From Gender Theory Guides to ‘Transition’ Questionnaires–Florida State Rep. Joe Harding on the Fight for Parental Rights in Education

American Thought Leaders

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Government, News, Politics

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🗓️ 18 October 2022

⏱️ 35 minutes

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Summary

On this episode of American Thought Leaders, we sit down with Florida state Rep. Joe Harding, who spearheaded Florida’s Parental Rights in Education Bill.

“As young as kindergarten, there were resource guides out there telling teachers, telling educators how to talk to children about their pronouns,” Harding says. “These guides were not being voted on in public meetings. These guys were being put forth with an agenda by activist groups.”

He shares the impetus for the bill, how the bill is now being enforced, and what it was like being at the center of a national firestorm. Since the passing of the Florida bill, many other states have followed in Florida’s footsteps and adopted similar legislation.

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0:00.0	As a youngest kindergarten, there were resource guides out there telling teachers, telling educators
0:05.7	how to talk to children about their pronouns.
0:08.3	Today, sit down with Florida State Representative Joe Harding, who spearheaded Florida's Parental
0:13.7	Rights and Education Bill.
0:16.0	One of the things that said was, do you want your parents to be involved in helping you
0:20.1	basically transition from key to a she or however you want to do it?
0:24.3	Now, many other states are following in Florida's footsteps and adopting similar legislation
0:30.2	We can have a private meeting with my child and close the door and then tell me that
0:34.0	I have no right to that information.
0:36.1	This is American Thought Leaders, and I'm Janja Kellek.
0:38.7	Representative Joe Harding, such a pleasure to have you on American Thought Leaders.
0:45.3	Great to be here.
0:46.3	Thank you for having me.
0:47.3	So let's just start by getting you to tell me a bit about yourself, you know, usually
0:52.1	state representatives, you're in the state legislature, but you also do something else.
0:58.1	So what are you up to?
0:59.2	Yeah, thank well, it's the difficult thing of being in the Florida Legislator, but also
1:04.2	I think what makes it so effective is that we are part-time legislators.
1:08.2	So first and foremost, I'm a dad of four children.
1:11.5	I've got a nine, a seven, a five, and a three-year-old, so they keep us very busy, and then
1:16.5	I'm also an entrepreneur.
1:17.5	I have a business that I run, and so we're very busy.
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