Dearborn, Michigan is home to a sizable Muslim community and parents there are not happy about the inclusion of explicit LGBT books and other content in their schools.
These parents are making their voices heard at school board meetings like other parents across the country, and this poses a big problem for progressives.
When mostly white parents from other areas were doing this, Democrats sought to portray them as terrorists. The National School Boards Association even enlisted Merrick Garland and the DOJ to intervene. How is the left going to do that here?
Ari Blaff reported at National Review:
Muslim Protesters Shut Down Michigan School-Board Meeting over LGBTQ BooksA school-board meeting in Dearborn, Mich. was shut down earlier this week by hundreds of protesters opposing the circulation of LGBTQ books across the city’s public-school system.Viral videos recorded by a Detroit Free Press reporter circulated on Twitter showing pandemonium breaking out at the meeting Monday night. Many of the protesters carried signs in English and Arabic: “Keep Your Dirty Books in the Closet,” “Stop Grooming Our Kids,” and “Homosexuality Big Sin,” some read.Tensions boiled over when Roxanne McDonald, chair of the school board, limited attendee speaking time to three minutes. The proceedings were then halted due to fears that the growing crowd violated the fire code. Shouts of “Vote them out!” broke out.
Here’s more from the Detroit Free Press:
Protesters shut down Dearborn school board meeting over LGBTQ booksHundreds of protesters packed a Dearborn Public Schools board meeting this week and shut it down with cries of anger over certain LGBTQ books they said are too sexually explicit for children. And now, some community leaders anxiously await a rescheduled meeting set for Thursday night as others call for calm.A heavy police presence failed to prevent the Monday night meeting from descending into chaos as demonstrators took it over and then various factions within them jostled for control, shouting at each other. Protesters often ignored the requests of police officers to stop interrupting board members.
Tempers are flaring.
This tweet perfectly illustrates the problem the left finds itself with in this situation.
A mention of Michigan Rep. Rashida Tlaib was met with boos.
Watch this video report and note how the protesters go out of their way to say that their objections are not an attack on gay people.
Are progressives going to start calling these Muslims haters and domestic terrorists?
That would be problematic.
Featured image via YouTube.
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