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A federal appeals court ruled last month that an Oregon school counselor broke hate speech laws by showing two children\u2019s books about the difference between boys and girls. The court said displaying \u201cHe is He\u201d and \u201cShe is She\u201d wasn\u2019t protected by the First Amendment. Ryan Bomberger, who wrote the books with his wife Bethany, spoke out against the decision in an interview with The Daily Wire.\n<\/p>\n
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From the Daily Wire:\n<\/p>\n
\u201cWe wanted to take this insane pronoun issue and just make something that spoke truth about the human condition and celebrate what it means to be a boy, and celebrate what it means to be a girl,\u201d Bomberger said. \u201cIt celebrates motherhood, fatherhood, the means by which all of us exist. So, what\u2019s more inclusive than a book that speaks to the heterosexual self-identity of more than 90% of Americans? How is that not inclusive?\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThe books are so beautifully illustrated. They are diverse. As someone myself, I\u2019m mixed white, black, part Asian, part Native American. I\u2019m a mixture of all things,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s laughable that the school sees these books as being hostile in any way, shape, or form.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
\u201cThere was one complaint from a teacher who only saw the covers,\u201d Bomberger explained. \u201cThat teacher is the one that set up the two 8th graders who came and insisted on reading the books. It was not genuine interest. It was set up.\u201d<\/p>\n
The counselor at the center of the case, Roderick E. Theis II, worked for the InterMountain Education Service District for more than 15 years before he was fired. He was let go after a teacher secretly recorded him showing the books to eighth graders who had asked to see them. Bomberger says the same district allows teachers to display BLM and LGBT materials without issue, calling the double standard \u201chighly discriminatory against the nuclear family, against fatherhood, against black conservatives.\u201d\n<\/p>\n
Alliance Defending Freedom is representing Theis and has vowed to keep fighting for his right to free speech on the job. Bomberger hopes the case gets appealed, arguing that the court misapplied Kennedy v. Bremerton School District \u2014 the Supreme Court case that protected a football coach\u2019s right to pray on the field. He believes government employees shouldn\u2019t lose their constitutional rights simply because they\u2019re at work.\n<\/p>\n
This case is a clear example of how far the Left will go to punish anyone who states basic biological truth. A man lost his job for showing books that simply affirm what boys and girls are \u2014 while schools regularly promote far more controversial material without consequence. We are called to be salt and light in a dark world (Matthew 5:13-16), which means speaking truth even when it costs something. If the government can punish speech that lines up with both scripture and science, we have every reason to stay engaged and unafraid.\n<\/p>\n
Share this story so more people know what\u2019s happening in our schools. Support organizations like Alliance Defending Freedom that stand up for religious liberty and free speech. And most importantly, stay involved in your children\u2019s education \u2014 don\u2019t leave their understanding of truth up to the school system or the culture around them.\n<\/p>\n
(Excerpt from the Daily Wire. Photo Credit: Caleb Oquendo)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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