Post by pavel on Feb 24, 2016 5:20:38 GMT -6
Tennessee Democratic Party Chairwoman Mary Mancini called on state Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, on Tuesday to withdraw a bill that would extend state accreditation to a school group founded by a "defender of slavery."
Kelsey's bill, SB1792, would add the Association of Classical and Christian Schools to the state's list of accredited organizations for church-related schools. The association has 15 schools in Tennessee, according to the association's website.
Mancini said she was concerned about the association's founder, Doug Wilson.
"Doug Wilson has espoused the most repulsive beliefs imaginable, defending slavery, proposing to exile people who are gay and lesbian and killing people for infidelity," Mancini said in a news release.
"It is unconscionable that Sen. Kelsey would bring legislation to extend accrediting authority to an organization he founded and still serves. The hate he spreads has no place in our schools, and I am calling on Sen. Kelsey to withdraw the bill," Mancini said.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/02/23/democratic-leader-school-group-founded-slavery-defender/80811892/
Kelsey's bill, SB1792, would add the Association of Classical and Christian Schools to the state's list of accredited organizations for church-related schools. The association has 15 schools in Tennessee, according to the association's website.
Mancini said she was concerned about the association's founder, Doug Wilson.
"Doug Wilson has espoused the most repulsive beliefs imaginable, defending slavery, proposing to exile people who are gay and lesbian and killing people for infidelity," Mancini said in a news release.
"It is unconscionable that Sen. Kelsey would bring legislation to extend accrediting authority to an organization he founded and still serves. The hate he spreads has no place in our schools, and I am calling on Sen. Kelsey to withdraw the bill," Mancini said.
Read more: www.tennessean.com/story/news/2016/02/23/democratic-leader-school-group-founded-slavery-defender/80811892/