An Oklahoma school district is being harshly criticized over its decision to hire a drag queen as an elementary school principal with the state’s superintendent calling for the individual to be “immediately” terminated as outrage builds over the curious choice.
“It’s outrageous to have a drag queen running a school, you know, here in Oklahoma that doesn’t line up with Oklahoma values,” Ryan Walters, Oklahoma State Superintendent of Public Instruction told Fox News Digital. “I hear from parents every day that are concerned with this woke left-wing indoctrination or schools, this gender theory that continues to be thrust upon our kids. It’s completely inappropriate.”
Shane Murnan, who goes by the name of “Shantel Mandalay” when he dresses up as a woman, is the principal at John Glenn Elementary School, a part of the Western Heights School District in Oklahoma City, and has previously appeared at a drag queen story hour where he read children’s books at a local library.
(Video: YouTube/KOKH Fox 25)
“This individual is not fit to lead a school district,” Walters told the outlet. “It has to stop.”
Adding to the controversy over the hire is an old arrest for possession of child pornography – although the charges were later dropped – which caught the attention of the popular Libs of TikTok account which posted Murnan’s history to X, formerly known as Twitter.
Meet Shane Murnan- elementary principal at @wh_isd.
Shane is a drag queen who performs for children and reads books about gender to kids while dressed in drag.
Shane was also previously arrested on child porn charges.
Would you want this person in charge of your kid’s school? pic.twitter.com/yNuZyt3HRK
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) August 30, 2023
Superintendent Walters told Fox News Digital that the integration of radical gender ideology into K-12 classrooms is a component of the left’s larger Marxist agenda.
“I think that the left has absolutely an agenda for our kids, that they are at war with our kids in the classroom,” he said “What they are doing is injecting this ideology for an end goal here. Their end goal is to absolutely break down a child’s mind, break down the classroom, break down the family, and you see the results that have come from this. They want kids to turn on their parents and only listen to their leftist ideology.”
He also discussed his opinion that the left’s agenda was turning kids against their own parents.
“And how do you do it?” Walters said. “You start…. breaking them apart and say, listen, you’re gender-fluid. Listen, you can change your pronouns…. Look at the sexual material. When the kid takes it home and their parent is outraged by it, the kids turn on their parents. This is absolutely trying to break down that family unit, so the kid is more susceptible to the most radical Marxist gender ideology we’ve ever seen to pit groups of people against each other. And frankly, it’s to create Democrat voters.”
“Anything that might expose kids to inappropriate sexual content at school is cause for serious concern to parents and is absolutely contrary to Oklahoma values. I will not allow rogue educators to endanger our kids. OSDE is looking into all accusations and will take any necessary action to protect children,” Walters said in a recent news release.
Reports out of Western Heights are disturbing. I share parents’ concern and outrage, and will always defend Oklahoma values pic.twitter.com/RvVI3KPAhy
— Superintendent Ryan Walters (@RyanWaltersSupt) August 31, 2023
“No parent wants to send their kids to school knowing that they could be exposed to this radical gender theory in any capacity. This woke war on our kids has to stop. We will not allow it in Oklahoma. This is the liberal insanity that every parent wants out of the classroom,” Walters told Fox News Digital. “We will not allow our kids to be part of their radical-left game for pushing ideology and furthering their end goal, which is creating social justice warriors instead of students that understand how education is a path for success for them. We will not allow it. This will stop.”
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