"Critical race theory," the phrase that has captured headlines and driven news cycles, was once relegated to the halls of academia. But as CRT and its associated ideas have spread to school districts, so went the demographics of people debating its implications.
10 Jun 2021
Fellow teachers and parents rallied around Loudoun County school district physical education instructor Tanner Cross after the school board suspended him for saying his Christian faith kept him from misleading children about choosing their “gender identity.”
“Where is your regard for our freedom of speech?” Rachel Pisani, a mother of three, said at Tuesday’s meeting. “When I saw a teacher express an opinion and suspended for expressing his religious beliefs, I could no longer stay silent.
“When did it become acceptable to be tolerant only when someone expresses a view that we agree with?” Pisani said. “When did it become appropriate to silence those that hold Christian, biblical views just because you don’t? When did it become appropriate to allow the school board – I don’t know who you think you are – but it is not appropriate, it is not allowable to silence, bully, or dismiss our views.”
Loudoun County teacher Tanner Cross saw an outpouring of support Tuesday as irate parents and educators blasted the school system's decision to suspend him after his comments about gender.
Where is your regard for freedom of speech? : Parents and teachers slam Virginia school board for suspending gym teacher who refused to let biological boys compete as girls because it went against his Christian beliefs
Parents and staff expressed outrage over the suspension of teacher Bryon Cross after the objected to polices related to transgender students due to religion
Parents took to the podium during a Loudon County Public School board meeting on Tuesday and said Cross suspension was a violation of free speech
Fellow teacher Monica Gill told the board that its suspension of Cross resembled totalitarianism, not the Constitution