Resolution Filed at Arkansas Legislature Calling D.E.I. “Essential” to Society and American Dream
A resolution filed at the Arkansas Legislature on Tuesday calls Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) policies “essential” to society and the American Dream.
DEI policies have gained traction in recent years as a way to create an equal playing field for racial and ethnic minorities — especially in the workplace. But it did not take long for LGBT groups and others to hijack DEI policies.
Today, DEI policies often are closely aligned with critical theory and other divisive ideologies.
According to critical theory, society consists of two groups — those who have power and those who do not — and institutions like the church, family, government, or law enforcement are tools of oppression.
Critical theory as a whole distorts reality and misunderstands human nature, society, and institutions.
Activists have used Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies to put critical theory’s flawed worldview into practice in the workplace, in education, and in the government.
S.C.R. 2 by Sen. Jamie Scott (D — North Little Rock) and Rep. Jay Richardson (D — Fort Smith) is a bad resolution that calls Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion “essential to creating a society where all individuals are valued, heard, and included,” and says that “efforts to attack DEI are harmful to the bottom line and health of our economy.”
Unfortunately, DEI policies don’t ensure individuals are valued, heard, or included, and they actually hurt our economy.
Employees who hold biblical views of marriage or gender risk losing their jobs in workplaces that have adopted DEI policies. And nationwide, DEI has caused major corporations to face serious backlash from customers.
S.C.R. 2 is correct when it says the American Dream “belongs to all of us” and when it acknowledges that many people today feel the American Dream has become unattainable. But the past few years have demonstrated that critical theory and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion policies don’t solve those problems. If anything, they seem to make the problems worse.
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Bill Would Bring Ultrasound Images to Arkansas Classrooms
A new bill filed at the Arkansas Legislature would ensure public school students see high-definition video of ultrasound images and a popular pro-life video concerning fetal development.
Ultrasound images help clearly demonstrate that unborn children are living human beings. Research indicates that some women are less likely to have an abortion if they see an ultrasound image of their unborn child. Very few medical advancements have done more to change hearts and minds on abortion than ultrasound technology.
H.B. 1180 by Rep. Mary Bentley (R — Perryville) and Sen. Clint Penzo (R — Springdale) ensures public schools show students a high-definition ultrasound video that is at least three minutes long as part of sex-education and human growth and development education.
The bill also ensures students see Live Action’s computer-animated “Meet Baby Olivia” video that teaches about human development from conception to birth.