{"id":8770,"date":"2023-06-06T01:11:56","date_gmt":"2023-06-06T05:11:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=8770"},"modified":"2023-06-06T01:11:56","modified_gmt":"2023-06-06T05:11:56","slug":"more-persecution-of-traditional-christians-josh-alexanders-parents-suspended-from-school-jobs-http-cafe-nfshost-com-p8770","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=8770","title":{"rendered":"More Persecution of Traditional Christians: Josh Alexander&#8217;s Parents Suspended from School Jobs http:\/\/cafe.nfshost.com\/?p=8770"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>News<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Josh Alexander says his parents have been suspended from their Ontario school board jobs<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8216;My parents are under attack simply for having raised me. They couldn&#8217;t get to me so they&#8217;ve attacked my family.&#8217; <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Josh-Alexander-810x500.png\" alt=\"Featured Image\">&nbsp;Josh Alexander \/ Twitter<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/author\/clare-marie-merkowsky\/\">Clare<br>Marie<br>Merkowsky<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li><\/li><li><a href=\"javascript:;\"><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"javascript:;\"><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"javascript:;\"><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"javascript:;\"><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"javascript:;\"><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Please%20read: Josh%20Alexander%20says%20his%20parents%20have%20been%20suspended%20from%20their%20Ontario%20school%20board%20jobs&amp;body=Important%20article%20at%20LifeSiteNews.com%3A https%3A%2F%2Fwww.lifesitenews.com%2Fnews%2Fjosh-alexander-says-his-parents-have-been-suspended-from-their-ontario-school-board-jobs%2F\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"javascript:;\"><\/a><\/li><li><a href=\"javascript:;\"><\/a> 46<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Tue May 9, 2023 &#8211; 2:13 pm EDT Listen to this article 0:00 \/ 4:12 <a href=\"https:\/\/beyondwords.io\/?utm_source=player&amp;utm_medium=referral\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">BeyondWords<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>RENFREW COUNTY, Ontario (<a href=\"https:\/\/lifesitenews.com\/\">LifeSiteNews<\/a>) \u2014 Canadian Catholic high school student Josh Alexander has said that his parents have been suspended from their jobs with an Ontario school board and are under investigation, something he suspects is in retaliation to his outspokenness against gender ideology.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On Monday, Alexander <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/officialJosh_A\/status\/1655210577063559168?s=20\" target=\"_blank\">posted<\/a> a tweet disclosing that his parents are \u201cunder attack,\u201d following his own suspension last year from school after asserting that God made only two genders: male and female. \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI have been informed that both my mother and father have been put on leave and removed from the classroom,\u201d he wrote. \u201cMy parents are under attack simply for having raised me. They couldn\u2019t get to me so they\u2019ve attacked my family.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Canada_sub\/comments\/13chivf\/student_activist_josh_alexander_claims_both_of\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent interview<\/a>, Alexander gave more information saying, \u201cThis morning I found out that my mom has been put under investigation and removed from the classroom indefinitely.\u201c<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to Alexander, his father had been removed from work two weeks earlier and is likewise \u201cunder investigation,\u201d although it is unclear exactly for what reason his parents are being investigated. Alexander believes his parents are being attacked \u201csimply because they\u2019re my parents.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m a young man; I\u2019m ready to face the consequences of my actions,\u201d he continued. \u201cI just really wish it was me facing those consequences. I mean they arrested me; they put me in cuffs in the back of a cruiser a couple of times, but I don\u2019t care. I\u2019m still fighting and that\u2019s not going to discourage me.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cBut it\u2019s just wrong that my family has to pay the price for that just simply because I said that God made male and female in my classroom,\u201d Alexander said, adding, \u201cAnd the consequences have been fairly significant up to this point.