Minnesota: Not Nice at All

The days of Lake Wobegon are over.  Dead.  Finis.

New licensing rules in Minnesota that require teachers to “affirm” students’ transgender identities will effectively ban religious Christians, Muslims, and Jews from teaching in public schools.  MN state-certified teachers will be required to “foster an environment that ensures student identities such as … gender identity …are…affirmed.”  ⁽¹⁾ Other states are also looking for ways to implement these unconstitutional licensing rules.

“…teachers are going to be faced with hiding their beliefs or getting denied (a state teaching license),” said Doug Seaton of MN Upper Midwest Law Center.  “Christians, Muslims, and Jews need not apply for MN teaching jobs.”...

...College teacher preparation programs will also have to comply with these new requirements.  This sets up another constitutional conflict by requiring religious institutions to endorse behaviors and ideologies that conflict with their beliefs.   When put into effect, these new rules will likely meet court challenges....

Over the last few years, "education" in Minnesota has garnered a few headlines for perverse practices such as these. 

Think 'it won't happen here'?

Make damn certain of that, friends.