26-04-2025
Paso school board member Kenney Enney defends boycotting class over trans policies
On April 21, 2025, the headline on a letter to the editor from H. K. Davie of Templeton asked the question: 'Are Moms for Liberty breaking the law if they keep SLO County students home?'
The simple answer is no, primarily because they are not behind the proposed grassroots school boycott. But to play along, let's say that boycotting schools is breaking the law.
Opinion
Civil disobedience has been a time-honored tradition in our republic since its founding, whether it was the Sons of Liberty tossing tea into Boston Harbor or civil rights marchers fighting against segregationists by sitting at 'whites only' lunch counters. Whether it's refusing to sit in the back of the bus or boycotting schools, breaking the law for what is good, right and true is sometimes necessary.
Leftists usually celebrate boycotts and sickouts. I don't recall any objections in San Luis Obispo County about breaking the law when left-wing teachers organized sickouts to oppose immigration policies or spending cuts. Why is it that H. K. Davie and leftists are now so concerned about a sickout in support of protecting girls' rights under Title IX?
I don't recall any outrage over the fact that California has openly violated federal immigration laws for almost 10 years. Yet when parents and students protest the fact that their civil rights are being violated, the left is suddenly concerned?
Article VI clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution states: 'This Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land; and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, anything in the Constitution or Laws of any State to the Contrary notwithstanding.'
When state law and federal law are in conflict, federal law is supreme. California laws allowing boys in girls' spaces or permitting boys to compete in girls' sporting events is in conflict with federal law (Title IX) and President Trumps' executive order regarding the protection of girls' private spaces and sports.
California laws allowing school officials to lie to parents regarding the health and welfare of their children is a violation of parents' rights under Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and the Fourteenth Amendment. The fact that officials in Sacramento and school districts in San Luis Obispo County refuse to abide by their oaths of office and protect the civil rights of those girls attending the public schools of this county has created this situation.
Brave young ladies like Celeste Duyst at Arroyo Grande High School are speaking out and 70% of Californians polled agree that Celeste's rights and the rights of tens of thousands of girls throughout the state are being violated. If leftists are concerned about violating the law, then I recommend they contact their school board trustees and demand that they abide by President Trump's Executive Orders and all aspects of Title IX.
Kenney Enney, a retired lieutenant colonel in the U.S. Marine Corps, represents trustee area 7 on the Paso Robles school board.
