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RandySF

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Wed Oct 16, 2024, 10:14 PM Oct 16

NC-ED: Psych association says NC GOP superintendent candidate misrepresented its LGBTQ+ stance

The American Psychological Association disavowed North Carolina Republican Superintendent of Public Instruction candidate Michele Morrow’s comments that the group’s definition of “LGBTQIA” includes pedophilia.

Morrow has made the claim that “LGBTQ+” includes pedophiles before, but she first linked the American Psychological Association to her stance at a forum hosted by the North Carolina Coalition for Charter Schools on Oct. 4.

“The American Psychological Association actually does say that the ‘plus’ represents any distinction that is not represented in those letters, and minor-attracted person is one of the definitions of one of those lifestyle choices,” Morrow said. “So, my point was we cannot keep our students safe and ensure that they’re going to be safe if we are allowing an entity that is saying that they accept all of these people.”

Morrow asserted that “the LGBTQIA agenda” in schools results in children being preyed upon by pedophiles. “I do not believe that we should be talking about or promoting the LGBTQIA agenda in our classrooms, and that is one of the reasons why I believe that children are being groomed,” she said.




https://www.newsobserver.com/news/politics-government/election/article294065414.html#storylink=cpy

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