NORFOLK -- Patriots United for America (PAUA) held a symposium at Midtown Event Center in Norfolk Saturday afternoon.

PAUA is a an organization that defines its goals as "supporting a civil discourse dedicated to peace, an efficient military, clean air, clean water, quality education, broadband internet, affordable medical care, mental health care, logical drug laws, decent wages, real and tangible support for troops and veterans, an establishment of a petty treason crime class for fraud committed against the government by corporate officers and public officials, a free press, gun legislation, fair taxation, an equal vote and privacy for all." 

A few hundred people showed up to share their support for conservative principles, listening to speakers like Amanda Radke, Theresa Thibodeau, Kevin Jenkins, Trent Loos, and Dr. Ted Fogarty.

"They want to teach our kids to not just hate but to accept their identity as a victim," Radke, a speaker from South Dakota, said. 

"They're not only going after our children, but they're going after our girls -- when they want to allow boys to go into girls' restrooms," Thibodeau, a candidate for Nebraska governor, stated. 

"They're teaching them how to be a better socialist," Rex Schroder, a candidate for Nebraska secretary of state, claimed. 

Each spoke for about an hour on goals, both politically and socially, especially as they relate to changes in public education.

The speeches, many of which criticizing what they described as flaws in public education, come after the Nebraska legislature heard a proposal to eliminate the state board of education last month.