An Oregon school district is accused of forcing LGBTQ students to read the Bible for punishment.  The allegations are detailed in a March 6 letter from the Oregon Department of Education (ODE) to North Bend School District Superintendent Bill Yester. The letter claims that a building administrator demanded that LGBTQ students read the Bible as a form of punishment. The World reported Tuesday

that the North Bend School District initially denied the allegations. However, the administrator involved in the case later admitted in an interview with state officials that the claims were true. “There is substantial evidence to support the allegation that the district subjected LGBTQ students to separate or different rules of behavior, sanctions, or other treatment…,” the letter said, adding that the LGBTQ students “had little choice but to comply with the building administrator’s established form of punishment.”  READ MORE


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