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SHELBY — Biology didn’t used to be this confusing. The Ohio Legislature voted ten separate times to preserve biological restrooms from proposed LGBTQ changes. Just this past December, the State Board of Education passed a resolution opposing the radical redefinition of gender. Despite these facts, the Shelby City School Administration decided to overhaul the district’s longstanding one-hundred-fifty year practice of biological restrooms.
This policy shift has upset clergy and parents alike who say people cannot choose their gender when they cannot change their chromosomes. In response to the public outcry, the district may be looking to make a quick fix.
“Facts are stubborn things, verbal statements do not change biological facts,” Pastor Kevin Evans told the Shelby School Board Tuesday night. “Whatever the dictates of our passions, they cannot alter the states of facts and evidence. It is the duty of every man to detect and expose delusion and error. As the School Board, you took it upon yourselves to defy clergy and parents with your asinine policy and have entered the land of make-believe. Does the rights of boys who think they are girls trump the rights of girls who are born girls? I think not. Unfortunately, the danger is very real and the stakes are very high. School boards are elected, and they can be unelected.”
Seven of the twelve persons who spoke during the public comment called for biological school restrooms. One in the minority claimed there was no empirical evidence that attacks increase with transgenders using the opposite biological restroom.
To the contrary, a gender-identity school restroom became a crime scene this past fall in Edmond, Oklahoma. According to police, a biological male student came at a female student with clenched fists, pulled her hair, and threw her to the ground. The victim said she was “too weak to fight back.” Another female said she intervened to stop the fight because the attacker “is a man,” but said the male punched her in the face twice. The police report described the second female as having sustained a “possible concussion.”
“Without question, parents should be included in the decisions of their child’s medical and social well-being during school hours. Educators should not view parents as an obstacle. Ultimately this issue will not be settled at community meetings but rather at the ballot box.”
Pastor Rick Lewis
With the Loudon County, Virginia incidents still fresh on peoples’ minds, and with the Target restroom policy the clergy cited in their letter to the school board, evidence may suggest otherwise.
Pastor Doug Tackett commented, “The faith community is asking for the Board to reverse its restroom policy immediately. This policy endangers the safety of our children. In past board meetings there have been students who have shared their opposition to this policy. It seems you have made this a political issue. We too have a voice in this city and have other courses of action we can take. You will want our help if you want the passage of future school levies. If you are not willing to hear our voice, please resign.”
Another resident noted in geographical areas where transgenderism is most celebrated, no reduction in suicide rates among the transgender community is seen. “Why do we continue to enable this mental health illness? The idea that gender affirming care will prevent suicides is a farce according to the Anderson School of UCLA. This false premise is being used to further a political agenda at the cost of these individuals.” says Dustin Hovatter.
In response to complaints about the district’s policy, Superintendent Tim Tarvin reported after public comment, the Board decided in executive session to consider retrofitting the high school restrooms to make them more private.
The school district is also in hot water for not telling a parent his child changed “gender identities.” The father of the biological boy involved in the November 17th incident in the girls’ restroom addressed the board of education Tuesday night.
“I did not know this stuff was going on for a year. The only way I knew is when you guys called me and told me my “Alexis” (renamed) was going off to school. I did not catch it until the end. I believe in the Bible and I do not respect what my boy is doing….you all would not want your little girl in the bathroom with a guy,” the father said.
One of the pastors attending the meeting believes the School Administration should not be keeping secrets from parents.
“My heart goes out to that father tonight.” says Pastor Rick Lewis. “Without question, parents should be included in the decisions of their child’s medical and social well-being during school hours. Educators should not view parents as an obstacle. Ultimately this issue will not be settled at community meetings but rather at the ballot box.”
The Bottom Line:
The Bible says in Proverbs Chapter One, “Hear my son, your father’s instruction, and forsake not your mother’s teaching, for they are a graceful garland for your head and pendants for your neck.”
Click on the image below to view a video from Fox News Digital of Bishop Anthony Cooper explaining the Shelby City School District faulty restroom policy is to blame for an incident that occurred between a biological boy and a girl in the girls’ restroom (5:31 min).
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