Kit O'Connell

A 19 old #Texas teacher was fired for attending #Houston #drag show at the historic Hamburger Mary's #LGBTQIA bar and posting about it on her personal social media
https://www.chron.com/news/houston-texas/article/houston-drag-show-teacher-texas-18262402.php via @Chron

#homophobia
(edit: corrected, 19 years teaching not 19 years old) 🤦🏼‍♀️

Texas teacher fired for attending downtown Houston drag show

The 19-year veteran teacher was fired based on social media posts on her personal account from a drag performance at Houston's Hamburger Mary's.

Chron
Jul 27, 2023 at 3:37pmWeb
Show threadnshrubsJul 27, 2023
@kitoconnell @Chron 19 YEAR teacher, not 19 year OLD teacher. Makes a difference.
Show threadKit O'ConnellJul 27, 2023
@Nshrubs @Chron thank you
Show threadnshrubsJul 27, 2023
@kitoconnell @Chron I know many states are relaxing teacher standards & allowing people with just HS degrees or GEDs to sub, so it is becoming plausible that there might be a 19 year old teacher at some point, but I hope not.
Show threadMayor of Nerdocrumbesia 🏡Jul 27, 2023

@Nshrubs @kitoconnell @Chron

Makes no difference. The whole "19 years" should've been omitted.

Show threadNoemi loves youJul 27, 2023
@kitoconnell @Chron yeah you can't talk about your life here. Let's not pretend this is part of American. Never has been.
Show threadHis Royal ChiggnessJul 27, 2023
@kitoconnell @Chron 19 year veteran, not 19 year old.
Show threadLenoraJul 27, 2023
@kitoconnell @Chron how is that legal?
Show threadBoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺Jul 27, 2023

@FaithinBones @kitoconnell @Chron It was a religious school. From the article -

"Per ABC 13's Lodhia, the school's senior pastor referenced the school's operating policies manual when asked about the firing. The pastor specifically cited a line stating that employees "will act in a godly and moral fashion at work, on Facebook and in my community.""

Not that I'm defending it - it's obviously abhorrent. Religion should have no place in education.

Show threadLenoraJul 27, 2023
@BonehouseWasps @kitoconnell @Chron it shouldn’t be legal but that’s the problem with religious schools. The Constitution doesn’t exist in their schools
Show threadBoneHouseWasps🔶🇬🇧🇪🇺Jul 27, 2023
@FaithinBones @kitoconnell @Chron Quite. And I'm going to assume that parents in Texas have little to no choice as to where they send their kids, though maybe I'm wrong.
Show threadLenoraJul 27, 2023
@BonehouseWasps @kitoconnell @Chron Texas has taken over the Houston School System because they didn’t want Democrats to control it
Show threadJack KissirJul 27, 2023
@kitoconnell. what did you expect...it is Texas. I lived there a short time in the 60s. I could not wait to leave and have NEVER returned!
Show threadRich Puchalsky Jul 27, 2023

@kitoconnell @Chron

It's a Baptist school with this stuff written into its operating policies. Quote from aticle: "The veteran teacher said the firing clashes with her devout Christian beliefs. "For almost 20 years, I've taught children to love each other.'" It's time for this teacher and everyone else to realize that people loving each other is *not* a devout Christian belief: Christianity in America is about hate.

Show threadAT-AT Assault 🏳️‍⚧️Jul 28, 2023

@kitoconnell @Chron

I mean, the firing is shitty, but it's also shitty to work for the international organization defending child rapists known as the Catholic Church. Catholic schools cant exist if no teacher will work for them.

Show threadLanthanae (he/him)Jul 28, 2023
@kitoconnell @Chron Quick tip: the best way to do an edit is to leave it where the mistake is so people don't miss it. I read this tweet after the edit and still thought you said "19 year old"
Show threadspheruliticJul 29, 2023
@kitoconnell @[email protected] clearly they have a surplus of teachers that they can drive educators from the profession over bullshit. They should explain how they did that when everyone else has a shortage
Show threadFrances LarinaJul 31, 2023

@kitoconnell @Chron

Thanks to the 14th Amendment people have the right to associate with whomever they choose. And that includes politics, and it applies to the workplace. Gender & sexuality aren't politics, but religious right wingers have made them political. So teachers have the right to go to drag shows on their off-time, right?

Except, the GOP & the Federalist Society have reshaped our laws and judiciary in many regions so that to some significant degree, that right no longer applies if the private employers have religious opinions.