‘Edwards Elementary in Ames is encouraging students and staff to share their “unique self” through the creation of a set of school wings this week. Each teacher is provided with enough wings for themselves and their students.
The document states that “Pride Month” is celebrated every June as a tribute to those who were involved in the Stonewall Riots.
“The Riots were a pivotal event in LGBTQ+ history,” the document states. “Although we are not in school during the month of June, it is still important to recognize the identities of our Edwards Community.”
The audio of the video below is not good so here’s what was said by this DEI activist.
In Iowa the ‘Ankeny School District has been a heated environment for debate lately with the topics of Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion, Drag Shows, “diverse” LGBTQ+ school library literature featuring graphic text and pictures such as the cartoon illustrations of boys having sex in Gender Queer, masks, and vaccine mandates.
At board meetings, speakers are allowed to provide 3 minute speeches to the public voicing their opinions. These speeches are publicly recorded and become part of the public domain.
October 3, 2022 at the Ankeny Public School Board Meeting, one DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) activist began her speech “I…Uh….This meeting is live streaming which is perfectly fine by me; however, I do not give permission to record it on your personal phone….Nope. I have to give consent….I do not give consent.” She turns around and starts arguing with members of the public audience whom were previously recorded in the meeting just minutes before and whose recordings have actually been featured in various news venues already without their consent. Des Moines Register actually had F. Amanda Tugade photographing a previous speaker with her phone.
The argument continued:
Activist: “Turn it off!”
Audience Member: “Waste more time we’re good”
Activist: “Sister, you need to go to law school.”
Audience Member: “So do you.”
The activist turns around and continues. “Um, I know there are people here to see me who are compelled circle back around to topics address past things.”
She continues…“Presently we are all working together for our students to feel safe in school being exactly who they are. For the future, we must be compelled to actively work to create more safe spaces in our school and continue in our schools, continue to provide support for our staff and teachers. Focusing on the past and refusing to move towards the future does not allow Ankeny School District to be present and forward thinking. I think it is critical for us to continue to do the hard work, be future minded, be in the present, and work together to address current critical items like DEI and other items that are put before the board that are critical to the safety of our schools. Thank You.”
Shortly after the board president announces the next speaker the activist points at another audience member holding her phone and yells “Turn it off!” “Turn it Off!”’
Yes, there are choices to be made in the election for the Iowa Senate. Here we have one that believes a baby is worth keeping alive and another that believes it is alright to kill the baby if one desires to do so https://fb.watch/fEJDOe3W_j/! Well, I know which one I would be voting for!!!
‘We have written before about Democrat State Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott. After redistricting, she was lumped in with Republican Senate President Jake Chapman.
Chapman has been a conservative stalwart in the Iowa Senate. He has stood for life, individual rights, free speech, self-defense and just about everything a conservative could want.
Trone Garriott, on the other hand, is championing pornography in schools and the legalized killing of unborn babies. And she’s doing so while constantly pointing out she is a “minister” in the ELCA.
‘Iowa Gov. Kim Reynolds submitted an opinion piece to the Des Moines Register earlier this month. It was about the Register’s efforts to defend the Linn-Mar School District keeping secret gender plans from parents of students in grades 7-12.
The policy has been highly controversial. And Reynolds wanted to respond to the Register’s editorial in defense of the policy.
The Register’s opinion editor, someone we believe to be a biological male called Lucas Grundmeier, planned to publish it in last Sunday’s edition. With one “substantive change…”
Grundmeier wrote:
“This sentence: Biological males will be allowed to share restrooms, locker rooms and sleeping quarters on overnight trips with girls.
“Became: Children assigned male at birth will be allowed to share restrooms, locker rooms and sleeping quarters on overnight trips with girls.
“I will not revert to the original, but if you’d prefer a different edit I will use it instead. Please let me know this afternoon.”
The Governor’s office asked Grundmeier if the statement “biological male” is factually incorrect. Keep in mind this is an opinion piece, meant to convey the opinion of the author.
‘Freedom Blend Coffee is a ministry under the umbrella of Freedom for Youth Ministries. It works to empower young adults with work training and life skills that produce “development, restoration and hope.”
“Employment training is at the heart of our mission at Freedom Blend Coffee,” according to the group’s website. “We teach young adults, age 18-25, valuable customer service, food safety and hospitality skills along with life and career skills that empower them to enter the workplace more confident and more prepared for the challenges before them.”
Broadlawns Medical Center is a hospital in Des Moines owned by the people of Polk County. It is a governmental entity.
So, the two parties we’re talking about in this situation who entered into a contractual agreement include a ministry and a governmental entity.
And if you’re wondering, Broadlawns was well aware before entering into the agreement that Freedom Blend Coffee was a Christ-centered ministry.
How do we know this? Because an email dated Dec. 30, 2021 from Constance Rainey to Broadlawns CEO Anthony Coleman makes it clear:
The two parties entered into a contract that would continue for one year effective April 15, 2022.
“While the parties are entering this relationship with the hope and anticipation that this will be a long-term mutually beneficial relationship, this agreement may be unilaterally terminated by either party with 30 days written notice to the other party,” said one of the provisions of the contract.
That contract was signed on March 15, 2022. Five months later Broadlawns terminated the contract due to Freedom for Youth’s religious beliefs.
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