Spring NC Poll: Strong Support for Parents’ Bill of Rights legislation | Eastern North Carolina Now

    Publisher's Note: This post appears here courtesy of the John Locke Foundation. The author of this post is Dr. Robert Luebke.

    After a failed attempt last year, advocates of the Parents' Bill of Rights (PBR) succeeded this session in passing legislation (SB 49) that enshrines parental rights and helps to correct the current imbalance of power between parents and schools across North Carolina. The elation of advocates was short-lived however, as Gov. Cooper vetoed the legislation on July 5. The House is currently waiting to reschedule a veto override vote.

    How do North Carolinians feel about PBR legislation? This spring, the John Locke Foundation commissioned a poll of parents and asked that question. What did we find?

    Sixty-two percent of respondents supported a PBR, and 27% of respondents opposed it. That is, parents favor PBR legislation by a margin of more than two to one.

    Support for PBR is strong across political divisions. Sixty-nine percent of Democrats supported a PBR, along with 63% of Republicans. Independent support for a PBR was slightly less (45% of respondents) but still represented a plurality.

    Over half of respondents who support a PBR (36%) say they do so because it "enumerates important parental rights regarding student medical and psychological records and bans all instruction on gender identity, sexual activity and sexuality in kindergarten through grade four."

    Of course, there are folks who disagree. A little over a quarter of respondents said they "oppose" a PBR. Another 11 % responded "unsure," a comparatively high number for such a question. Why do parents oppose a PBR? Respondents were generally divided between two responses. Approximately 15% of respondents said they oppose a PBR because they believe "schools and parents must be equal partners in educating and raising kids. The Parents' Bill of Rights significantly reduces the role and influence of the school in those efforts."

    Another 12% of respondents said they oppose a PBR because it "targets LGBTQ students or would require schools to tell parents who may not support a child's decision to gender transition." This group includes Republicans (9%), Democrats (11%), and Independents (20%). Other relevant categories include the 18-34 age cohort (12%)), the college educated (12%), urban residents (10%), and those in the 35-49 age cohort (14%).

    The mainstream press calls the PBR "controversial" although it's perplexing how legislation supported by nearly two-thirds of respondents can be called controversial. The public narrative against the PBR in the culture is driven largely by LGBTQ advocates. While the public discussion of the topic is contentious and vocal, a review of the poll numbers says otherwise.

poll#164

It has been far too many years since the Woke theology interlaced its canons within the fabric of the Indoctrination Realm, so it is nigh time to ask: Does this Representative Republic continue, as a functioning society of a self-governed people, by contending with the unusual, self absorbed dictates of the Woke, and their vast array of Victimhood scenarios?

  Yes, the Religion of Woke must continue; there are so many groups of underprivileged, underserved, a direct result of unrelenting Inequity; they deserve everything.

  No; the Woke fools must be toppled from their self-anointed pedestal; a functioning society of a good Constitutional people cannot withstand this level of "existential" favoritism as it exists now.

  I just observe; with this thoughtful observation: What will happen "when the Vikings are breeching our walls;" how do the Woke react?

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poll#201

Considering what real news is available for all to witness, and in great specificity, should one pursue what is true outside of the channeled realm of the corrupt corporate /legacy media, and: Is Institutionalized Corruption real, and is it a hindrance to sustaining our Constitutional Republic now, and for future generations of American citizens?

  Yes

  No

  Not sure

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