Do You Know What Your Kids' Teachers Are Up To?

I always thought the National Education Association (NEA) was a nice, traditional teachers’ union. I thought they concerned themselves with matters of education and the rights of teachers in the workplace.

And then I learned the NEA donated a cool million dollars to defeat Proposition 8 in California.

I find this outrageous. If I were a teacher and someone was abusing my union dues in this fashion, I’d be furious.

The fact of the matter is the NEA is a radical organization pushing hard for a leftist, secular humanist agenda. Check out the jaw-dropping resolutions they’ve passed at their annual convention...

1. They want universal healthcare.

2. They want more gun control.

3. They want to eliminate activities that contribute to global warming.

4. They oppose vouchers, tuition tax credits, and anything else that challenges their hegemony in the public schools by giving parents a choice.

5. They oppose making English the national language even though 80% of Americans support this.

6. They oppose any requirement that schools have a moment of silence.

7. They oppose home schooling unless it’s done by a state-licensed teacher using a state-approved curriculum.

8. They oppose home schooled kids being able to participate in extra-curricular school activities, even though their parents pay taxes for those schools.

9. They support diversity and a multicultural education that reduces homophobia (i.e. they support the homosexual agenda)

10. They’re in favor of gay marriage (ditto).

11. They’re in favor of reproductive freedom (i.e. abortion).

No wonder the U.S. Secretary of Education called the NEA a terrorist organization. The ACLU would be proud of an agenda like this.

The good news is that in many states, including California, there are actual laws that allow you to divert your union dues to the charity of your choice and not to the organization if it’s supporting causes which go against your values. Even better, this law applies to any union, not just the NEA. Check out the Pacific Justice Institute for how to do this if you’re interested.

Wouldn’t it be wonderful if thousands of teachers decided to send their money elsewhere? If dues are $1000/year and 1000 teachers did this, that would mean a million bucks going somewhere other than towards the radical agenda of the NEA.