LOUDOUN COUNTY, Virginia, June 23, 2021 – Hundreds of concerned parents were denied the opportunity to oppose critical race theory and transgender bathrooms when board members of Loudoun County Public Schools pre-emptively closed a public meeting yesterday, which saw two parents arrested.

Parents, students, and teachers all took part in speaking out against the proposed introduction of critical race theory (CRT) as well as the promotion of broad transgender policies, in a long meeting of the Loudoun County Public School (LCPS) Board on Tuesday, June 22.

The meeting was dominated by members of the board exercising heavy control over parental concerns about the promotion of transgenderism and CRT to kids, and when parents attempted to continue speaking after the board ended the meeting, two were arrested by sheriff’s deputies.

Loudoun County is about 30 miles outside of Washington, D.C. Located near Dulles International Airport, it’s the richest county in the United States and borders Fairfax County, which is just outside D.C. Fairfax County is already well-known to social conservatives for its graphic public school sex-ed curriculum and transgender bathroom policies.

LCPS teachers previously compiled a ‘list’ of parents who opposed critical race theory with the stated purpose to infiltrate their groups, use hackers to disrupt their communications, and ‘expose these people publicly.’

In 2019, Loudoun County’s Diverse Classroom Library Initiative saw sexually explicit books placed in school libraries. An alarming number of the books focused on sexual diversity and contained sexually explicit language, including ‘frequent descriptions of underage drinking, fondling, masturbation, orgasms, oral sex, sexual intercourse, sexual abuse, statutory rape, incest, and rape,’ the Daily Signal reported at the time.

Former state senator denounces anti-free speech Loudoun County school board: ‘I am disgusted by your bigotry and your depravity’.

People began queuing up outside the board room early on Tuesday, in order to secure their place to speak during the public comment session. A total of 259 people signed up for public comments, but less than one-fifth of that number, 51, were officially heard. Those called upon to speak were allowed just one minute at the microphone.

LifeSiteNews spoke to Brenda Tillett, President of Stand-Up Virginia, an organization which was instrumental in encouraging concerned parents to attend Tuesday’s school board meeting.

Tillett herself was present at the meeting, and noted how Loudoun has recently become the ‘battleground county for Virginia and all of the U.S., fighting against White-hating critical race theory and school boards that are overriding the parental rights and infusing politics into the classroom.’

However, such was the firm opposition to the school board’s proposals to radically advance the transgender issue, that transgender supporters were bussed in to attend the meeting and support the board.

As the meeting began, the opening left-wing speakers were in favour of the school board’s far-left policies, with one mother accusing others in the room of spreading ‘hate,’ which she claimed was ‘dripping from the followers of Jesus in this room.’

This verbal attack prompted upset in the room, with some shouting their opposition to the comment and accusing her of spreading hate, although no one expressed physical opposition. Following this, the board left the room, and upon returning after a five minute ‘time-out,’ issued the ultimatum that any further interruptions would lead to the closure of the public comment session. The board had apparently held a vote on the matter while out of the room, and decided unanimously in favour of the ruling.

Such a threat had the desired effect, with attendees at the meeting keeping a hushed atmosphere in order to survive the threatened prevention of their address to the board.

The meeting was dominated by members of the board exercising heavy control over parental concerns about the promotion of transgenderism and CRT to kids, and when parents attempted to continue speaking after the board ended the meeting, two parents were arrested by sheriff’s deputies. Source