Posted on 03/26/2014 5:34:20 AM PDT by sevinufnine
Campbell Co. girl asked to stop attending school because of her "boyish" looks. In a letter sent to Sunnie's grandmother and legal guardian Mrs. Thompson, the following was written:
"We believe that unless Sunnie and her family clearly understand that God has made her female and her dress and behavior need to follow suit with her God-ordained identity, that TCS is not the best place for her future education."
(Excerpt) Read more at wdbj7.com ...
"To claim that we are condoning sexual immorality in our home is nonsense," Thompson said. "We are Christians. We understand the Bible. Sunnie knows it very well. She has accepted Christ."
Thompson says Kahle is simply a tomboy, and that she's too young to understand sexual orientation or gender issues.
Thompson has raised Kahle since she was an infant. When she turned five, Thompson said she asked for a short hair cut.
“She had hair down to her waist and she wanted to give it to a child with cancer,” said Thompson. “After we cut her hair she started wanting to wear jeans and a t-shirt. She didn’t want to wear her frilly dresses anymore.”
Her appearance started leading to awkward questions at school.
Kahle said her classmates would occasionally ask if she was a boy or a girl, but she said the question did not hurt her feelings.
The issue caught the attention of administrators at Timberlake Christian School, where Kahle was a student.
Elementary principal Becky Bowman sent home a letter last month, reminding Thompson of the school’s religious affiliation and it’s right to refuse students who contradict a “biblical lifestyle.”
I was SUCH a tomboy until middle school it was insane. Then I started to become attracted to boys in a way other than wanting to play football with them. They were actually rather cute! This poor young girl is being treated poorly by the “Christian” leadership of that school. Shame on them.
Christian school. Their rules. If they don’t like it, they need to go somewhere else.
They, TCS, are right!
I think the grandmother is right and the school is being ridiculous, but they have the right to do that and the grandmother should just put the child in a different school. I doubt that the little girl would be very happy continuing in such a flaky school environment anyway.
Yes, private school, should get to make its own rules.
But I’m curious as to what rule was broken. Girls shall have a haircut that is at least three inches long? Shall not wear slacks? Get dirty in mud puddles?
I think there is more to this than the school is allowed do publicly discuss.
Read the letter in my previous post. It tells a little more than excerpts we’ve been fed.
See the letter at post 7
So now everyone is super-sensitive about "gender assignment" (stupid bastards can't even speak correctly).
Just let kids be kids and teach them to accept themselves as they are.
Of course, saying Jesus in a public school is now a crime and the Christian is subject to discipline.
I guess being a tomboy is against the rules of Timberlake Christian School. The school’s board must be run by idiots.
I wonder if we could use that against the supreme court..?
The school has the right to enforce a dress code and to insist that girls dress like girls and boys dress like boys. If that offends you then don’t send your children there.
Would you say the same thing if there was a boy who insisted on wearing frilly dresses?
This is only news because there is an attack on Christians going on in this country and throughout the world.
Shame on you for siding with the homo agenda.
Problem with “their rules” is they blatantly accused the girl of having problems with sexual orientation and she’s like not even 10 yet!! That’s way, over the top.
Wow Republic of Maine. Didn’t realize being a TOMBOY was a sin. Do tell...where in the Bible does it tell us that?
Thanks for that link. The headline of this article is deliberately deceptive but sufficient for simple minds with anti-Christian sentiments. The letter that appears at the link indicates a far more complex and serious issue than that of acting like a tomboy. It should be obvious this concerns more than her dress and hair length. It appears the school is trying to be as discrete as possible but malevolent people are not going to let it lie.
It is a private school and any Bible believing Christian would understand that at some point, tolerance of inappropriate behavior must end. The girl has been enrolled in a public school, which I’m sure will indulge any behavioral abnormalities her parents and grandparents find acceptable.
Not siding at all with the “homo agenda”. She’s simply a tomboy. I was and grew out of it when I hit puberty. I’m a preacher’s kid myself and totally side with the Christian agenda, but this school has gone too far with what they are accusing the girl AND her grandparents of.
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