1. Weakening the authority of parents: “Teachers know what is best for their kids because they are with them every day.” – DOE Secy. Miguel Cardona, May 19, 2023.
2. Promoting harmful and irreversible “gender transitioning” among under-age children, without parental knowledge or consent.
3. Enabling violent attacks and bomb threats by transgender activists, including the March 27 attack at Covenant School in Nashville that killed six children and staff members.

During the month of June, the DOE issued eight tweets in support of Pride Month. The June 1 tweet went far beyond DOE’s Congressionally mandated authority by offering this sweeping endorsement: “Our message to LGBTQI+ students, teachers, and staff as we begin #PrideMonth: ED has got your back.” 

Accordingly, at the annual Drag March in New York City, hundreds of drag performers chanted, “We’re here. We’re queer. We’re coming for your children.”  In response, pundits referred to the marchers as “demonic” and “evil.”  The liberal-leaning Gays Against Groomers reached a similar conclusion about persons who might say a child was born in the wrong body: “And telling them otherwise is EVIL.” 

Not surprisingly, as of August 30, 2023, four Republican presidential candidates are now calling for the abolition of the Department of Education.