https://www.fox6now.com/news/rainbowland-miley-cyrus-waukesha-heyer
This is allowing a small minority group of religious / maga parents to dictate to the entire student body and all the other parents how things will be. The administrators / republicans don’t care that the majority of parents want the song in the event and have no issue if rainbows are displayed talked about, only the Christian maga parents are important. This is about wiping gays / trans from society and removing all the social acceptance gained over the years. This is the same tactic used in the 1970s US and in the current Russia. It is entirely about pandering to a vocal hate minority. I am getting so tired of it. Hugs
Miley Cyrus’ ‘Rainbowland’ stirs Waukesha school concert controversy
A Waukesha teacher asked kids to sing a Miley Cyrus song, but administrators say it’s too controversial for elementary school.
WAUKESHA, Wis. – A Waukesha teacher asked kids to sing a Miley Cyrus song, but administrators say it’s too controversial for elementary school.
The song is called “Rainbowland.” It’s a duet between Cyrus and country star Dolly Parton. One parent told FOX6 News Thursday she believes the controversy is more about rainbows than the lyrics of the songs.
Sarah Schindler can’t wait for the spring concert at Heyer Elementary. Her daughter, Audrey, can barely contain her own excitement.
“She asked, ‘Are you going to be able to get off work and come to my concert?’ I said, ‘Yes! I will come to your concert,'” said Schindler.
It was a big letdown for Audrey when she came home Wednesday and told her mom one of her favorite songs got pulled from the show.
“She said, ‘We’re not allowed to sing those songs anymore,’” said Schindler.
Superintendent Jim Sebert confirmed that “Rainbowland” was dropped from the set list. He cited a specific school board policy, saying: “It was determined that ‘Rainbowland’ could be perceived as controversial.”
Heyer Elementary School
Lyrics include “wouldn’t it be nice to live in paradise” and “where we’re free to be exactly who we are.” FOX6 pressed Sebert for a reason why the song was controversial. He said the district questioned “whether it was appropriate for the age and maturity level of the students” and because of quote “social or personal impacts” on them.
The school board defines a “controversial issue” as one that “may be the subject of intense public argument.”
“I think, for some reason, the district sees rainbows as a political symbol,” said Schindler.
Schindler believes recent school board decisions about LGBTQ issues could be a factor because of the rainbow’s association with gay rights. At the same time, the district features a rainbow on its 4K enrollment signs.
Sebert told FOX6 the Muppet song “Rainbow Connection” will be part of the Heyer Elementary concert.
FOX6 asked Schindler if Miley Cyrus is controversial in the eyes of the school board. She didn’t know, and said she’s now struggling to explain the decision to her daughter.
“To me, that is a message I want my child to feel,” said Schindler. “Seven-year-olds should be free to be themselves.”
Cyrus has previously said “Rainbowland” is inspired by her recording studio – painted in different colors. Parton has said it’s about “hope and positivity in dark times.”
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It doesn’t matter WHAT is being offered anymore … SOMEONE will argue that it “could be perceived as controversial.”
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Hello Nan. I recently read and posted how these as the very same tactics used by Anita Bryant and her followers that were unable to accept the changes in society happening in the 1970s. Yes 50 years ago the same things were said about teachers, gays, drag queens, trans as are being used now by the republican Christian right. The idea that entire swaths of society are being held hostage by this violent rabid maga religious right. I was a teenager in school back in the 1970s. I heard all the bad stuff about gays, I never seen a book with gay characters in the library, never seen a movie with a happy gay kid. Yet I knew I was different, knew I was gay, knew I was not the monster that the media claimed. I remember being terrified of being outed publicly and several people I was in high school with I later found out were gay and feared the same things. The teachers made bigoted remarks about gays and if a student was being attacked because of a rumor they were gay the teachers never intervened or helped. That is the world the republicans Christian maga right wants to have again, what they are trying to recreate. What next separate but equal schools, water fountains / bathrooms, and blacks at the back of the bus? Hugs
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