I just don't understand how people can do that sort of thing.

Bryant

I hope she adjusts to the public school and I am happy for her that her family is not
taking the position that something is wrong with their daughter.


* The Thompsons say they have no desire to re-enroll Sunnie at Timberlake Christian.

Such a young child to be singled out with hatred.

to get through a new transition to public schools. I can only hope some of the other
parents see this for what it is and take their children out too.

(according to this school's worldview)

Fuckers.

Not just children either. Some religions kill women just for going to school.

for affirming her right to be who she is and for exposing the school's backward bigotry. I feel very sorry for Sunnie's sadness, confusion and sense of rejection. In the long run, she will be lucky to get out of their clutches before they can do any more damage. One wonders what kind of "education" they are providing. I seriously doubt that Sunnie and the other students would be given truthful information about science, American history, etc., at least insofar as it might be in conflict with the owners' personal biases.

and while dress code forced me into a dratted dress during school hours I couldn't wait for the freedom of petal pushers or shorts after hours. It was ridiculous to have to worry about skirts and its' frills or bend over to expose panties. Pants took care of that. We had short hair or pig tails. No one thought girls were boys. It simply made fashion sense. Mothers were in no hurry to wash and iron more dressed when simply pants would do. It was not a time of gay enlightment yet no one muttered about trying to sneak lesbian ways into an 8 yr old!

authorities thought they were too tight and sexy. The whole girl population of the school was forced to wear dresses. Wonder if that is where mini skirts got their start?

What the hell?

by persecution and discrimination. Many of this ilk are mentally disturbed individuals and ALL of their tax avoidance should be made illegal, and they should be designated as HATE GROUPS!

Shameful.

Some states give vouchers to Christian schools so they cannot only discriminate against girls but also teach Creationism and other anti science and the conservative version of history.

keep the tax payers money and the public school won't receive a dime.

What a shitty lesson to teach a kid.

Far better than being treated like there is something wrong with her. That sort of thing can destroy a child's self esteem.

For what it's worth, I still remember the nasty remarks thrown my way by some of the nuns 50+ years ago.

Ah yes, Lynchburg, Virginia, home to Jerry Falwell's Liberty University.

http://tcs4u.org/

That little girl is LUCKY to be out of that environment!

god damn them all to hell

These people have no right to call themselves Christian. What is happening to these groups who are SO out of line with where the world is? They are no better than Phelps...certainly headed toward his beliefs and actions.

I hope Sunnie has the ability to throw off these stupid, arcane comments and they don't cause her mental anguish in the future. She looks like a little sweetheart and probably has a bigger/gentler heart than the adults. God love her.

NOT!
How can they be so mean to an 8 year old little girl!

Now tell me where they're acting like Christians?

"She's out of TCS. She might learn science." -- one of the comments. Commenter was quoting a friend.

She'll make new friends. She'll be out of their hateful, poisonous environment.

Of course she's a normal little girl. is wrong with those people?!? Christian, my ass.

Heh! I just looked up their website. They have a place to give "reviews."

I thanked them for excluding Sunnie and removing her from their hateful, poisonous environment so she can learn real love and real science. I also suggested that they give the rest of their students the boot, too, so they can have a chance a life.

Maybe now she will get a good education and learn things like science.

'Suffer the little children' doesn't mean to make them suffer.

... they couldn't make it past the first chapter in the first book of a Bible. What part of God's image didn't they get?

It's sad that she misses her friends but the overall school philosophy wasn't exactly that great either. From the photo in the OP, looks like a few kids I know.

they shouldn't care about how they express their gender. Plus, sexual ambiguity is fact in such conditions as Androgen Insensitivity Syndrome, Congenital Adrenal Hyperplasia and other intersex conditions. If their god exists, he created them that way, everyone.

who like to degrade women and tell them hey your flat chest go get some fake boobs so you don't look like a child. smh and yet they go around and when a woman does something of her own choice like Belle Knox say she's degrading herself.. Really? wonder where you get that idea.

Like this:
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Christianity has turned into a war on individuality, and god in now a perv. Yes, I know the pic is over the top and the pubescent female is dressed and posed seductively, it is a pageant pic, but the juxtaposition tells the story.

"God hates little girls whose appearance doesn't meet our 'biblical standards'". Rest assured that the spirit of Fred Phelps is alive and well in Timberlake VA. How kind of school administrators in offering to let her complete the remainder of the school year, as a pariah and living example to others of "what not to be" (or else). And how very wise of her grandparents to quickly pull the girl out of that hellhole. The grandparents should sue the bejeezus out of the school for doing this.

seem to worship Jesus with LONG hair . Hypocrites

Although she looks a few years younger, maybe.

If they were the same age and 20-30 ft away, I wouldn't be able to tell which was which.

(This was merely a surprised comment, not a statement of backing for anything the school did.)

At any rate, yet another reason why 'religious schools' are a bad idea.

total conformity?

This makes me pissed as hell that this poor little girl is deprived from being with the friends she's made, but ultimately, she's going to be better off attending school somewhere where diversity is not only tolerated but hopefully encouraged.

IMO, it is in her best interest to keep her as far away from those hateful people as possible.

I say that as someone who spent the first nine years of her education being indoctrinated in a Catholic school. I feel bad for this girl that she's being separated from her friends, and for the way the school has judged and treated her. But, after reading the article, and the general attitude of the school, I am glad she got out of there before all real damage is done. At least now, she stands a chance of learning how to think for herself, rather than being taught to just obediently adhere to everything that's fed to her.

NT

But ironically the school did her a favor in the long run. And her grandparents did the right thing

and it's disgraceful to cut it short. Paul goes on and on about it in 1 Corinthians chapter 11.

I personally think they are sick fucks at this school, but their interpretation of the Bible is reasonable, given what it actually says. I'm very glad she's out of there.

Perhaps not?

in line for this treatment?

I hope more of them dump this school.

Geniuses.

Now they're "better than" little girls with short haircuts. geesh. living in the dark ages. the pope should hear about this

8 years old! They might have scared this little girl for life. Sounds real Christian to me.

Fuck those people.

love and acceptance?