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The largest school district in Arizona cut ties with Arizona Christian University (ACU) after a school board meeting in March because of the school’s religious beliefs.
The school district partnered with the university, which sent student-teachers to classrooms. But after leftist school board officials complained about the university’s religious views, the school district terminated the 11-year partnership.
ACU filed a lawsuit, which prompted the school district to renew the partnership and agree to pay ACU $25,000 in attorney’s fees.
You may remember that one board member, Tamillia Valenzuela, who describes herself as “a bilingual, disabled, neurodivergent Queer Black Latina” and wore some kind of animal-ears hairband in her bio. Her comments made the rounds on social media in March. She said she was concerned about homosexual students in the schools.
“How does that hold space for our members of the LGBT community?” Valenzuela said during the board meeting. “How does that space for people who think differently and do not have the same beliefs?”
That’s actual diversity — people who think differently, not just look differently.
In any case, the leftist board’s decision to terminate the partnership was unanimous, but the district certainly changed its mind in a hurry. From Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF):
The lawsuit noted that school district officials showed blatant hostility to ACU’s beliefs, questioning how one could “be committed to Jesus Christ” and yet, at the same time, respect LGBTQ students and board members.
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The new student placement agreement allows for an additional five years, to be renewed annually.
ADF said it will monitor agreement renewals. If school board members are inclined to discriminate based on any school’s religious beliefs, they’ll have to contend with ADF.
Photo credit: Alliance Defending Freedom
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