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As part of her Art Therapy: Healing with a Heart initiative, Second Lady Karen Pence started working part-time with northern Virginia’s Immanuel Christian School. Of course, this “generated controversy” because the school promoted Christian values such as traditional marriage. And during Wednesday’s edition of CBS Evening News, the network apparently tried to shame Mrs. Pence for sticking with her values.
“Vice President Mike Pence’s wife, Karen, has returned to teaching at a Christian school in Virginia where gay students and gay teachers are not welcome,” anchor Jeff Glor announced with a disapproving tone.
As he began his report, correspondent Chip Reid seemed to be in dismay by the school’s stance on homosexuality:
Second Lady Karen Pence's decision to teach art part-time at Immanuel Christian School in northern Virginia has generated controversy. That's because the private elementary school's website says it may “refuse admission” or “discontinue enrollment of a student” if a “parent or guardian” violates a “biblical lifestyle”. Prohibited behavior includes “participating in, supporting, or condoning … homosexual activity.” Likewise, employees, including teachers, can be fired for engaging in “homosexual or lesbian activity” or “transgender identity”.
“Those rules would appear to be consistent with the views of Vice President Mike Pence, a longtime critic of gay rights,” Reid continued.
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