Two Baytown Teachers Fired for Attending a Drag Show

[LetMyPeopleVote]

Baytown is right next to Houston

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https://www.outsmartmagazine.com/2023/07/two-baytown-teachers-fired-for-attending-a-drag-show/

This is what Maris then posted on her Facebook page on July 24:

Hey everybody just wanting to let everyone know what has been going on in my life! As of today I was fired from my Job of 20 years for attending a sing along show at Hamburger Mary’s. Before ever getting the news of my termination it had spread like wildfire in the church and school. They told me because I went to this show and posted a picture I wasn’t walking in a Godly manner. So that being said, please remove yourself from my page if this offends you, if you think this is UnGodly, makes me a pedophile, or causes you to feel uncomfortable.

According to ABC-13, school officials claimed that her attendance at the show violated this line in the school’s operating manual: “I will act in a godly and moral fashion at work, on Facebook and in my community.”

Maris had agreed to the clause, but didn’t think going to a drag show was ungodly. She told an ABC-13 reporter, “They’re entertainers. I would’ve never thought in a million years that this would happen. Never. We were in disbelief. We still are. We were heartbroken. We had relationships with parents and the kids, and I didn’t even get to say goodbye to a lot of the kids.”......

Hamburger Mary’s is hosting a fundraiser to benefit Maris and her co-worker on August 3 at 8:00 p.m. That event, titled Drag Is Not a Crime!, will be hosted by Alexye’us Paris and Dessie Love-Blake. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 713-677-0674.

[Silent Type]

1. I would run from any job interview that mentioned "godly."

Hope these two get a good law firm to see if they have a case.

[spooky3]

3. If they worked for a public school they'd have more rights.

But they unfortunately agreed to some strange terms to work for a “private Christian” school.

[Chi67]

2. To all these bible thumpers

Where in the bible is it said going to a drag show is a sin? WTF is wrong with these people? If a teacher goes to a screening of Some Like It Hot, will they be fired as well? What if they watch RuPaul's Drag Race? It's just costumes and fun. Have they also never heard of Halloween?

[DUar17]

4. Crazy thing is I didn't being a teacher was a 24hr job.

When you clock out from work it's private time, none of the schools business what they do after hours.