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Defrocked priest accused of molesting a boy runs kids charity

A defrocked New York priest “credibly accused” of sexually abusing a minor runs a charity that provides scholarships to Catholic schools for underprivileged children, according to public records. John J. Voglio, 65, is president of Mary F. Clancy Charities, which…

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Dolly Parton’s song about acceptance banned at school

“Rainbowland,” a song by Dolly Parton and Miley Cyrus that celebrates acceptance, was recently banned from a spring concert set list at a Wisconsin elementary school. Sarah Schindler’s first-grade daughter came home from school last week, eager to show her…

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House Republicans pass anti-LGBT Parents Bill of Rights Act

U.S. House Republicans on Friday passed the Parents Bill of Rights Act, a proposal that would require public schools to share educational materials with parents and also contains provisions that would trigger the outing of LGBTQ students without their consent…

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A parent uses anti-LGBT book ban law to ban the Bible

A Utah parent has challenged the Bible under a state law banning “pornographic or indecent” material in schools. The law has been used to remove books by mostly LGBTQ+ and Black authors from shelves. And it’s making the Republican lawmaker…

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Principal forced out after showing students Michelangelo’s ‘David’

The principal of Florida’s Tallahassee Classical School is out of a job after parents complained that their sixth-grade children were shown Michelangelo’s 16th century “David” sculpture, with one parent calling it “pornographic,” the Tallahassee Democrat first reported…