Progressives launch effort to block popular parental rights education law

On June 6th, Washington’s new Parental Bill of Rights law went into effect. This popular law is a result of direct democracy. It was presented to the state legislature in January by over 454,000 citizens who signed Initiative 2081.

Lawmakers could hardly ignore such a grassroots movement, and the measure garnered huge bi-partisan majorities – passing in the Senate by acclamation and being approved in the House by a vote of 82 to 15. Even far left-wing members like Sen. Jaimie Pedersen and Rep. Tomiko-Santos supported it.

As a staunch defender of the status quo Governor Jay Inslee may not like...