A Humphreys County parent says she is angry after learning her child was given a Bible at school.
“[My daughter] said they put the Bibles on a table and the principal himself said, ‘You can take them,’ and she felt very uncomfortable not doing it because she was afraid to catch hell from kids,” according to the parent, who asked to remain anonymous.
“It’s like they gave my daughter no choice. What 10-year-old is going to stand up against their principal? Couldn’t believe it,” the parent reportedly said. “As a parent, I would like to be the one who, you know, teaches my kids about religion. And they didn’t. They took that away from me.”
The mother said she wants the school to acknowledge that what it did was wrong, and to promise not to do it again.
The incident occurred as conservative parents nationwide speak out against anti-conservative values, namely LGBT issues, in public schools.
Schools nationwide have been caught pushing pro-LGBT curriculum on student, including gender ideology. Many parents say that like religion, those issues should be taught at home.
The federal government has even gotten involved.
Earlier this month, it was reported that the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) started an $85 million grant program that would require schools to start Gay-Straight Alliances (GSAs) in order to qualify for the grants.
“A GSA is a student-led club, typically run in a middle or high school, which creates a safe space for students to socialize, support each other, discuss issues related to sexual orientation and gender identity and expression, and work to end homophobia and transphobia in their school and/or broader community,” the CDC said at the time. “To implement this activity, [local education agencies] will first need to determine which schools have GSAs. LEA can then create and implement a plan for establishing GSAs in schools that do not already have them and strengthening GSAs in schools that do (see key consideration below on enhancing existing GSAs).”
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Pete D’Abrosca is a reporter at The Tennessee Star and The Star News Network. Follow Pete on Twitter. Email tips to [email protected].
Photo “Holy Bible” by Tima Miroshnichenko.
