CALL TO ACTION! Speak up to protect kids
Taxpayer-backed Lynnwood Pride event to feature toddler catwalk
Pride month is just a couple of days away. There are cities, schools, small towns, even churches all across the country planning to have special events to celebrate sexuality. They’ll use bright colorful flags and clothing to appeal to our youngest citizens.
We have a duty, not just to rant about it on social media, but to actually SPEAK UP and make our voices heard.
Here’s an event that happening in Lynnwood, WA on June 8th. CLA founder, Julie Barrett wrote about the event earlier this week on her Substack: https://juliebarrett1.substack.com/p/pride-month-connecting-the-dots
This event will feature a catwalk competition for children as young as 2 years old.
TJ Martinell decided to dig into this story further to find out where the funding was coming from as the event flyer listed the city on its promotional materials.
Among the catwalk judges are Lynwood City Councilmembers Josh Binda and Nick Coelho. Also judging is Maralyn Chase, a former state senator, and Sen. Marko Liias, D-Edmonds.
In addition to Binda and Liias, event speakers include Snohomish Sheriff Susanna Johnson. Snohomish County is cosponsoring the event through its Office of Social Justice, which “seeks to dismantle the individual, institutional, and structural racism that exists in the County.” The office offers sponsorship initiatives of up to $5,000 “to organizations working to advance efforts related to diversity, equity, and inclusion.”
Conservative Ladies of Washington Founder Julie Barrett wrote in an email to The Center Square that "it is unacceptable and highly inappropriate for the City of Lynnwood to use taxpayer funds to sponsor a Pride event that will sexualize children as young as 2 years old, putting them on a "catwalk" to be judged by adult men.”
She added that “it is very disturbing that Senator Marko Liias, who was the prime sponsor of SB 5599, which allows for minor children to be hidden from the parents to receive ‘gender affirming care’ in host homes or shelters, is one of the speakers for this event sexualizing children. If adults want to have celebratory pride events, these should be done without children present and without taxpayer funding.”
TAKE ACTION!
You CAN do something. You can speak up. Please take just 5 minutes to complete this call to action. Children must be protected from being sexualized and we have a right to demand that our taxpayers are not used for these events.
Look up your city/county website - the website should tell you somewhere if there is a pride event happening in your community. Or you can Google “Pride event [city name]”
Search for the city council or county council page on the website
Find out when the next council meeting is and attend and make a public comment or send a written comment that will be part of the public record
Use the Contact City Council form and send your comments today. Here’s the direct link if you happen to live in Lynnwood, WA: https://us.openforms.com/Form/780eb3e0-1bc7-40ba-9b73-f7e4362779fd
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