gay son speaks out against his book-banning mother

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this home-schooling, bible-bashing, hateful woman who calls herself a christian cut her son off from his whole family after he came out

“It was one thing when my parents’ beliefs were causing this rift between us and it was just a family matter,” Brown told NBC News. “But seeing now that she’s applying those same views to public activism, at a time when so many basic rights are being challenged, I couldn’t stay quiet about that.”

In a long profile, Brown described how his mother, who homeschooled him and his eight siblings and is the director of a private Christian education cooperative, strictly monitored the books and films he consumed growing up. She even went so far as to bake a pan of brownies that she claimed included “a little bit of dog poo” for her son to illustrate a point about exposing yourself to harmful ideas via books, films, etc.

After Brown came out in 2018, his parents urged him to see a Christian counselor and would only allow him to see his younger siblings at church.
“You are not invited to our house for Thanksgiving or any other meal,” Monica texted him in November 2018.

Monica also attributed her son’s homosexuality to “clown demons” that “entered” him when he watched part of the Stephen King mini-series It when he was 10.

clown demons? riiiiiiiiiiiiggggggggggggght... and this woman is sane?
has she sent SK death threats?

In the years since, she has become a leading figure in her hometown of Granbury, Texas, advocating for the removal of books she considers obscene. She served on her local school district’s book review committee and has spoken at school board meetings and filed more than a dozen book challenges.
She has even suggested that a local Christian pastor should decide which books should be allowed on public school shelves.

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/08/gay-son-speaks-fundamentalist-moms-book-banning-crusade/

 

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Superintendent Jeremy Glenn says there are only men and women, and he's behind all efforts to keep anything deviating from that out of the schools' libraries and 'any school employee who does not possess conservative beliefs “better hide it.” '

mum with students in school rips the board and book-banners for promoting their personal religious and gender beliefs over the education of her kids and all the school's kids... gets great round of applause

“We know that books are continuing to be purged. We know student library aides have been banned. We know that a group of non-parents have pushed for these removals and continue to do so,” she began. “So, being a taxpayer does not grant special privileges over students, staff, and parents. I do not want random people with no education background or experience determining what books my child can read, what curriculum they learn, and what clubs they can join.”

“Just because you can get up at every meeting and rant and rave does not give you authority over my child’s education.”

“I implore the board to put an end to attempts to appease these extremists. Focus on retaining staff, providing excellent public education and a safe and welcoming learning space for all students. The speakers speaking about what great Christians they are? Great. Go tell your pastor. Our schools are not your church.”

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