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A substitute teacher has been fired after she told an 11-year-old boy that he shouldn’t be thankful for his adoptive dads because homosexuality is a ‘sin’. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The teacher, who has not been named, allegedly went on a homophobic rant in front of a classroom of fifth graders at Deerfield Elementary School in Utah while the students were sharing what they were thankful for ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.      <\/p>\n\n\n\n

When it was his turn to speak, a boy named Daniel told the class: ‘I’m thankful that I’m finally going to be adopted by my two dads.<\/a>‘\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘Why on earth would you be happy about that?’ the substitute replied aggressively, according to fellow students.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

‘That’s nothing to be thankful for,’ the substitute apparently told Daniel, who has spent years in foster care and endured two failed adoptions in the past.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Three girls in the class said they tried to stop the teacher multiple times, but she continued with her hurtful remarks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Daniel’s father Louis van Amstel<\/a>, a champion ballroom dancer and longtime performer on Dancing With The Stars, posted about the incident on his Facebook page.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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