• County residents arrived early to pack the auditorium as 259 residents signed up to speak during the public comment session
  • The debates became so heated that at least two men were eventually arrested for refusing to leave the building 
  • The parents debated a draft of the proposed 8040 policy reads that ‘students should be allowed to use the facility that corresponds to their gender identity’ 
  • According to Fox News , the comments went rather smoothly through the first half-dozen speakers who supported the 8040 proposal 
  • The seventh speaker was booed for insulting Christian parents in the district who oppose the policy
  • The woman, who identified herself as the mother of a transgender student, had said that ‘hate’ was ‘dripping from the followers of Jesus in this room’ 

The Loudoun County School Board in Virginia cut off public comment during a meeting on Tuesday as residents debated contentious transgender policy proposals and Critical Race Theory.

County residents arrived early to pack the auditorium as 259 residents signed up to speak during the public comment session before the debates became so heated that at least two men were eventually arrested for refusing to leave the building. The men were protesting the policy.

The parents debated a draft of the proposed 8040 policy on restrooms that reads that ‘students should be allowed to use the facility that corresponds to their gender identity,’ as school district leaders say they are moving to make schools more inclusive for transgender students – something that is considered by some parents as challenging traditional religious beliefs.

Parents in the audience were also protesting recent moves by the board to promote critical race theory, which they said was racist indoctrination.