{"id":4492,"date":"2023-07-28T05:03:01","date_gmt":"2023-07-28T05:03:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4492"},"modified":"2023-07-28T05:43:52","modified_gmt":"2023-07-28T05:43:52","slug":"parental-rights-groups-to-protest-against-drag-queens-party-in-park-for-all-ages-this-is-sexual-grooming-of-our-children-and-that-is-not-okay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=4492","title":{"rendered":"Parental Rights Groups to Protest Against Drag Queens Party in Park for \u2018All Ages\u2019: \u2018This Is Sexual Grooming of Our Children, and That Is Not Okay\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Wisconsin parental rights groups plan to demonstrate this weekend against a daylong pride event featuring a drag queen story hour and a children\u2019s dance party.<\/p>\n

Organizers with No Left Turn in Education<\/a>, Parents Patrol<\/a>, and Gays Against Groomers Wisconsin<\/a> said they will be out in force at Pride in the Park<\/a>, scheduled from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. Saturday at Watertown\u2019s Riverside Park. The protesters are planning a Classic Story Hour at the city park.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe plan to peacefully be there to let parents know we are there to defend their children and that they\u2019re not alone,\u201d said Alexandra Schweitzer, president of No Left Turn in Education Wisconsin.<\/a> \u201cMany parents, especially in small towns, are being attacked for their beliefs now, and they think this is the way it has to be. It doesn\u2019t have to be this way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Unity Project of Watertown,<\/a> which is hosting the Pride in the Park event, is expecting a bigger turnout of LGBTQ+ community members and supporters than last year\u2019s event, which drew more than 300 people to Riverside Park.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis year \u2014 instead of having a single pavilion \u2014 we have every pavilion from the bathrooms including the bandshell,\u201d Unity Project leader Trent Kangas told<\/a> the Watertown Daily Times.<\/em><\/p>\n

Drag queens And and Nemo, and drag king Ponyboy Trevor, are among the drag performers slated to put on an \u201call ages\u201d show.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe plan to have two drag shows during the event and a drag story hour where Andi will be reading books,\u201d Kangas said. \u201cWe\u2019ll also be hosting a DJ for a children\u2019s dance.\u201d<\/p>\n

Rocky Rodriguez, leader of the Wisconsin chapter of Gays Against Groomers, told The Lion\u2019s <\/a>Michael Ryan that an \u201call ages\u201d drag show is a \u201cnew one\u201d to the group.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re used to seeing drag queen story time. We\u2019re used to seeing kids at Pride events. That\u2019s natural to see that now, with what we\u2019re protesting. But the one thing that caught my eye was \u2018drag-queen-and-kids dance party.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n

Trans advocates insist the drag queen and dance parties are opportunities to show children inclusion and kindness for people who might be different from others. Critics says they\u2019re safe spaces for \u201cperverted adults\u201d<\/a> who are \u201cobsessed with sexualizing young children.\u201d<\/p>\n

In Texas last June, a Dallas-area gay bar sponsored a drag event for all ages. It was billed as \u201cDrag Your Kids to Pride\u201d and advertised as a \u201cfamily friendly\u201d edition of its weekly drag queen brunch events, according to NBC News<\/a><\/em>. Viral videos<\/a> show children taking part i<\/a>n the performances. In one scene a drag queen twerks to an Ariana Grande song. As The Hill<\/em> reported,<\/a> a neon sign behind the dancers proclaimed, \u201cIt\u2019s Not Gonna Lick Itself.\u201d<\/p>\n

Such \u201csafe space\u201d events aren\u2019t sitting well with much of the population. A Rasmussen Report<\/em> poll<\/a> late last year found 60 percent of American adults consider \u201cDrag Queen Story Hour\u201d inappropriate for children, including 44 percent who say it\u2019s not at all appropriate. Just 29 percent said adults in drag reading books to children is an appropriate activity.<\/p>\n

Many so-called mainstream news outlets have painted opposition to drag shows for children as a politically motivated movement driven by bigoted conservatives. It\u2019s not, says Schweitzer. It\u2019s about what is right and what is wrong for America\u2019s most vulnerable citizens, the parental rights activist said. And a lot of moms and dads have grown tired of the radical left pushing their beliefs on families in schools and other public places.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese are strip shows. They\u2019re a full-on assault on children,\u201d she said, noting that there are many gay and bisexual adult Americans concerned about the sexualization of kids \u2014 hence the creations of Gays Against Groomers will be there.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cTogether we can right this wrong if we stand together,\u201d Schweitzer added. \u201cNo one should think that what is happening to our children is okay. This is sexual grooming of our children, and that\u2019s not okay.\u201d<\/p>\n

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M.D. Kittle is the National Political Editor for The Star News Network.
\n<\/strong><\/em>Photo \u201cDrag Queen Story Hour\u201d by\u00a0San Jose Public Library<\/a>. CC BY-SA 2.0.<\/i><\/p>\n

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