Posted on 08/27/2017 2:51:41 PM PDT by 11th_VA
Students and parents at a high school in Alabama are calling for the removal of a classroom LGBT “rainbow pride” flag, saying it is comparable to the Confederate flag.
More than 2,400 people thus far have signed a Change.org petition calling for the flag to be taken down at Auburn High School. “The following signers of this petition ask that the Pride Flag flown in Mrs. Yeager’s classroom be removed as we strongly feel that it creates a hostile and provocative learning environment for students not comfortable to openly supporting the LGBTQ+ community in a public school where students come from diverse political and religious backgrounds,” the petition reads.
“Furthermore, we believe it is unprofessional and distracting for a teacher to be so openly displaying their political views in an unbiased and socially neutral public setting.”
The New York Post reports the pride flag was hung up two weeks ago as part of a school fair.
The students’ petition asks school principal Shannon Pignato to “consider the uproar and chaos that would ensue were a teacher to hang for example a Confederate, Christian, or Heterosexual Flag in their classroom.
“There would likely be protests, emails from teachers, and threatening of lawsuits from parents with differing viewpoints. As such, one does not see teachers hanging these flags in classrooms due to the same argument that it is unprofessional and can create a hostile and unideal learning environment.
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What’s good for the goose is good for the uhhh, well, in this case, goose.
I like how these Alabamans are pretending to be offended by the Confederate flag to make their point about the rainbow-colored homosexual flag.
Report back to me what happens to you.
Normal people doing the right thing. They will be called the usual things.
It seems our side saw the viciousness, hypocrisy, and bigotry of the Left, perhaps in the nick of time...
They could make an LGBT rebel flag where the red is replaced with tie-dyed rainbow colors and watch the teacher’s head explode trying to figure out if it was a hate flag or love flag...
While I agree Whole Heartedly with getting RID of the LGBT rag, I wouldn’t compare it to the Stars & Bars.
I see what you did there...
LOL
😀 😉
Heh, heh. Sometimes the snark writes itself.
“Faced with information overload, we have no alternative but pattern-recognition.”—Marshall McLuhan
Piling absurdity on absurdity actually produces a moment of clarity, and the jig is up!
YES!
It’s about time.
Take down the unicorn flags too.
LOL
Love it !!!
Schools shouldn’t have butt sex flags flying.
It must be part of their recruitment tool packaging.
You put up the fag flag, we put up the stars and bars!
Oh, so they put it up for a school fair, and now you can bet SOMEONE will expect it to be a permanent fixture.
Makes me wonder how many more schools are doing this kind of crap.
Not rainbow colored. Hexa-colored. Sex- also means six. If we called it a sexaflag, the faggots would drop rainbow flag so fast....
“Auburn High School is a diverse and equitable school recognized for its achievements in education,” the counter-petition reads.
“In the real world, to suggest individuals be isolated from differing political views is an absurdity. To be made uncomfortable by opinions differing to your own is to function as a modern human. Attempting to insulate a student from political discourse would be an insult to their intelligence,” it continues.
The same argument could be made to displaying the Confederate flag as well, couldn't it?
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