Virginia | November 12, 2021
Liberty responds to ex-spokesman’s suit, seeks gag order
Virginia | November 12, 2021
Liberty University is responding to a former spokesman’s lawsuit alleging he was fired in retaliation for raising concerns about the handling of sexual misconduct accusations.
The evangelical Virginia school filed its responses to Scott Lamb’s suit last week, seeking more than $3 million and a gag order for Lamb, news outlets reported.
Lamb, a vice president-level executive at the school where he was hired in 2018, alleges in his lawsuit that he was terminated in October for engaging in activity protected under Title IX, the federal law that protects against sex discrimination in education, after challenging the university’s handling of the complaints…. (Excerpts from WTOP News)
Virginia | October 29, 2021
Pence wades into school debate roiling Va governor’s race
Virginia | October 29, 2021
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday hailed activist parents who are decrying school curriculums as un-American, equating instruction on the effects of institutional racism with “state-sponsored racism” and warning that such efforts might “indoctrinate” children.
The fight over schools has become a flashpoint in the Virginia governor’s race, where polls show a dead heat between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin ahead of Election Day on Tuesday. In his speech at Patrick Henry College, a Christian university about 50 miles outside Washington in Loudoun County, Pence echoed many of the criticisms Youngkin has made central to his campaign and praised activists in the surrounding suburbs for propelling a “movement spreading all across the country.”
“The eyes of the nation are on Loudoun County,” Pence told a crowd of hundreds in a gymnasium…. (Excerpts from the Associated Press via the Ravalli Republic)
Virginia | October 29, 2021
Pence wades into school debate roiling Va governor’s race
Virginia | October 29, 2021
Former Vice President Mike Pence on Thursday hailed activist parents who are decrying school curriculums as un-American, equating instruction on the effects of institutional racism with “state-sponsored racism” and warning that such efforts might “indoctrinate” children.
The fight over schools has become a flashpoint in the Virginia governor’s race, where polls show a dead heat between Democrat Terry McAuliffe and Republican Glenn Youngkin ahead of Election Day on Tuesday. In his speech at Patrick Henry College, a Christian university about 50 miles outside Washington in Loudoun County, Pence echoed many of the criticisms Youngkin has made central to his campaign and praised activists in the surrounding suburbs for propelling a “movement spreading all across the country.”
“The eyes of the nation are on Loudoun County,” Pence told a crowd of hundreds in a gymnasium…. (Excerpts from the Bluefield Daily Telegraph)
Virginia | October 29, 2021
‘Perfect storm’: Pence lauds Loudoun County fight against wokeness
Virginia | October 29, 2021
Former Vice President Mike Pence took his support for parental choice and educational freedom Thursday to ground zero, better known as Loudoun County.
In what he called “the epicenter of a powerful movement that is spreading across America,” Mr. Pence lauded the parents and community members packing school board meetings to speak out about critical race theory, sexually graphic books, transgender policies and other hot-button cultural issues.
“Make no mistake about it, you’re making a difference for your kids. With families here in Loudoun County, standing up for educational excellence and accountability, you are making a difference in the life of the nation,” Mr. Pence told the audience at Patrick Henry College…. (Excerpts from the Washington Times)
Virginia | October 29, 2021
Loudoun County sheriff denied superintendent’s request for SWAT team at board meeting
Virginia | October 29, 2021
The sheriff of Loudoun County denied the county school superintendent’s request for a standby SWAT team, riot control unit, and undercover officers at an August school board meeting.
The county has become a hotbed of controversy in recent months, with dozens of parents protesting at school board meetings over critical race theory and revelations the superintendent and board members allowed a male student charged with sexual assault to move to a different school where he committed a second assault…. (Excerpts from the Washington Examiner)
Virginia | October 29, 2021
Loudoun County is putting children in harm’s way
Virginia | October 29, 2021
I fought to protect my children’s safety. The Left tried to silence and cancel me — but couldn’t.
Five years ago, I stood in front of both the Fairfax and Loudoun County school boards advocating for the protection of my children and others by warning against the adoption of radical new gender identity policies that are now in effect across Virginia and many parts of the United States. I uncomfortably spoke up as a sexual assault survivor, speaking on behalf of those who have no voice or are silenced. Looking back, who would have thought that freedom of speech at a public school board meeting would be such a divisive issue threatening our country today…. (Excerpts from the Washington Examiner)