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Burgess Owens: “Parents, not school administrators, should have the ultimate…”

Featuring: Burgess Owens, Republican | U.S. House Utah, District 4

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"Sex is a biological fact, not an ideological whim." Owens Debates Bill Protecting Children

Published | Video Starts at 00:41

Unfortunately, with the rise of radical gender ideology today, many have lost what we once called common sense. There's another truth that should not be contentious. Parents, not school administrators, should have the ultimate right to make decisions about their child's upbringing. Once again, common sense, as I heard Heritage foundation has written, a century of school Supreme Court jurisprudence supports the notion of parents enjoy the fundamental constitutional right to direct upbringing, health, and education of their children. (00:41–00:47)

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Asserts that parents should have the primary authority over their child's upbringing.

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