As with anything the Left, and therefore the media and the teachers’ unions, supports, you’d walk away from CNN or MSNBC or NPR thinking that Florida’s Parental Rights in Education bill was massively unpopular. As we reported, even U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy posted a Twitter thread blasting “Florida’s recent law restricting discussion about gender identity in school” — never mentioning that those restrictions applied to teacher- or staff-led discussions in kindergarten through third grade.
A new Morning Consult/Politico poll, though, shows that most Americans asked if they supported banning the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through third grade said yes, they did support it. Thirty-seven percent strongly supported the ban, while 23 percent strongly opposed it.
The poll mentioned that “some say that limiting these discussions will protect children from inappropriate classroom topics, while others say it will block important conversations about LGBTQ issues.” Kudos to the pollsters for making the age range clear.
Americans support "banning the teaching of sexual orientation and gender identity from kindergarten through third grade" by a 16-point margin.
DeSantis stood up to the Walt Disney Co.—and with the majority of American families. pic.twitter.com/ZKf7TK2syp
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) March 16, 2022
I dislike the wording of the question. The fact that they only ever referred directly to the bill by the oppositional nickname ("the Don't Say Gay bill") shows inherent bias in the question itself, leads me to believe the surveyors' leanings are probably leftward.
— UkraineLives (@NatLibSnake) March 16, 2022
This is a dishonest poll because it uses the false DSG line pushed by opponents.
cc @fineout @HotlineJosh @ChristinaPushaw
— Yossi Gestetner (@YossiGestetner) March 16, 2022
And still, it's a 16-point margin. Neutral polling language would yield an even larger number.
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) March 16, 2022
Even after they front loaded the question with poison pill verbiage
— Michael (@TXScotsViking) March 16, 2022
When will Republicans finally learn that they *win* by diving head-first into the culture war?
— Josh Hammer (@josh_hammer) March 16, 2022
What’s wrong with that 23%?
— Dr_Talon (@bacon12) March 16, 2022
Who are the 23% that strongly want this stuff taught to kids
— Son of Harappa (@SonOfHarappa) March 16, 2022
Time to hang it up when you're down by 16 even with the virulently partisan framing of "don't say gay"
— Duncan Braid (@duncan_braid) March 16, 2022
And that margin is after a very vocal, sustained disinformation campaign that intentionally mislabeled the bill and its intent.
— Potemkin. Dogs are my people. (@IggyBeeBop) March 16, 2022
I think the numbers would skew more to support the bill if the moderate Democrats actually knew what was in the bill or what has been going on in schools.
— Joey Biden, Ghost of Kiev☠️🇺🇸 (@TrumpUndead) March 16, 2022
It’s not about teaching this stuff. It’s about simply being able to reference being married to a man or that someone is transgender. These aren’t for curriculum. It’s just for if a kid asks “do you have a wife” the teacher should be able to say “no I have a husband”
— beach_dawes (@DawesBeach) March 16, 2022
No, it specifically is about teaching this stuff.
I'll bet @politico hated those results.
— El Cabrón Invisible 🥼 Committed to Transparency. (@DraconianDad) March 16, 2022
A poll by The Daily Wire showed similar results.
Related:
US Surgeon General blasts ‘Florida’s recent law restricting discussion about gender identity in school’ https://t.co/Q1FnFy7Npq
— Twitchy Team (@TwitchyTeam) March 14, 2022
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