Parental rights advocates seem to be introducing many bills based on anecdotal reports that quickly become inaccurate myth, knowing they will get a sympathetic hearing in this libertarian Legislature. Here are three examples. You really don't want to miss this. The interviewer is great, not aggressive but clear about what the issues are. Senator Forsythe explains the law as he sees in, in a way you have not heard before. Well worth the time. Senator Forsythe refers to the assignment of a short story called "The Crack Cocaine Diet" as one of the pieces of anecdotal evidence supporting the need for HB 542. He says (0:45)
That's not a reaction you would expect from a New Hampshire school board and, when you check, you find the story is nothing like that. Here it is: Reading List Controversy in the Granite State This is another in a long line of mythical stories used to support overreaching legislation. Rep. JR Hoell (R-Dunbarton) tells another whopper in support of this bill, here. And Rep. Will Smith (R-New Castle) does it again on his bill, HB 1461, expanding the requirements for parental notification before school presentations are made. Senator Forsythe is a cosponsor on that bill. |