Lindy Blanchard releases new campaign ad, “Education, Not Indoctrination”
Gubernatorial hopeful Lindy Blanchard released a new campaign ad today titled “Education, Not Indoctrination.” The ad addresses transgender education in Alabama schools and the controversy surrounding the Magic City Acceptance Academy. Blanchard has been critical of the school and of state funding to the charter school. The transcript of the ad follows: President Trump says, “No teacher should ever be allowed to teach transgender to our children.” Yet, Kay Ivey is allowing Alabama tax dollars to be spent on schools designed specifically for transgender students. Ivey could have stopped funding the transgender school but didn’t. Like Trump, Lindy Blanchard says, “No transgender education of minors!” The commercial is referring to the Magic City Acceptance Academy located in Homewood, Alabama. The Magic City Acceptance Academy (MCAA) is an LGBTQ-focused charter school that had its charter approved in November 2020 after three unsuccessful tries. Michael Wilson, the principal of MCAA, said that all kids are welcome at the school, not just LGTBQ youth; he also noted that “We are most likely one of the only schools in the nation to have the statement that we are LGBTQ affirming in our Mission Statement.” In a press release, Blanchard stated, “Every child in Alabama deserves access to a world-class education that prioritizes outcomes over ideology. Alabama is dead last in math – and at the bottom in education. It is unconscionable that even one dollar would be diverted away from reading, writing, and arithmetic to prop up this radical agenda.” The commission had previously voted against the school, leading to accusations of bias and bullying on both sides. With the supporters of the school repeatedly accusing those who voted against it of “bias” towards the LGBTQ community and those on the other side saying they were being “bullied” themselves for being against the controversial school, which is outside the typical scope of charter schools.
Tim James campaign launches new radio ads criticizing Magic City Acceptance Academy
On Monday, the Tim James gubernatorial campaign released a new radio ad aimed at expressing his views on what James calls the ‘radical LGBTQ agenda.’ Last week, James released a television ad criticizing the Magic City Acceptance Academy and a student-attended drag queen show fundraiser. The Magic City Acceptance Academy (MCAA) is an LGBTQ-focused charter school that had its charter approved in November 2020 after three unsuccessful tries. Michael Wilson, the principal of MCAA, said that all kids are welcome at the school, not just LGTBQ youth; he also noted that “We are most likely one of the only schools in the nation to have the statement that we are LGBTQ affirming in our Mission Statement.” In a statement accompanying the TV ad release, James stated, “I wish that part of the title of this press release and the subject of our new tv ad were an April Fool’s joke. Joe Biden and the radical left have abandoned objective truth and scientific reality. They have lost the ability to make basic moral statements or choose between right and wrong. They nominated a woman for the Supreme Court who refuses to say what a woman is. They celebrate and push transgenderism on our youth without hesitation.” In the press release accompanying the radio ad, James stated that he was a strong supporter of charter schools but opposed charter schools funded by state taxes that embrace an LGBTQ agenda. “My heart is for the protection of our children, and this needs to be shut down. This isn’t education. It is exploitation, and it needs to stop,” James stated. The full script of the new radio ad is as follows: The Culture War has come to Alabama. Parents, grandparents. Are you watching? There’s a war going on between common sense and crazy. A Supreme Court nominee who can’t even tell you what a woman is. The best woman swimmer is actually a man. And recently, the first Transgender Public School in the South charted in Alabama with millions of your tax dollars. It’s called Magic City Acceptance Academy, and recently, the Faculty put on a drag show on campus for the children. It’s heartbreaking. It’s not education. It’s exploitation. It’s got to stop. What are we doing to our kids? Who let this happen? I’m Tim James. That’s enough. It’s time to Fight Back.
