“People online and in this room are willing to sacrifice this person’s love for their job for their culture war,” said one board member.

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    “Elementary-aged children are now asking questions about sex, gender identity and pronouns and gender presentation,” said Aaron Driver, a Middle Creek parent. “That creates an educational issue, therefore a parental rights issue.”

    Anyone who sees this as a problem is unqualified to raise a child.

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    This is so tragic, but typical of bullies of all ages, and how their children learn to be the same. A compassionate person realizes how hard it is to be trans and real courage to live honestly. Just like anyone, trans people want to live their lives and do whatever career they want. This is the pursuit of happiness that is a supposed foundation of the country. When you see people act so hypocritical to basic values of decency, you know they are wrong. I hope the teacher can have peace and stay, or if harassed will win a huge lawsuit payment and can find peace elsewhere. We all deserve to pursue happiness free from discrimination and abuse.

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    I’m having trouble reconciling these two passages:

    “Elementary-aged children are now asking questions about sex, gender identity and pronouns and gender presentation,” said Aaron Driver, a Middle Creek parent.

    “Parents shouldn’t have to discover major changes about their children’s education from X, or national media outlets,

    So which is it? Are their children asking them questions they don’t like, or are they showing up to rabble-rouse because they saw something on X? I’m guessing it’s more likely the latter. Because kids, by-and-large, are fine with these sort of things. They aren’t confused unless someone at home is telling them “no, that’s not a woman, that’s a man pretending to be woman.”

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      And just to be clear for anyone wondering: it really shouldn’t matter. Not wanting to answer difficult questions for your children doesn’t make it okay to tell someone they aren’t allowed to be a teacher. I’m just questioning whether that’s actually their motive.

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    The overarching problem in all of human history is certain members of mankind being unable/unwilling to mind their fucking business