Portland Parents Sue Schools For Anti-Gun ‘Indoctrination’

By Tom Knighton

AP Photo/John Raoux

Schools are supposed to be places of learning, where facts take precedence over feelings. They’re not supposed to teach you what to think, only how to think.

What they’re supposed to be and what they are, however, aren’t exactly similar.

Because of that fact, some pro-Second Amendment parents are lashing out at Portland public schools for what they say is an attempt to indoctrinate their children.

Four pro-2nd Amendment parents are suing Portland Public Schools (PPS) over gun control rallies.

Their lawyer, Multnomah County GOP chair James Buchal, says the district violated parents’ and students’ First Amendment rights by promoting gun control following last year’s school shooting in Parkland, Florida.

“It’s wrong for the schools to essentially hijack public resources to push one side of a controversial issue and to misuse children as puppets in their exercise,” said Buchal.

He also said PPS used district resources to coordinate with outside activists, helped plan political activity, including walkouts, and claims the schools “indoctrinated” students in the classroom.

“It’s a giant scheme of manipulation and it’s not what people want their education dollars spent on,” said Buchal.

Unsurprisingly, the school says the lawsuit is baseless.

I’m not so sure about that.

I can’t speak for Portland, but …Read the Rest

Source:: Bearing Arms