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Several Democratic senators, backed by the National Education Association (NEA), have been silent about the union’s proposal to change the word “mother” to “childbirth parent” in the contract.
At its annual meeting, NEA, which represents teachers across the United States, proposed removing the word mother from the contract and making the LGBTQIA + community more comprehensive. The NEA may consider it at a later date, but the resolution called New Business Item (NBI) 63 was not finally voted on.
Fox News has contacted five Democratic senators who are either in toss-up races or Democratic-minded races, funded by NEA. None of them responded.
Some Democrats received $ 10,000 from NEA in the November midterm election campaign. This includes Senators Michael Bennet and D-Colo. Raphael Warnock, R-Ga.; Cheri Beasely, a former judge of the North Carolina Supreme Court, is RN.C. Opposed to Senator Rick Scott.
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NEA has donated $ 2,000 to the campaign of Senator Catherine Cortez Mast (D-Nev.) And Mark Kelly (D-Ariz).
As the largest teachers’ union in the United States, NEA donates millions of dollars to politicians, most of which is paid to the Democratic Party. Of the $ 895,000 donated during this cycle, NEA funded three Republican campaigns and donated just $ 2,000 to one Republican Senator, R-Alaska’s Lisa Murkowski.
The proposal to change the reference to the mother to “parents giving birth” in the new contract came from one of the NEA representatives who gave the keynote speech by Vice President Kamala Harris at this week’s annual meeting.
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“Using this contract language, members do not have to worry about how the school board / solicitor defines” maternity leave, “” mother, “and / or” father. ” This language comprehensively reflects how LGBTQIA + members build their families. Resolved state.
NEA described the process in a statement to FoxNews Digital.
“Every year, NEA members submit new business items on a wide range of issues,” the statement said. “Some are closely related to the operation of NEA, while others reflect the policy position that representatives want the organization and its state-level affiliates to take. NEA is a democratic process. These values are fundamental as well as NEA’s vision as a union. To our function as a multi-ethnic democracy. NBI63 by NEARA in 2022 Was not considered. “
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