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ROCKVILLE, MD ,  -  Parents and Friends of Ex-Gays & Gays ( PFOX ) has filed a sexual orientation discrimination  complaint  with the Department of Justice and the Department of Education against the Montgomery County, Maryland , Board of Education and its School Superintendent , Joshua Starr. PFOX requests the federal agencies initiate an investigation into the discriminatory practices of Superintendent Starr and the Montgomery County school board and to oversee a remedial program to ensure diversity and non-discrimination against ex-gays.  "Starr misused his official position as school superintendent to gain access to students and indoctrinate them with his prejudicial bias against the ex-gay community," said Regina Griggs, executive director of PFOX. "The Department of Justice has investigated complaints against schools for discriminating against  transgenders  -- those who have changed their gender identity. The ex-ga...

New details have emerged in the case of a ‘ transgender ’ boy  accused  of sexually harassing girls in the women’s restroom of a Colorado high school. While school officials initially denied any harassment took place, new details reported by the Pueblo Chieftain  indicate that there may be more truth to the girls’ claims than administrators are willing to admit. Florence High School was plunged into controversy in October after a male student who says he is “transgender” was permitted to use the girls’ restroom facilities. The boy was subsequently accused of harassment – a claim that has been denied by the school. On October 10, Pacific Justice Institute (PJI) wrote a letter of warning to Florence High School on behalf of an undisclosed number of female students and their families who have alleged harassment. “This is a nightmare scenario for the teenage girls—some of them freshmen—and their parents at this school,” PJI attorney Matthew McReynolds said ...

BERKELEY, September 19, 2012, ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A former Marine’s views about the sanctity of marriage have cost him a job as superintendent of schools in Berkeley, California . Dr. Edmond Heatley withdrew after it became known he supported marriage. Dr. Edmond Heatley, who is African-American, had already been selected as the final candidate and resigned his position as a superintendent in Georgia when news broke that in 2008 he supported  Proposition 8 , a pro-marriage state ballot initiative  adopted by California voters  that November. “The Berkeley School Board is engaging in blatant viewpoint discrimination by declining to hire an otherwise well-qualified candidate for School Superintendent , just because he supported Prop 8 ,” Dr. Jennifer Roback Morse , the founder of  The Ruth Institute , wrote in a statement e-mailed to LifeSiteNews.com. Local media found  a copy of a memo  Dr. Heatley wrote when he led the Chino Valley Unified ...