Parents Angered by Lesbian’s Talk at School
Parents are furious that a lesbian was brought in to discuss homophobia during a Goleta Valley Junior High School Diversity Day assembly.
Parents and conservative Christians told school trustees that schools should stick to academics and leave “moral education” to parents at home. Some suggested that by discussing issues related to homosexuality, schools are promoting it.
The Diversity Day assembly last week featured speakers ranging from a Holocaust survivor to a disabled man.
School Principal Kristine Robertson, who oversaw and helped create the assembly, will send a letter of apology to parents for failing to notify them.
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