Fishing Could Teach ‘Em A Thing Or Two

Danny Patrick

Fishing has always been popular. But the Big Lockdown of 2020 made it a huge hit.

And why not? Fishing builds character. It teaches us hard work, dedication, and focus—things we need more of these days. If you look at what’s going on in our public schools, it’s apparent that kids would learn more from fishing than from the non-academic courses they’re taught now.

Imagine if the money spent on grants for transgender lifestyle materials would instead go for grants to form bass fishing teams in public middle and high schools. This is already happening at the college level; why not for younger kids too.

JASMYN and stopped other initiatives too. This is the power of involvement.

The moral of the story is: We must ALL pay closer attention to what children are being taught in public schools. And after we tune in, we need to speak up.

In the meantime, teach another child to fish. It might be the one thing that helps them cope while public school officials are coming to their senses.

For more information on Citizens Defending Freedom, visit www. citizensdefendingfreedom.com

I recently attended a local school board meeting. It was packed. Parents who had a front-row seat to their children’s education during COVID had seen enough. And they wanted to be heard. Especially concerning were activities by a non-profit called JASMYN (Jacksonville Area Sexual Minority Youth Network), an advocacy group for LGBTQIA+ young teens and young adults under contract with Duval County Schools. Parents had become aware of sexualized activities posted on JASMYN’s youth Facebook and Twitter pages.

One parent attending shared this: “JASMYN has a pornographic game on their social media where children match up images of male genitalia. It’s perverted.”

Citizens also pointed out troubling initiatives by other organizations under contract with Duval County Schools: The ETR Supplemental Health Curriculum, the YRBS (Youth Risk Behavior Survey), and the CDC DASH grant.

Their initiatives included a brochure on taking tours of abortion clinics, a project on how to get to an abortion clinic using public transportation (to circumvent parental approval), and discussions around sex acts—all things clearly inappropriate for children.

But a well-informed citizens group was already aware and hard at work.

Kathleen Murray is the executive director of the Duval County Chapter of Citizens Defending Freedom. “We empower local citizens to hold local government accountable. We use our nation’s founding documents and the power of We the People—operating with civility and respect at all times, as dictated by our Code of Conduct.”

When Citizens Defending Freedom organized a group of local citizens to attend school board meetings and speak up, something happened: Duval County Public Schools pulled their funding from