IL School Tries to Punish Girl Who Requested Exemption from 'Gender and Sexuality Program', Wants Students to 'Experience Discomfort'

[Harry Mathews]

CBNNEWS.COM 02-02-2021

An Illinois high school senior is set to face a disciplinary hearing after she refused to participate in the school's Student Gender and Sexuality Program and requested a religious accommodation exempting her from the class. 

First Liberty Institute, a religious rights law firm, sent a letter to the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy (IMSA) located in Aurora, demanding the school immediately approve senior Marcail McBride's request. 

"Under Illinois law, schools must provide religious accommodations for their students, and they must also honor requests to excuse students from programs with sexual content," said Keisha Russell, counsel to First Liberty Institute. 

"Schools should never violate the religious conscience of their students. We hope President Torres ends the school administrators' clearly unlawful behavior and protects the religious liberty of every student by granting an accommodation to the family," Russell continued.  

READ MORE:

https://www1.cbn.com/cbnnews/2021/february/il-school-tries-to-punis...