No tomboys allowed, says Christian school
An 8-year-old Virginia girl has withdrawn from the Timberlake Christian School after school officials warned that her short hair, T-shirts, and tomboy demeanor didn’t meet its “biblical standards” for girls. In a letter home, Principal Becky Bowman warned that Sunnie Kahle’s “dress and behavior need to follow suit with her God-ordained identity.” The girl’s grandmother said, “How do you discriminate against an 8-year-old child?”
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