MIAMI – Rivers Lopez Pozo waved a dazzling gay flag in entrance of the Miami-Dade University Board constructing Wednesday afternoon.
Pozo supports a resolution that the board was established to vote on that would make Oct LGBTQ background month.
“Historical past is essential and there is a whole lot of background in the LGBTQ group,” she says.
Additional than 50 persons waited at the entry to talk on the subject matter. Inside of it was contentious as speakers supported and rejected the resolution.
“You can find horrible panic-mongering,” mentioned outgoing board member Dr. Marta Perez.
The Miami-Dade resolution adds that 12th graders could study about two historic Supreme Courtroom conclusions dealing with identical-intercourse marriage and employers prohibited from firing another person for getting gay.
“This is not about beliefs. It is about recognizing the battle,” stated university board sponsor Lucia Baez-Geller.
But some say it will violate their parental rights, but the governor’s workplace suggests it will not violate the Parental Bill of Legal rights that a short while ago was signed into law. That law prohibits instruction in gender id or sexual orientation for grades K through 3.
In a published reaction, the governor s office mentioned, “Observances do not violate the law.”
“Curriculum parts are totally dependent upon their distinct information and presentation. The Office of Instruction would review and decide if there is any divergence with point out specifications.”
