A Florida-based Christian school sent out an email informing parents that LGBTQ-identifying students 'will be asked to leave the school immediately.'
The June email read: "We believe that any form of homosexuality, lesbianism, bisexuality, transgender identity/lifestyle, self-identification, bestiality, incest, fornication, adultery and pornography are sinful in the sight of God and the church. Students who are found participating in these lifestyles will be asked to leave the school immediately."
According to the email, the school said students will be"referred to by the gender on their birth certificate."The email, titled,"Important School Policy Point of Emphasis. ... Please Read," also emphasized, according to NBC News, a verse from the Bible, Genesis 1:26-28, as a means to condemn"elective sex reassignment, transvestite, transgender, or non-binary gender fluid acts of conduct.
Gender is defined as a social construct, whereas sex is defined as by biological differences, according to the . Messages left by USA TODAY for Grace Christian School on Monday morning were not immediately returned. on Thursday, August 18, 2022 The school's policies are not new policies, however, the email enforcing them is. Parents were informed through the June email they must sign documents complying with the standards before students may enroll this month. In the August Facebook video, McKeen said: "It is true that a student can not come to our school ... and be transgender or homosexual. This is rooted in scriptures. ...we have had these policies in our school since day number one in the early 1970s.
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