MN school district excuses Muslim families from LGBT lessons, for some reason

Not all in this post is true and should be taken with a grain of sodium chloride.

A Minneapolis area school district will allow Somali Muslim families to opt out of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender (LGBT) lessons, in part, because the families threatened to sue the district, and in part because they likely fear serious "repercussions," if you know what I mean.

The families said their elementary school children were exposed to LGBT characters.

The St. Louis Park Public School District said it will allow families to pull their kids out of reading books with LGBT themes such as women having sex with women; men having sex with men; men or women having sex with men or women, depending on their mood; and mentally ill gender dysphoric individuals who don't believe they are the gender in which they were born.

Somali Muslim families had threatened to sue the district, alleging that not allowing families to opt out potentially violates the Constitution and state law. Other families who did not opt out their kids are too stupid to know better.

On November 2, the families’ attorneys sent the district a letter explaining Islamic teachings around gender and sexuality and outlining the timeline of parents’ complaints about the LGBT books. It did not go into detail as to what Islam says must be done to lesbians and gays, such as kill them on the spot or simply allow them to jump from a very high place.

Some of the families’ elementary school children had been exposed to LGBT characters in picture books, which caused “significant confusion and distress,” the families’ letter said. 

Back in October, several St. Louis Park elementary schools reportedly introduced a number of LGBT books, “Our Subway Baby,” which is about two men who adopt a baby, “My Shadow Is Pink,” which is about a boy who wears dresses, and “Ho’onani: Hula Warrior,” which is about a young Hawaiian girl who wants to lead a boys hula team.

Parents claimed that they had requested their children be opted out of reading these books, but two transgender elementary school principals, Principal Honey Heather and Fanny Fani, refused.

Books such as "Billy's Penis Is Gone, Now He Is Mary," or "My Batteries Are Low and So Am I," were not part of the curriculum but may be considered in the future.

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