A group of Senate Republicans are calling on the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board to update their guidelines to inform parents on “disturbing content.”
Republican Sens. Roger Marshall, M.D. (KS), Mike Lee (UT), Mike Braun (IN), Steve Daines (MT), and Kevin Cramer (ND) penned the letter to chairman of the board, Charles Rivkin, earlier this week.
“In recent years, concerning topics of a sexual nature have become aggressively politicized and promoted in children’s programming, including irreversible and harmful experimental treatments for mental disorders like gender dysphoria,” the senators wrote.
The letter continues, “To this end, we strongly urge you to update the TV Parental Guidelines and ensure they are up-to-date on best practices that help inform parents on this disturbing content.”
The senators pointed out recently “a video emerged showing a prominent executive at children’s entertainment giant Disney saying she supports having ‘many, many, many LGBTQIA+ characters in our stories.'”
They argued this “radical and sexual sensation not only harms children, but also destabilizes and damages parental rights.”
The lawmakers added, “Considering that the cognitive markers of sexual desire emerge during puberty when adolescents undergo natural hormonal and physiological changes, it is wholly inappropriate to display this content in a TV-Y7 category and for other young audiences.”
Check out the letter below:
In response to Disney’s latest campaign to embed left-wing sexual politics in its children’s programming, I am asking the TV Parental Guidelines Monitoring Board to update their guidelines to include ratings on content related to gender dysphoria. https://t.co/cIv2HXczYM
— Dr. Roger Marshall (@RogerMarshallMD) May 4, 2022
According to the senators, the board is “obligated to ensure the rating criteria helps parents be informed about mature content before it is displayed to their children.”
They expect the board to “fulfill its responsibility in updating the TV Parental Guidelines to reflect” the concerns parents have.
“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,” the senators wrote.
Concluding their letter, the senators said, “Thank you for reviewing this request and working with Congress to ensure this is done in a timely manner.”