McBLOG: Nicola Willis’ decisive indecisiveness

The deputy leader of the National party made some encouraging remarks recently about the role of parents in sexuality education and where the school fits in to it. Then she walked them back. And then she made further disturbing comments this week on the issue. She seems decisively indecisive, but it’s probably not a surprise given her voting track record. It’s important you know where our politicians stand on these issues. We need to vote for political leaders who value what we value.

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National Party deputy leader Nicola Willis – definitely not a social conservative in any way – just check her voting record on issues such as gender ideology, conversion therapy, radical abortion laws, euthanasia, opposing parental notification for teenage abortions – said at a public meeting in Alexandra in June that sex education is “a job for me and my husband to do with our kids, based on our values and our view of the world”.

Here’s the full statement:

“Here’s how I feel about sexual education. That’s the job for me and my husband to do with our kids, based on our values and our view of the world. I want my education system focused on teaching my children how to read, how to write and how to do maths.”

Exactly. And the room applauded. And most parents around NZ said – finally. Somebody is stating the obvious.

The sentiment was echoed just before that after party leader Christopher Luxon told attendees at a public meeting in Canterbury that “those sexuality issues should be dealt with in the home, and by parents and within their own family environments in the home“.

But then there was outrage from the left and from the media. How could anyone say such radical things. How do we get activist groups like Family Planning and InsideOut and RainbowYouth and In Your Skin into schools if we have politicians saying radical things like “leave our kids alone. Stop polluting their minds with radical and extreme sexuality and gender ideology”.

Nek minnit

“speaking to 1News today, Willis said those comments were taken out of context, and believed sex education should be taught both at home and at school. “I think it has to be both because parents will always have a leading role in these conversations,” Willis said. “The school also has an important role to play in ensuring students are well informed and get age appropriate information.”

Well there’s the key thing! The current content is not age appropriate, and its not well informed. It’s based NOT on biology and fact and morality, but on ideology, myth, hedonism and narcissism. To be blunt.

And then it got worse.

She had an interview on The Platform with Sean Plunket. Now have a listen to her responses to Sean’s questioning around safety in sports and safety in toilets and changing rooms. See if you can determine the exact answer. Is she decisive?

To the people of Invercargill who are trying to push back on biological men being able to use the girls changing room at the local swimming pool, you may not get much help from National. To the girls who are training to be the best in your chosen sport but may come up against a biological male like Deborah Acason who spoke at our conference recently did when she had to compete against Laurel Hubbard – a biological male – at the Commonwealth Games, you may not get much help from National. To parents who don’t want your daughters sharing changing rooms or toilet areas with boys, and who don’t want your children exposed to radical gender and sexuality ideology in schools targeted at children even in primary schools or being told that they can choose from 112 genders and over 200 sexualities (yes our young people are being told that!), National’s deputy leader is not running to your defence.

She is decisive. Decisively indecisive – but as I said, probably not a surprise given her voting track record.

It’s important you know where our politicians stand on these issues. We need to vote for political leaders who value what we value.