{"id":1371565,"date":"2022-03-11T09:08:52","date_gmt":"2022-03-11T14:08:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1371565"},"modified":"2022-03-11T14:11:07","modified_gmt":"2022-03-11T19:11:07","slug":"nc-official-deletes-account-after-suggesting-kids-dm-her-about-gender-sexual-orientation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/nc-official-deletes-account-after-suggesting-kids-dm-her-about-gender-sexual-orientation\/","title":{"rendered":"NC Official Deletes Account After Suggesting Kids DM Her About Gender, Sexual Orientation"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fnc-official-deletes-account-after-suggesting-kids-dm-her-about-gender-sexual-orientation%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1371565&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The mayor pro tem of Huntersville, North Carolina, appears to have deleted her Twitter account after suggesting children should feel free to \u201cslide into\u201d her direct messages to talk about gender and sexual orientation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf you\u2019re a kid living in a #Don\u2019tSayGay state &#038; feel like you don\u2019t have an adult to talk to, I got you,\u201d tweeted Stacy Phillips on Wednesday evening, according to screenshots posted by the \u201cLibs of Tik Tok\u201d account.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou\u2019re welcome to slide into my DMs to talk, to share, to express yourself confidentially,\u201d she continued. \u201cIt\u2019d be an honor to be your Auntie by blessing. You\u2019re perfect just the way you are.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Mayor Pro Tem of Huntersville, North Carolina just deleted this tweet <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bEwUIqB68Z\">pic.twitter.com\/bEwUIqB68Z<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Libs of Tik Tok (@libsoftiktok) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1502062755888738342?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">March 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Phillips, who serves as\u00a0\u201cmayor pro tempore\u201d (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.jgradyrandlepc.com\/local-governmental-entities\/what-is-mayor-pro-tempore\/\">an<\/a>\u00a0official who exercises authority in case of the mayor\u2019s absence)\u00a0made her account private\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/libsoftiktok\/status\/1502134443456151558\">following<\/a> backlash over the tweet, the Libs of Tik Tok account said.<\/p>\n<p>She reportedly updated her bio to include the hashtag \u201cAuntLife\u201d before deleting the entire account.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement to The Daily Wire, Phillips said that her statement was \u201ctaken out of context in ways I never intended,\u201d promising to continue to \u201csupport all people\u201d as her faith has taught her.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am incredibly sorry for that,\u201d she said. \u201cI would like to set the record straight. While I understand the purpose of the Florida bill and agree that sexual education of any kind should not be taught to our youngest children in school, the rhetoric around my statement and this bill has been incorrectly spun. In my duty as an elected official and a Christian I am here to support any and all people.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy use of the hashtag and my statement was intended to give visible support to those unintentionally affected by the negative discussions around these issues, not to take a side in this debate,\u201d she added. \u201cI will continue to represent and support all people, because that is what my faith has taught me to do.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"image\"><\/div>\n<p>Her comments follow backlash over a Florida parental notification bill that prohibits teaching gender identity and sexual orientation to K-3 children.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/protesters-crowd-floridas-capitol-building-chant-f-desantis-over-parental-rights-bill\">Critics<\/a> have labeled <a href=\"https:\/\/www.myfloridahouse.gov\/Sections\/Documents\/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h1557e1.docx&#038;DocumentType=Bill&#038;BillNumber=1557&#038;Session=2022\">HB 1557<\/a> the \u201cDon\u2019t Say Gay Bill,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.npr.org\/2022\/02\/24\/1082969036\/florida-house-passes-controversial-measure-dubbed-the-dont-say-gay-bill-by-criti\">accusing<\/a> Republicans of endangering LGBTQ youth by outing them to their parents or preventing them from learning about their sexuality.<\/p>\n<p>Disney CEO Bob Chapek <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-undeterred-by-disney-criticism-of-florida-parental-rights-bill\">spoke out Wednesday<\/a> in a company shareholder meeting about the bill, telling shareholders that he had called Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Wednesday morning to express Disney\u2019s \u201cdisappointment and concern.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn the state of Florida, we are not going to allow them to inject transgenderism into kindergarten,\u201d DeSantis <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/desantis-targets-disney-how-do-they-possibly-explain-lining-their-pockets-with-the-relationship-from-the-communist-party-of-china?%3Futm_source=twitter&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_campaign=dwtwitter\">said in response Thursday<\/a>, adding that \u201cif that\u2019s the hill that they\u2019re going to die on, then how do they possibly explain lining their pockets with their relationship from the Communist Party of China?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Critics of the state\u2019s legislation have <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/floridas-lgbtq-bill-is-being-wildly-misrepresented-here-are-the-facts\">most notably taken issue<\/a> with HB 1557\u2019s statement that\u00a0\u201cclassroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Students in kindergarten are typically five years old, while third graders generally are eight or nine years old.<\/p>\n<p>Nowhere in the legislation is the word \u201cgay\u201d mentioned, though the word \u201cparent\u201d is mentioned 32 times and the word \u201cparental\u201d is mentioned seven times. The legislation heavily focuses on parental notification and parental awareness of what children are being taught or exposed to in school.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <a class=\"in-cell-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">member<\/a>.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The mayor pro tem of Huntersville, North Carolina, appears to have deleted her Twitter account after suggesting children should feel free to \u201cslide into\u201d her direct messages to talk about<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2315279,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1371565","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371565","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1371565"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1371565\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315279"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1371565"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1371565"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1371565"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}