\u201d&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LifeSiteNews reached out to Alexander to acquire more information about the alleged situation, but has yet to receive a reply. \u2014 Article continues below Petition \u2014 Stand with Josh Alexander against school that allows boys to use girls&#8217; bathrooms &nbsp; Show Petition Text 18959 have signed the petition.Let&#8217;s get to 20000! Add your signature: Keep me updated via email on this petition and related issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Alexander continues to charge against LGBT activism in schools<\/h4>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ads.lifesitenews.com\/www\/delivery\/cl.php?bannerid=346&amp;zoneid=2&amp;sig=c360546811bc5a72fda2630bc94aa17c29324adb4008eaf4c127367b58351e83&amp;dest=https%3A%2F%2Favemariafunds.com%2Flp%2F2023-LSd.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ads.lifesitenews.com\/www\/images\/972696b974ba21058153cbc92423cf3f.gif\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Despite being suspended from school indefinitely for his defense of Christian teaching against LGBT ideology, Alexander continues to rally support for his cause.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>On May 17, an \u201cI Stand with Josh Alexander\u201d\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/nam12.safelinks.protection.outlook.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Flibertycoalitioncanada.us7.list-manage.com%2Ftrack%2Fclick%3Fu%3D3b36ed53ae06827cd248d48bb%26id%3D3388ddde34%26e%3Daee9125030&amp;data=05%7C01%7Camurdoch%40lifesitenews.com%7Ca74be5dc7ac142672d6308db41fe7f9b%7Cb1de1e02454440878df20244507fd8e6%7C1%7C0%7C638176333568002488%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&amp;sdata=Y9vGZX2zPZMqkunVZKhkbF8JFrY4Jn052%2BLeBFKyxYs%3D&amp;reserved=0\">international walkout protest<\/a>\u202fin support of Alexander will be held across North America, as announced by Liberty Coalition Canada (LCC). The event\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/i-stand-with-josh-alexander-international-walkout-protest-planned-for-may-17\/\">will be held at<\/a>\u202f10 a.m. in the local time zones.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Roughly three weeks ago, Alexander\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/josh-alexander-files-human-rights-complaint-after-suspension-for-opposing-gender-ideology\/\">officially filed a<\/a>\u202fhuman rights complaint against his Catholic school board, claiming his \u201ccreed\u201d beliefs have been discriminated against.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>LCC attorney James Kitchen said that, \u201cKicking Josh out of school for expressing his Christian beliefs regarding sexuality and gender is unlawful religious discrimination.\u201d\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Alexander told LifeSiteNews\u202flast month that, in accordance with Christianity and the Bible,\u202fhe believes\u202fthat there are only two sexes and that this is a reality worth defending.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In March, LifeSiteNews\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/catholic-school-board-attempts-to-justify-suspension-of-josh-alexander-as-a-human-right-issue\/\">reported that<\/a>\u202fthe Renfrew County Catholic District School Board claimed that barring Alexander from class is a \u201chuman rights\u201d issue because gender-confused males have a \u201cright\u201d to use girls\u2019 bathrooms.\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>While Alexander was first suspended and banned from attending classes at St. Joseph\u2019s High School in Renfrew, Ontario, last November, the crusade against the young man really began to heat up on February 6 of this year, when Alexander was\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/breaking-ontario-police-arrest-josh-alexander-who-protested-boys-in-girls-bathrooms-for-attending-class\/\">arrested and charged<\/a>\u202foutside his school\u2019s building for trying to attend class.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ads.lifesitenews.com\/www\/delivery\/cl.php?bannerid=293&amp;zoneid=3&amp;sig=9ca6da9b97080034b6fcbcf5167350e0ef626b9604a899b9599f41c6168dc629&amp;dest=https%3A%2F%2Fstjosephpartners.com%2Flifesitenews\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ads.lifesitenews.com\/www\/images\/376ad92a5c393659f22031a645e4f793.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"\/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><ins><\/ins><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His arrest came after the school had issued him\u202fa\u202f<a href=\"https:\/\/www.lifesitenews.com\/news\/catholic-high-school-issues-trespassing-notice-to-suspended-student-who-opposed-boys-in-girls-bathrooms\/\">trespass notice<\/a>\u202f following his indefinite suspension, warning him that he would be criminally charged if he attempted to attend class.&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>News Josh Alexander says his parents have been suspended from their Ontario school board jobs &#8216;My parents are under attack simply for having raised me. 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