Deer Park Unbiased Faculty District
The Deer Park Unbiased Faculty District unanimously authorised Tiffany Regan’s appointment as superintendent following a neighborhood pastor’s continued condemnation of her sexual orientation.
Faculty district members sang their praises of Regan’s character and her decades-long work within the district forward of the board’s unanimous approval of her appointment throughout a gathering Monday night.
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One dissenting voice — Central Baptist Church Pastor Doug Harris — made a last push in his vow to be the “tip of the spear” in efforts to forestall Regan’s appointment. He urged board members to reject her.
“After we’re rules, we line our rules up with the authority of God’s phrase, what does God truly say about morality and about life,” Harris mentioned. “The issue is after we discover ourselves having to compromise on a precept to have the ability to accommodate an individual.”
Harris’ remarks come after the pastor drew consideration final month for condemning Regan’s sexuality throughout a March 16 sermon, when he mentioned his feedback weren’t meant to “destroy” Regan. He mentioned he hoped his phrases would encourage her to repent of her sins and “get some issues proper.”
Greater than 30 Texas pastors and bishops signed a letter defending Harris’s phrases in opposition to Regan. They mentioned her way of life conflicts with “the ethical character wanted for such an important management function over kids’s training.”
“The very fact is that Ms. Regan can not separate her worldview and deeply embedded sexual id from her actions,” they wrote in a letter signed by the Texas Pastor Council. “Our concern is that the profoundly disturbing sample of the LGBTQ+ to push that agenda on our kids is solely irrefutable.”
Harris asserted that rejecting her place would mirror Deer Park’s conservative Christian neighborhood. On Monday, a lot of these neighborhood members as a substitute rejected his beliefs.
District staffers and buddies of the superintendent-elect turned out to the board assembly to certify her appointment, with a number of sporting shirts studying “I stand with Dr. Tiffany Regan.”
“I noticed early on that Tiffany had precisely what it took to be a trainer,” Diane Gordon, a longtime Deer Park ISD trainer, mentioned. “She was artistic, motivated, revolutionary, affected person, a workforce participant and she or he was positively a recreation changer. Her agenda has at all times been and solely been the success of our college students on this district.”
A web based petition rejecting discrimination and the pastor’s feedback acquired greater than 2,300 signatures. Supporters within the petition feedback recounted Regan’s historical past within the faculty district and her unwavering dedication to college students. The petition referred to as on the pastor to subject an apology. As an alternative, he doubled down on his feedback by posting movies about Regan on social media.
Jason Cable, Deer Park ISD president, mentioned on Monday that the method for choosing a superintendent was nondiscriminatory and adopted an everyday course of that complies with state regulation.
“Whereas many have supported the board’s determination thus far, there are some which have raised concern concerning the private background or perceived way of life of the chosen finalist,” Cable mentioned on Monday. “However let me be clear, our employment choices at Deer Park ISD are made and at all times will likely be made on the {qualifications}, the character and the management skill, not on private traits or id. We comply with the regulation. We uphold our values and we stay dedicated to equity and excellence in each determination.”
