A new podcast series takes a look at just how far religious zealotry and conservative culture wars have impacted local education.
For anyone paying attention, it shouldn’t come as a surprise that the NBC News team that produced the 2021 hit podcast, goes deep into how the Grapevine-Colleyville ISD became a battleground for LGBTQ student rights in the classroom. But because we’re talking about ultraconservative Tarrant County, and because this podcast is debuting in 2023, it also brings a number of contentious, hot-button topics to the fore.
There's a lot going on: Parents vs. teachers; conservative vs. liberal; church vs. state; gay vs. straight; those who want to see progress vs. those who wish things would go back to the way they were in a previous era. If nothing else,reinforces that the culture war is an omnivorous, nearly inescapable aspect of everyday life for far too many North Texans.How many times have you heard someone say “Oh, well, then 2016 happened.” Probably a lot.
With Trump’s election, conservative Christians in many parts of the country have still complained loudly about their values being attacked, but, especially in Southlake and Grapevine, they’ve mounted a significant counterattack.
Ramser faced complaints over her lessons involving racial history, among other things. In the episode she refers to herself as someone who “looked gay in a school where nobody looked like a gay person.” Ramser told her students about her girlfriend in order to make LGBTQ students feel safe and welcome.
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