The Mount Airy Board of Education held a special meeting on July 10 to censure board member Randy Moore, a U.S. Army veteran who was appointed to the board in January 2021. Moore had posted a Facebook image of a figure in red, white, and blue colors kicking the midsection of another rainbow-colored figure symbolizing the LGBTQ+ community. He defended posting the image, saying he had free speech rights to oppose “woke” cultural issues. Moore told the publication that he “loves” the LGBTQ+ community but “not their doings,” meaning homosexual behavior — a variation of the classic Christian cliche to “love the sinner, hate the sin.” The cliche isn’t contained in the Bible, and a 2018 study found that Christians who endorsed the cliche had stronger anti-LGBTQ+ attitudes than others. School board members in several southern states have become more vocally opposed to racial- and LGBTQ+-inclusion in schools since the 2021 election campaign of Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin (R). Youngkin’s campaign highlighted “parents’ rights” for opposing so-called “woke” anti-racist education in schools. Concurrently, parents in the state’s Loudoun County School District shut down board meetings through angry mass protests against transgender-inclusive school policies. Moore is one of several Christians who have expressed interest in “reclaiming the rainbow” from the LGBTQ+ community.
North Carolina School Board Member Censured After Sharing Anti LGBTQ+ Image
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