to register for this very important meeting.
We See Four Major Abuses Perpetrated by the Federal Government.
Michael P. Farris, J.D. LLM Senior Fellow for Constitutional Studies
These abuses are not mere instances of bad policy. They are driving us towards an age of “soft tyranny”
in which the government does not shatter men’s wills but
“softens, bends and guides ” them.
If we do nothing to halt these abuses, we run the risk of becoming nothing more than a
“flock of timid and industrious animals, of which the government is the shepherd.”
(Alexis de Tocquerville, Democracy on America 1840)
1. The Spending and Debt Crisis
2. The Regulatory Crisis
3. Congressional Attacks on State Sovereignty
4. Federal Takeover of Decision-Making Process
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Article 5 of the constitution provides two ways in which amendments may be proposed:
Congress may propose them, or the states call a ”convention for proposing amendments”
upon application of 2/3 of the state legislature (34 state legislatures). Regardless of which
way amendments are proposed, they must always be ratified by 3/4 of the states (38 states).
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