Sen. Cramer, Colleagues Write TV Parental Guidelines Board About Disturbing Content from Disney

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U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) joined Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) in sending a letter to the Chairman of the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board in response to Disney's latest campaign to embed left-wing sexual politics in its children's programming and requesting they update their guidelines to include ratings on content related to gender dysphoria and help inform parents on this disturbing content.

"To the detriment of children, gender dysphoria has become sensationalized in the popular media and television with radical activists and entertainment companies. This radical and sexual sensation not only harms children, but also destabilizes and damages parental rights. This same company [Disney] has concerningly denounced and vowed to work to repeal a recently passed Florida parental rights law that bans classroom instruction on sexual orientation or gender identity in kindergarten through third grade… The Board is obligated to ensure the rating criteria helps parents be informed about mature content before it is displayed to their children. In light of parents raising legitimate concerns on sexual orientation and gender identity content on children's TV shows, we expect the Board to fulfill its responsibility in updating the TV Parental Guidelines to reflect these concerns. In updating the TV Parental Guidelines, please consider precedent on how the Board has rated sexually related, violent, and obscene materials to ensure it is applied without ideological bias," wrote the letter.

Senators Cramer and Marshall are joined by Senators Mike Lee (R-UT), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Steve Daines (R-MT).

Click here to read the letter.

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