Way to publicize your bigotry, hypocrisy, and brokenness. I can’t wait for the day where people rise above this behavior.
But of course, anyone reading the gospels can totally see that this is precisely how Jesus would act. Right? Right? 🙄
It’s definitely how Yahweh would’ve acted.
Actually, no, he would have genocided the entire state of Tennessee.
EDIT: can’t believe I forgot given how relevant it is:
Pack your belongings for exile, you who live in Egypt, for Memphis will be laid waste and lie in ruins without inhabitant.
Jeremiah 46:19
I mean, c’mon… the Bible literally says “Memphis will be laid to waste” lol
Convenient how people ignore those parts…
It’s not seen that way by their fellow red morons. Just today browsing conservative bullshit on Reddit I saw upvoted comments saying “it’s almost June, the gays are coming”
I like how a school thinks it’s their responsibility to give out punishment here. Like, they think it’s in their scope. What other obscure things do they handle in the community with their Letters of Punishment? Maintaining hedge heights? Sentencing criminals? Ensuring fresh undies are worn?
This. I mean the primary responsibility of schools is to teach and certify academic achievement. They should never withhold certification on non-academic grounds.
The school is apparently not claiming that it’s against the rules for her to come out as gay, but rather that her mention of “ruthless Trump supporting ‘Jesus’ mfs" is vulgar and disrespectful. That seems like quite a stretch.
Especially if they can’t give any other examples where use of vulgar and disrespectful language off campus and outside of school hours led to a student being expelled (which is what withholding a diploma is effectively)
The article appears to contradict itself - it says they’re withholding her diploma but also that they’re mailing it to her and simply not allowing her to participate in the graduation ceremony. I hope she does get the diploma mailed to her so she can put this behind her.
[The letter from the Tennessee Preparatory Christian School] goes on to read, “Morgan will not comment about the school or people associated with the school. If online slander continues, records of posts and messages will be forwarded to colleges and universities as part of a comprehensive student file. If the above are not adhered to, Morgan Armstrong’s diploma will be withheld and not mailed on June 15, 2025.”
Yes, they’re threatening to withhold it but unless there’s something I missed, they haven’t declared that they are withholding it.
They should have to prove they are who she’s referring to. In other words, prove they are ruthless Trump supporting ‘Jesus’ mfs. She apparently has some in her own family, so she could have been referencing them and not the school at all.
So much for the “freedom of speech not freedom from consequence” crowd.
It’s only ever bad when the consequences hit someone that you judge is in the right.
This is old news already. They have walked back their decision and gave her the diploma.
Edit: yes as someone pointed out they only reversed their decision because of the news coverage.
News clip: https://youtu.be/oJCCJ2owvpo
Damn. Same thing happened to me. Why must we continue to let these fascists control our lives???
My diploma was withheld cause I failed a load of classes but still. Same same
I bet they tried to make them repeat sex education.
