Rainbow flag is burned at LA elementary school where furious parents have vowed to BOYCOTT Pride ...

[Phil01]

Rainbow flag is burned at LA elementary school where furious parents have vowed to BOYCOTT Pride event as protests escalate - with transgender teacher forced in hiding amid concerns for his safety
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12145839/Rainbow-flag-burned-LA-elementary-school-furious-parents-vowed-BOYCOTT-Pride-event.html

A transgender teacher's Pride flag was burned at a Los Angeles elementary school where furious parents have vowed to boycott an LGBT event.

An intruder broke into Saticoy Elementary School in North Hollywood over the weekend and set the flag on fire.

The full-time teacher, who is a transgender man, discovered its remains in a plant pot which was also broken.

He has now been removed from the school by the Los Angeles Unified School District over concerns for his safety, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Anger has escalated among the school community due to an upcoming Pride assembly and parents have scheduled a protest against the 'inappropriate' event on Friday.

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"Is this a hill you are willing die on?" used to be a rhetorical question, but the RW has just answered it.

I predict calls for the end of public schooling (but with "vouchers" ), and anti-trans will be the hook.
Maybe a plank on the next Republican presidential platform.

[dlk]

1. It's just too hard to be kind to others

Better to rage and burn things like “rational adults.”

[Basic LA]

2. North Hollywood?

This is a bad sign. Not a backward area. Pretty progressive, in fact.

[yankee87]

3. So sad

Doesn't matter where you go, you are targeted. Please be safe.

[icymist]

4. Sorry, but the 14th Amendment protects equal access to public education.

Over the years, the 14th Amendment of the United States Constitution has had an enormous impact on protecting individual rights in public elementary and secondary education. This has occurred through the United States Supreme Court’s interpretation of the Equal Protection Clause, the Due Process Clause, and the incorporation of other rights (like freedom of speech) to the states through the 14th Amendment.

Equal Protection Clause
The Equal Protection Clause of the 14th Amendment provides that a state may not “deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.” It applies to public elementary and secondary schools, as they are considered to be state actors. In 1954, the Supreme Court interpreted the Equal Protection Clause’s requirements in Brown v. Board of Education. In perhaps one of the most famous and important cases issued by the Court, it stated:

We conclude that in the field of public education the doctrine of "separate but equal" has no place. Separate educational facilities are inherently unequal. Therefore, we hold that the plaintiffs…are, by reason of the segregation complained of, deprived of the equal protection of the laws guaranteed by the 14th Amendment.

https://www.concordlawschool.edu/blog/constitutional-law/14th-amendment-protects-rights-education/