Nashville teacher gets record cleared after being disciplined for not reading LGBTQ book to first-grade students

Tamara Ceaikovski

A Nashville elementary school has cleared the record of a first-grade teacher who was disciplined for refusing to read a book about same-sex marriage to his young students, according to a report. KIPP Antioch College Prep Elementary issued a “final warning letter” to teacher Eric Rivera in January after he declined to read an LGBTQ book to his class that was included in the language arts curriculum.  Due to his Christian beliefs, Rivera said he could not in good conscience read the book to his