Dad Yanks Kids From Public School After Pride, Gender Flap: ‘Straw That Broke the Camel’s Back’

A Connecticut father of four said he recently pulled his kids from the public school system after elementary school officials reportedly showed a pride-themed video to students. “There have been a lot of moves that have happened at the school level over the last couple of years,” Kyle Reyes told CBN’s Faithwire.

But he said a recent event was the “straw that broke the camel’s back.” “The latest incident was when the principal at the elementary school stood in front of a pride flag and forced all the students to watch a 45-second-long video where students declared that … if you’re a boy but you feel like a girl, you could be a girl, or you could be a ‘they’ or you could be whatever you want to be,” Reyes said.

The video — shown to third, fourth, and fifth graders — was reportedly titled, “Pride to Me” and featured children talking about pride, having same-sex parents, and being able to be “both” genders. Parents reportedly didn’t find out until after kids told them about the video. The frustrated father lamented the state of education today, proclaiming that we’ve “replaced education with indoctrination,” with the situation worsening in recent years. Reyes accused the school of trying to hide such activities and of never reaching out to parents to get consent.

Reyes warned some parents might assume these sorts of issues aren’t unfolding in their towns and said some are afraid to speak out even when they do discover what’s unfolding. “They’re afraid that these schools will retaliate against their kids,” Reyes said. “I woke up this morning to death Threats, threats of violence, promises to come after our kids. I’m being told that I’m a homophobe, a sexist, a racist — all because we are fighting to protect innocent children.”

His wife plans to homeschool the children moving forward. Reyes encouraged other parents to be diligent and “look out for the hearts and souls of our little kids.” “We don’t have a choice anymore but to get in the fight,” Reyes said. “I don’t want to take this fight. I don’t want to be the spokesperson for this, but someone has to fight for our innocent kids.”