{"id":40164,"date":"2022-06-06T13:07:03","date_gmt":"2022-06-06T19:07:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/lauren-boebert-says-the-left-is-grooming-our-kids-over-lgbtq-inclusive-flashcards\/"},"modified":"2022-06-06T19:07:03","modified_gmt":"2022-06-06T19:07:03","slug":"lauren-boebert-says-the-left-is-grooming-our-kids-over-lgbtq-inclusive-flashcards","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/lauren-boebert-says-the-left-is-grooming-our-kids-over-lgbtq-inclusive-flashcards\/","title":{"rendered":"Lauren Boebert says \u2018the Left is grooming our kids\u2019 over LGBTQ-inclusive flashcards"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

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Republican U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert of Colorado speaks during a debate May 26 at the Sky Ute Resort and Casino in Ignacio. (William Woody for Colorado Newsline)<\/span>cca<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert said in a tweet <\/a>Tuesday that the left is \u201cgrooming\u201d children in response to a North Carolina teacher resigning after using LGBTQ-inclusive flash cards. Boebert\u2019s comments came the day before Pride Month began and weeks before a Colorado committee presents revisions to social studies education in the state that revokes mentions of LGBTQ people.<\/p>\n

Grooming is a tool used by sexual predators to gain access to potential victims and coerce them into abuse, according to the Rape, Abuse & Incest National Network<\/a>.<\/p>\n

At Ballentine Elementary School in North Carolina, a preschool teacher was using LGBTQ-inclusive flashcards to teach colors to students. In a statement <\/a>from North Carolina state House Speaker Tim Moore, a Republican, the flashcards were not a part of the school\u2019s curriculum and the principal was contacted immediately by Republican state Rep. Erin Par\u00e9. Par\u00e9 said in the statement that the cards were not \u201cage-appropriate.\u201d<\/p>\n

Coloradans raised concerns of \u201cgrooming\u201d and submitted homophobic and transphobic feedback<\/a> to LGBTQ-inclusive language in the state\u2019s social studies curriculum. In the coming weeks, the Social Studies Standards Review Committee will present recommended revisions of the state\u2019s curriculum to the Colorado State Board of Education.<\/p>\n

The November draft<\/a> of revisions included mentions of LGBTQ topics and people as well as references to African Americans, Latinos, Indigenous peoples and Asian Americans. Many of the mentions were removed from the latest draft<\/a> and would not be included in kindergarten through fourth-grade teachings.<\/p>\n

On Twitter, Boebert drew attention to the North Carolina incident. She claimed the teacher was using flashcards with a \u201cpregnant man\u201d to teach kids colors.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe went from Reading Rainbow to Randy Rainbow in a few decades, but don\u2019t dare say the Left is grooming our kids,\u201d Boebert said on Twitter.<\/p>\n

Some Twitter users, responding to Boebert, brought up the 2004 arrest of her now-husband, Jayson Boebert, for lewd exposure<\/a> at a Garfield County bowling alley. Others said<\/a> the flashcards were accurate depictions of LGBTQ families.<\/p>\n

Boebert did not respond to Newsline\u2019s requests for comment.<\/p>\n

To read more stories from Colorado Newsline, visit www.coloradonewsline.com<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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