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Tennessee teacher removed after requesting religious exemption to avoid reading LGBT book to first graders
A Tennessee public-school teacher is facing disciplinary action and a possible termination after declining to read an LGBTQ book to his first-grade students, citing his religious convictions. First Liberty Institute is representing Eric Rivera, a teacher at KIPP Antioch College Prep Elementary School in Nashville. The legal firm sent a letter to the school Feb. […]
February 24, 2026
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