Rick Scott's Solution to Bullied LGBT Youth? Legal Bullying by Church and State
Florida Gov. Rick Scott earlier this year signed into law a bill that provides $7000 a year in state funding to public school students who are being bullied, enabling them to switch to private, often Christian schools.
“Every child in Florida should have the opportunity to get a great education at the school of their choice so they can achieve their dreams,” Scott, sounding very much like Betsy DeVos, said in March at the new law's signing ceremony.
The problem, as HuffPost reports, is many of the schools are anti-LGBTQ, leading to "state-sponsored bullying ― by refusing to admit LGBTQ students or outlining punishment for students in same-sex relationships." And at least 10 percent of the current private schools that have already signed up for the program "have zero tolerance policies for LGBTQ students."
HuffPost adds that "more than 30 percent of the nearly 70 schools use a curriculum that promotes bigoted views of LGBTQ students. These schools use curricula created by ultra-evangelical companies like Abeka, Bob Jones University Press and Accelerated Christian Education. A HuffPost investigation into these curriculum sources found that they promote regressive or hateful ideas about LGBTQ people, women and non-Christians."
Read more: https://www.thenewcivilrightsmovement.com/2018/08/rick-scotts-solution-to-bullied-lgbt-youth-legal-bullying-by-church-and-state/
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