{"id":22976,"date":"2019-03-13T21:03:15","date_gmt":"2019-03-13T21:03:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=22976"},"modified":"2019-03-13T21:03:20","modified_gmt":"2019-03-13T21:03:20","slug":"4th-graders-essay-supporting-lgbtq-rights-is-rejected-by-south-carolina-school","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2019\/03\/4th-graders-essay-supporting-lgbtq-rights-is-rejected-by-south-carolina-school\/","title":{"rendered":"4th grader\u2019s essay supporting LGBTQ rights is rejected by South Carolina school"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/buses-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-22977\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/buses-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/buses-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/buses-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/03\/buses.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The principal of Anderson Mill Elementary School &#8211; a public school in the town of Moore, South Carolina (population 13,739) &#8211;&nbsp;rejected&nbsp;the inclusion of a 4th grade student\u2019s essay promoting LGBTQ-acceptance from a book of student essays \u201con society.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The principal believed the 10-year-old student\u2019s essay would \u201cmake other parents upset \u2026 due to the type of school this is, the people that work here and the students and families of the students that go here,\u201d creating an \u201cundesirable situation at the school,\u201d according to a lawsuit filed in federal court by the child\u2019s parents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The suit claims that the school violated the child\u2019s First Amendment right to free speech and caused the mother and child emotional harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The child\u2019s grandfather is reportedly gay and an LGBTQ rights activist.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"CharlotteObserver.com (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.charlotteobserver.com\/news\/state\/south-carolina\/article227244304.html\" target=\"_blank\">CharlotteObserver.com<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The principal of Anderson Mill Elementary School &#8211; a public school in the town of Moore, South Carolina (population 13,739)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":17,"featured_media":22977,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[29,195],"tags":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.3 - 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