Texas Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick recently sent a message to Texas schools:

“We’re coming for the books.”

Now it's time for Texas us to send a message of our own.

Texas already has policies and procedures for parents to make decisions about what their own children read. Parents should absolutely have a voice in their children's education.

But one politician, one activist, or one group of activists should not be able to make that decision for every family in a school district.

Parental rights should mean the right to decide what your child reads, not the right to decide what everyone else's child is allowed to read.