{"id":26351,"date":"2019-05-15T08:32:41","date_gmt":"2019-05-15T12:32:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?p=26351"},"modified":"2019-05-15T08:32:45","modified_gmt":"2019-05-15T12:32:45","slug":"california-parents-remove-650-children-from-school-over-lgbtq-inclusivity-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/2019\/05\/california-parents-remove-650-children-from-school-over-lgbtq-inclusivity-lessons\/","title":{"rendered":"California parents remove 650 children from school over LGBTQ-inclusivity lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"239\" src=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/FAIR51519.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-26356\" srcset=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/FAIR51519.jpg 600w, https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/FAIR51519-300x120.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scusd.edu\/fair-education-act\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"SCUSD (opens in a new tab)\">SCUSD<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"outstream_div\"><script type=\"text\/javascript\">\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.anq.push(function() {\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\/\/signal to script that this DOM element has been loaded and is ready to be populated with an ad\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0apntag.showTag('outstream_div');\n\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0});\n<\/script><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Parents in California have removed hundreds of children from a school district in a one-day protest over LGBTQ-inclusivity lessons. Rocklin Unified School District adopted&nbsp;<a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"the LGBTI-inclusive social science and history curriculum earlier this month (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/california-school-district-lgbti-curriculum-debate\/#gs.ak7cpb\" target=\"_blank\">the LGBTI-inclusive social science and history curriculum earlier this month<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The district introduced the lessons under the <a href=\"https:\/\/proudparenting.com\/?s=FAIR+Education+Act+of+2011\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"FAIR Education Act of 2011 (opens in a new tab)\">FAIR Education Act of 2011<\/a>. This requires schools to offer lessons about people with disabilities, various sexual orientations, and racial ethnicities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Some parents had argued that teaching historic LGBTI figures was \u2018far too complex\u2019 a topic for elementary school children.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>However, LGBTQ rights advocates have hit back, arguing it is important to teach diversity in public schools, and combat the notion \u2018that straight is \u201cnormal\u201d\u2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/finance.yahoo.com\/news\/parents-pull-650-children-from-school-to-protest-lgbt-curriculum-let-kids-be-kids-191741466.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\" (opens in a new tab)\">Speaking to Yahoo<\/a>,&nbsp;Rachel Henry, of the&nbsp;Sacramento LGBT Community Center, said: \u2018We know that teaching children tolerance, love, and kindness isn\u2019t enough \u2014 we have to actively teach about diversity within our community. Because if we\u2019re not naming those identities, we\u2019re ignoring and silencing them.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;\u2018We\u2019re just fighting against the idea that straight is \u201cnormal\u201d,\u2019 she added. \u2018Aside from gay marriage \u2014 which is only one aspect of equality \u2014 gay people still aren\u2019t a federally-protected class.\u2019<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>via <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" aria-label=\"Gay Star News (opens in a new tab)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.gaystarnews.com\/article\/california-parents-remove-children-from-school-over-lgbti-inclusivity-lessons\/#gs.c1u7jz\" target=\"_blank\">Gay Star News<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div><script src=\"http:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/all.js#appId=172516468500&amp;xfbml=1\"><\/script><fb:comments numposts=\"10\" width=\"425\" publish_feed=\"true\"><\/fb:comments>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Parents in California have removed hundreds of children from a school district in a one-day protest over LGBTQ-inclusivity lessons. 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