Portland madness is once again threatening elementary school children. Allison Roberts, a resident of Portland, has sued the school district her three children attend, claiming retaliation for exercising her free speech against the school’s transgender policies.

The school in question is Meriwether Lewis Elementary School. Last year, Roberts appropriately opposed the painting of a "Progress Pride" flag on a school bench. She also expressed concerns about a gender identity lesson that was taught to her 11-year-old son, who was given an "identity flower" assignment requiring him to declare his gender identity to teachers and classmates, with no parental notice or opt-out offered.

Roberts stated that the Parent-Teacher Association prevented her from speaking at a meeting, so she printed pamphlets and distributed them on the sidewalk outside the school.

After a heated argument with another parent, Roberts received a trespass order that prohibited her from entering the grounds of her children's school. As a result, she couldn’t attend her son's elementary school graduation.

To represent her, Roberts chose Timothy Snowball, an attorney with the Liberty Justice Center. Despite his unique name, Snowball shows no signs of melting under the pressure.

In an interview with the Daily Signal, he pointed out that “There’s no Portland exception to the Constitution.”

He noted that the school accused Roberts of engaging in “hate speech,” but then added, “The First Amendment frankly exists to protect offensive and unpopular speech.”

Last week, Roberts requested a preliminary injunction from the U.S. District Court in Oregon to restore her access to school property, revoke public statements that attack her character, and provide her with notice and an opportunity to opt her children out of LGBTQ+ curricula that contradict her religious or personal beliefs.

The injunction also seeks protection for other parents and the suspension of a policy that prohibits notifying parents if their children announce a gender transition at school.

It’s a joke if anyone believes that an elementary school-aged student would ever ask about gender transitioning without prodding and indoctrination by the teaching staff and officials associated with the school and the school district. This is one of the most obvious lies school districts hide behind, as though it were a lead shield.

No child that age has this procedure even cross their mind without deliberate perverted guidance. Schools and school districts that align themselves with this nonsense are not protecting students’ rights at all. They are protecting themselves from prosecution for indoctrinating and destroying the innocence of children’s minds.

You don’t have to be Sherlock Holmes to figure this out. All it takes to see through this far-left sham of an excuse is simple common sense, but as they say, there is nothing common about common sense.

Portland Public Schools has not yet responded to the injunction Roberts requested. According to Snowball, the district's response is due on September 8. After that, the parties will provide additional briefings before a federal judge, who will decide whether to grant temporary relief while the lawsuit is ongoing.

Snowball referenced the case Mirabelli v. Bonta (2026), in which the Supreme Court upheld an injunction against California’s gender secrecy policy. This policy required school staff to keep a student’s asserted transgender identity confidential from parents unless the student provided explicit consent to disclose it.

In the interview with the Daily Signal on Wednesday, Roberts explained why she feels so strongly. “Every parent has the freedom to speak up. That is exactly why I’m pursuing this.”

Roberts is currently barred from all school property, affecting her ability to engage in school activities involving her children.

Commenting on her absence from her daughter's school orientation this year, she stated, “This has been what the district intended it to be: punitive.”

She’s right.

This school district thinks it has more rights than parents and, in fact, believes parents need not even be involved. Even worse, this district believes that if parents question what their own children are being exposed to, they have the right to silence them and ban them from school property.

This is Orwellian behavior. This district sees itself as an unquestionable totalitarian force that can dominate students, parents, and anyone by any means they choose.

This must end.

Robert’s lawyer’s name may be Snowball, but he needs to hit them with the force of an avalanche and the weight of a glacier to stop their dystopian actions.

Milt Harris——Bio and Archives

Milt spent thirty years as a sales and operations manager for an international manufacturing company. He is also a four-time published author on a variety of subjects. Now, he spends most of his time researching and writing about conservative politics and liberal folly.