Good morning, 

Here is the Texas Minute for Wednesday, June 8, 2022.

– Brandon Waltens 

Mandatory Drag Shows for Children in California?

• Over the weekend, a Dallas gay bar hosted a “Drag the Kids to Pride” event, where children were subjected to scantily clad drag queens dancing up the aisle and even invited to join them.
   

• State Rep. Bryan Slaton (R-Royse City) responded to the event, stating, “Drag shows are no place for a child.” Slaton promised to file legislation that would ban drag shows in the presence of minors.
   

• California’s Democrat State Sen. Scott Wiener responded to Slaton’s remarks, saying Slaton had given him an idea for a bill of his own: “Offering Drag Queen 101 as part of the K-12 curriculum. Attending Drag Queen Story Time will satisfy the requirement.” Sydnie Henry has the details. 
   

• As parents fight back against the overt sexualization of children across the nation, the left has been arguing that teachers aren’t grooming school children. Yet, Wiener is suggesting that the K-12 curriculum do exactly that and include Drag Queen Story Time.
   

• Former Texas State Rep. Jonathan Stickland had a sharp response for Wiener, saying, "Sen. Wiener once again showing the world why people are fleeing Calipornia for Texas in record numbers."
   

• No wonder Californians are fleeing their state. In fact, earlier this year, there were so many Californians leaving—many to Texas—that U-Haul ran out of trucks for them to rent.

Parents Gather Outside Texas Education Agency 

• Around 30 parents, grandparents, and community taxpayers gathered Tuesday morning outside the Texas Education Agency building to petition the TEA to remove Superintendent Hafedh Azaiez and enact penalties on the Round Rock ISD board of trustees, reports Sydnie Henry. 
   

• The “safe and suburban” school district, located just outside of Austin, has been racked with scandal ever since Azaiez’s appointment to the position of superintendent last June.
   

• Texas Scorecard has been covering the months-long saga in Round Rock ISD, documented in a special report and our exclusive podcast series, Exposed.
   

• The list of grievances against Round Rock ISD includes an “illegal $10 million tax hike, arrests of concerned parents and taxpayers, and the reinstatement of a superintendent accused of sexual impropriety and oppression of board trustees who oppose him.”

Texas School Districts Must Face Loss of Public Confidence

• It’s time for a reality check within the education industry, says Lou Ann Anderson, a Central Texas government watchdog who's covered bond-boosting by Belton ISD and Temple ISD officials in a new commentary.
   
• Both school districts have been accused of inappropriately electioneering in order to pass massive school bonds.

Texas School Districts Must Face Loss of Public Confidence

• The City of Athens (pop. 13,121) has begun the citizen initiative petition process outlined in their city charter to force a public vote on outlawing abortion within city limits.
   
• Mark Lee Dickson, the director of Right to Life of East Texas, says out of the 50 cities in the United States that have passed ordinances outlawing abortion, 49 cities have completed the process by a vote of their mayor and city council. The only sanctuary city for the unborn that did not outlaw abortion through their mayor and city council was the city of Lubbock, whose residents passed an ordinance outlawing abortion through the citizen initiative petition process.

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