Parents in North Hollywood, California plan to boycott an assembly to discuss LGBTQ+ issues for Pride month at Saticoy Elementary School.
An Instagram account named Saticoy Elementary Parents posted on Monday that “outraged” parents, “who share conservative values” and “don’t feel this material is appropriate to teach to the children,” are planning to keep their children home from school on June 2 because of a planned school assembly to observe LGBTQ+ Pride month.
The Instagram account was created to oppose the program.
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“Attention: PROTEST IS ON JUNE 2nd! We need help! We need signs! We need everyone to come!” Saticoy Elementary Parents wrote on the Instagram post’s caption.
The Los Angeles Unified School District announced there will be a K-12 school assembly held at Saticoy Elementary School to teach students about the LGBTQ+ community.Â
The group alleges that students will watch a video where it says “some kids have 2 mommies, some have 2 daddies.”Â
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“This has caused outrage among parents, many of them emailing/ calling LAUSD higher-ups to complain about this day and protesting by not taking their children to school that day,” the group included in their Instagram post..Â
LAUSD did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital’s request for comment.
According to Fox 11 Los Angeles, teachers will read to students at the assembly a book by Mary Hoffman titled “The Great Big Book of Families,” which talks about diversity and “all kinds of families.”
In another Instagram post, the group claimed “we are being forced into talking about topics that should not burden our children for many years to come.”Â
“Keep your kids home on June 2nd! We are parents of elementary school children, who have the right to introduce sexually explicit topics at our discretion,” the post read. “Yes…
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