It started shortly after schools opened last fall, the Missoulian reports. A teacher at Frenchtown Intermediate School, which encompasses fourth and fifth grades, was conducting a “getting to know you” session when a student asked about the people in the teacher’s photo. She said one of them is her wife.
The teacher’s revelation led to requests by parents to transfer two students out of her class. The school board held two closed-door meetings to determine whether the children could be transferred, and the board ultimately allowed the move. The teacher's name has not been made public.
Since then, teachers and parents have been voicing concern about homophobia in the school system. The Frenchtown schools are becoming an unfriendly place for LGBTQ+ people, some say. Much of the criticism has been directed toward Shiloh Lucier, who chairs the school board. (ADVOCATE) New Hampshire official quits after receiving homophobic comments about his dead gay son Littleton Town Manager Jim Gleason quit after art commissioned by a local LGBTQ+ rights group was called "demonic" by a town leader and a resident allegedly said Gleason's son “was in hell with the devil where he belonged.”(ADVOCATE)
Salem Witch Trials, occurred in colonial Massachusetts between early 1692 and mid-1693.The Black Codes, were the first steps toward official segregation These were laws passed throughout the South starting around 1865, that dictated most aspects of Black peoples' lives, including where they could work and live. Racial segregation was a system derived from the efforts of white Americans to keep African Americans in a subordinate status by denying them equal access to public facilities and ensuring that blacks lived apart from whites. During the era of slavery, most African Americans resided in the South, mainly in rural areas.(Google Search)
On May 17, 1954, U.S. Supreme Court Justice Earl Warren delivered the unanimous ruling in the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka, Kansas. State-sanctioned segregation of public schools was a violation of the 14th amendment and was therefore unconstitutional.(National Archives) The Equal Rights Amendment is a much debated proposed addition to the U.S. Constitution regarding women's rights. It has never been adopted.(Wikipedia) The covenant also prohibited the selling, transferring or leasing of her property to "persons of the African or Negro, Japanese, Chinese, Jewish or Hebrew races, or their descendants." The house could not be occupied by those minority groups unless they were servants. (Google Search)
LET’S GET REAL, AMERICA. HISTORY, AMERICA MATTERS, RECALLING HISTORY IS IMPORTANT, AMERICA. IGNORING HISTORY IS JUST ONE MORE EXAMPLE OF YOUR HATE, SELF-LOATHING AND INSECURITIES, AMERICA! From the 1600’s until 2024, way too many people take pride in DISCRIMINATING, against a necessary scapegoat. I believe they do so because they feel that their own qualities are lacking, and their own talents are less than others. And way too often, AMERICA, the fall guy is whatever God they pretend to follow.
