Two Baytown Teachers Fired for Attending a Drag Show

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This is what Maris then posted on her Facebook page on July 24:

Hey everybody just wanting to let everyone know what has been going on in my life! As of today I was fired from my Job of 20 years for attending a sing along show at Hamburger Mary’s. Before ever getting the news of my termination it had spread like wildfire in the church and school. They told me because I went to this show and posted a picture I wasn’t walking in a Godly manner. So that being said, please remove yourself from my page if this offends you, if you think this is UnGodly, makes me a pedophile, or causes you to feel uncomfortable.

According to ABC-13, school officials claimed that her attendance at the show violated this line in the school’s operating manual: “I will act in a godly and moral fashion at work, on Facebook and in my community.”

Maris had agreed to the clause, but didn’t think going to a drag show was ungodly. She told an ABC-13 reporter, “They’re entertainers. I would’ve never thought in a million years that this would happen. Never. We were in disbelief. We still are. We were heartbroken. We had relationships with parents and the kids, and I didn’t even get to say goodbye to a lot of the kids.”......

Hamburger Mary’s is hosting a fundraiser to benefit Maris and her co-worker on August 3 at 8:00 p.m. That event, titled Drag Is Not a Crime!, will be hosted by Alexye’us Paris and Dessie Love-Blake. Reservations are recommended and can be made by calling 713-677-0674.