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Objection to mural sparks political correctness debate

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    School allows student to paint 'offensive' art

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When it turned out of the -- is raising a whole lot of questions over political correctness in our public schools.

The latest debate focused on -- school mural -- by a seventeen year old student artist it is meant to depict the journey of a man's life.

Ending in a marriage with a wife and child a -- school officials originally said.

Was too offensive.

For the mural.

Trace Gallagher live in LA.

Because he got married we -- I don't.

Yet we have got a lot of stories -- controversial school -- and never has the traditional family been called offensive the student a seventeen year old Liz brandy and she sketched this out submitted them to the school.

And they approved -- because it didn't violate any school policies but when the mural was actually -- Two parts were considered offensive.

The man and his wife and child -- you see there.

And all sold the wedding rings over their head you can see this the wedding rings just above their heads there it is right there well at least one parent and one student complained that the -- might offend people with alternate lifestyles.

And that the rings were an attempt to impose religion or religious values.

In public schools so the school had the janitor paint over the so called offensive part.

-- -- he says the religious aspect was a big deal for the school -- There's a religious undertones.

Narrates the -- like it could be a Christian.

Picked -- our Catholic.

Ceremony but really it is really stand on different cultures it's like I feel bagged -- I didn't mean to offend -- -- Well that the superintendent stepped in and said that the -- should not have been painted over so now Liz.

Gets to go back and -- -- the -- Ending -- her mural but now she says she's not quite sure she's gonna keep that.

Traditional.

Family.

Ending we should also mention that -- his parents are divorced but she still has her own ideal of what a traditional family.

Should be about.

It and that and now she's been forced to apologize for that ideal she's sorry for offending -- by drying.

Family with a with a mom and a dad and child Trace thank you look at.

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