Uproar over Roanoke County’s new policies for LGTBQ+ students continued Thursday with critics and supporters holding competing vigils outside a school board meeting, then voicing nearly an hour of public comment inside.
Supporters of Salem’s CommUNITY Church hold a counter-protest in support of Roanoke County Public School Board’s recent decision to treat students based on their birth sex.
Tom McCracken, pastor of CommUNITY Church in Salem speaks in support of Roanoke County School Board’s decision last month to adopt a policy that in matters of sports, bathrooms and more, student gender will be considered to be the same as their birth sex, minus intervention from parents and staff.
Roanoke County School Board write-in candidate Samantha Newell (left) and trans supporter Deanna Marcin protest last month’s school board vote to adopt a new transgender student policy that said in matters of sports, bathrooms and more, students’ gender will be considered to be the same as their birth sex, minus intervention from parents and staff. Another protest about 100 yards away supported the board’s decision.
Pastor Ray Sandifer of the Eagle Rock United Methodist Charge prays for the Roanoke County School Board to reconsider their vote last month to base some treatments of students on their birth sex.
During a protest prior to Thursday night’s Roanoke County Public School Board meeting, supporters of transgender rights voice opposition to last month’s board decision to base treatment of students on their birth sex.
During a protest prior to a September, 2023, Roanoke County Public School Board meeting, pro-transgender protesters pray that the school board would reverse their decision to require students to be treated based on their birth sex.
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Tom McCracken, pastor of CommUNITY Church in Salem speaks in support of Roanoke County School Board’s decision last month to adopt a policy that in matters of sports, bathrooms and more, student gender will be considered to be the same as their birth sex, minus intervention from parents and staff.
Roanoke County School Board write-in candidate Samantha Newell (left) and trans supporter Deanna Marcin protest last month’s school board vote to adopt a new transgender student policy that said in matters of sports, bathrooms and more, students’ gender will be considered to be the same as their birth sex, minus intervention from parents and staff. Another protest about 100 yards away supported the board’s decision.
Pastor Ray Sandifer of the Eagle Rock United Methodist Charge prays for the Roanoke County School Board to reconsider their vote last month to base some treatments of students on their birth sex.
During a protest prior to Thursday night’s Roanoke County Public School Board meeting, supporters of transgender rights voice opposition to last month’s board decision to base treatment of students on their birth sex.
Supporters of Salem’s CommUNITY Church hold a counter-protest in support of Roanoke County Public School Board’s recent decision to treat students based on their birth sex.
During a protest prior to a September, 2023, Roanoke County Public School Board meeting, pro-transgender protesters pray that the school board would reverse their decision to require students to be treated based on their birth sex.
