North Carolina fourth-grader's pro-LGBT rights essay is rejected by principal

South Carolina elementary school principal rejects fourth-grader's essay about pro-LGBT rights because the topic is 'not acceptable to discuss outside the home', lawsuit claims The fourth-grader at Anderson Mill Elementary School in Spartanburg was assigned to write an essay 'to society' She chose to write about LGBT rights because her family members are activists Principal Elizabeth Foster allegedly forced the 10-year-old to change her essay to be about bullying because the original would 'make other parents upset' She and her mom Hannah Robinson filed a lawsuit accusing the principal, school and district of violating her First Amendment right to free speech  The district responded by calling the lawsuit claims 'inaccurate' 

By Megan Sheets For Dailymail.com

Published: 22:17 GMT, 7 March 2019 | Updated: 22:41 GMT, 7 March 2019

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South Carolina middle school principal Elizabeth Foster (above) is being sued by a fourth-grade student and her mother after the administrator allegedly rejected the girl's essay about pro-LGBT rights because the topic was 'not appropriate'

South Carolina middle school principal Elizabeth Foster (above) is being sued by a fourth-grade student and her mother after the administrator allegedly rejected the girl's essay about pro-LGBT rights because the topic was 'not appropriate'

A South Carolina fourth-grader who wrote an essay on LGBT rights for a class assignment was forced by her principal to redo it because the topic 'would create an undesirable situation at the school', a lawsuit claims. 

The suit filed in federal court this week by the girl's family has accused the Spartanburg County School District No 6, Anderson Mill Elementary School and Principal Elizabeth Foster of violating her First Amendment right to free speech and causing both her and her

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