Controversy embroiled the Florida Conference as s clergy ssn narrowly voted not to approve for advancement on the clergy track a slate of 16 persons, some openly gay. Sam Hodg reports for Uned Methodist News.
Contents:
- JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
- CALIFORNIA SCHOOL PRIVATIZERS’ IAL SUPERTENNT IS TIED TO ANTI-GAY CSARS
- GAY SUBSTUTE TEACHER SAYS HE WAS FIRED AFTER HANDG OUT PRI BRACELETS TO STUNTS
- BAD EDUTN’S GAY SUBJECT SLAMS ‘SORDID’ DEPICTN OF HIS SEXUALY
- SEMOLE COUNTY STUNTS W YEARBOOK FLAP; PICTUR OF 'DON'T SAY GAY' PROTTS TO REMA
- FACT CHECK: EMAILS SHOW ONE OF DESANTIS’ STORI BACKG THE RATNALE FOR SO-LLED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW DIDN’T HAPPEN AS THE ERNOR SAYS
- WAKE SCHOOLS NSIRS EXPAND JOB PROTECTNS FOR GAY EMPLOYE
JAGUARS ASSOCIATE STRENGTH ACH KEV MAXEN OUT AS GAY A FIRST FOR US-BASED PRO LEAGU
Jacksonville Jaguars associate strength ach Kev Maxen has e out as gay. * superintendent gay *
When will the day e when a General Supertennt of the Church of the Nazarene will answer a qutn about homosexualy forthrightly, clearly, and unambiguoly? “If an ordaed elr the Church of the Nazarene is advotg publicly for gay marriage or the practice of homosexualy, and the district fails to al wh that- other words, they don’t take their crentials, what tak place after that… other words, what reurse may be at that pot? And yet, appears to me that that the rponse he gave to a very specific qutn has rulted ntued nfn and uncertaty wh the nomatn, and perhaps will disurage or moralize pastors who are workg hard to uphold biblil standards regardg homosexualy.
This should be very troublg to all Nazaren who have been seekg answers about the directn the church is gog regardg human sexualy, and s stance on homosexualy. A simple and clear answer to the qutn would have been somethg like “The Church of the Nazarene will not back one ch om s biblil stance on homosexualy.
CALIFORNIA SCHOOL PRIVATIZERS’ IAL SUPERTENNT IS TIED TO ANTI-GAY CSARS
After a Southern California school district rejected a state-endorsed social studi curriculum that clus material on gay rights, top state officials are vowg to buy a textbook qutn and distribute to stunts before the new school year. * superintendent gay *
The LGBT movement which is tryg to normalize homosexualy wh the nomatn is a real danger, and General Supertennts need to be unambiguo when to homosexualy. And yet, that specific Human Sexualy document omted the word “perversn” om the manual, reference to homosexualy; and was appld by LGBT advot such as Andy McGee and Love Ws LGBT, as well as the Holland Nazarene District, and the New England District also advoted for waterg down the statement.
GAY SUBSTUTE TEACHER SAYS HE WAS FIRED AFTER HANDG OUT PRI BRACELETS TO STUNTS
In California schools, teachers do and mt say the word "gay" as well as lbian and transgenr lsons about nonnformg exprsns of genr. * superintendent gay *
Hoe / Special Contributor)Bullyg cintsThis saga began when a parent, Sean Dolan, told the board two years ago that the district wasn’t dog enough to prevent stunt a former Katy stunt, who now go by the name Greg Barrett but whose name was Greg Gay when school, told the board another meetg that as a young stunt s ago kids teased him about his last name. Greg Barrett, whose legal name is Greg Gay, said his origal surname was one of the primary reasons he was bullied while at Wt Memorial Junr High Katy, where Barrett claims the district’s current supertennt, Lance Hdt, was among a group of stunts who physilly attacked him seventh gra, acrdg to dramatic footage om a public school board meetg Monday. In a closed-door meetg Tuday night, the Temecula Valley School Board voted to fire the district’s supertennt amid ntroversy over the district’s cisn to block curriculum that mentns gay rights lear Harvey Milk.
Jodi McClay’s dismissal after the right-leang board voted earlier this month to ban a textbook that mentns Milk, who was the first openly gay polician to be elected to office California, om krgarten through 5th gra social studi curriculum. Harvey Milk was the first openly gay person elected to office California.
BAD EDUTN’S GAY SUBJECT SLAMS ‘SORDID’ DEPICTN OF HIS SEXUALY
A gay Oh substute teacher was fired last week after handg out Pri bracelets to high school stunts, the latt example of LGBTQ discsn schools sparkg ntroversy amid heated bat school boards and stat around the untry. * superintendent gay *
Alabama supertennt: “Don’t Say Gay” enforcement starts at lol school boards. -based profsnal league to e out as gay. Michael Sam beme the first openly gay player to be drafted when the then-St.
Edwards, who is gay, terpted the speaker llg for a pot of orr. That clud Florida’s parental bill of rights, which requir school librari to pull books if an objectn is filed and rtricts lsons on sexual orientatn and genr inty, and the state’s so-lled “Don’t Say Gay” law. After a Southern California school district rejected a state-endorsed social studi curriculum that clus material on gay rights, top state officials are vowg to buy a textbook qutn and distribute to stunts before the new school year.
SEMOLE COUNTY STUNTS W YEARBOOK FLAP; PICTUR OF 'DON'T SAY GAY' PROTTS TO REMA
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has repeatedly poted to the se of a fay the state’s Leon County to expla the need for a ntroversial new law, dubbed by crics the “Don’t Say Gay” bill, that bans schools om teachg about sexual orientatn or genr inty, particularly to young children. * superintendent gay *
The announcement is the latt dispute between state and lol officials after the Temecula Valley Unified School District’s board voted 3-2 on May 16 to reject the curriculum, wh some board members claimg there was not enough parental volvement the curriculum creatn procs as well as makg ments attackg gay rights activist and polician Harvey Milk. The curriculum – for gras one through five – ntas supplemental rource material for teachers that clus a short bgraphy of Milk, who is believed to be the first openly gay polician elected to public office California 1977.
FACT CHECK: EMAILS SHOW ONE OF DESANTIS’ STORI BACKG THE RATNALE FOR SO-LLED ‘DON’T SAY GAY’ LAW DIDN’T HAPPEN AS THE ERNOR SAYS
The materials scribe his liftyle and his work for gay rights California until his assassatn 1978.
WAKE SCHOOLS NSIRS EXPAND JOB PROTECTNS FOR GAY EMPLOYE
Komrosky said June that his statements about Milk “were not based upon him beg a homosexual, but rather based upon him beg an adult havg a sexual relatnship wh a mor. Barrett walked up to the podium and how he was “unbelievably bullied” school the 1970s and 1980s over his legal name – Greg Gay. School privatizers’ favored ndidate for California state supertennt of public stctn, Marshall Tuck, recently announced that he was returng a $5, 000 ntributn om an anti-gay activist.