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<p> </p><h2>Can you get expelled from school for eating a rainbow cake outside of school on your 15th birthday?</h2><p>Apparently in Kentucky you can! According to<a href="https://www.washingtonpost.com/religion/2020/01/15/rainbowcakewhitefieldacademy/?utm_campaign=wp_main&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter"> The Washington Post</a>, Kimberly Alford ordered a cake for her daughter&#39;s birthday instructing the bakery to make the colors &quot;pop.&quot; The bakery innocently interpreted those instructions and designed a beautiful rainbow cake, but when Alford posted a photo of her daughter with a matching rainbow shirt, chaos ensued.</p><p>Alford&#39;s daughter Kayla was expelled from her private Christian (surprise!) school, immediately after her birthday when Alford received an email from the academy&#39;s head stating the following:</p><blockquote> <p>&ldquo;The WA Administration has been made aware of a recent picture, posted on social media, which demonstrates a posture of morality and cultural acceptance contrary to that of Whitefield Academy&rsquo;s beliefs,&rdquo; Jacobson wrote. &ldquo;We made it clear that any further promotion, celebration or any other action and attitudes counter to Whitefield&rsquo;s philosophy will not be tolerated.&rdquo;</p> </blockquote><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>First of all, the cake was a birthday cake and not a coming out cake. That being said, even if it was an LGBTQ acceptance cake, discrimination against sexual orientation shouldn&#39;t be tolerated in any school, especially a school that prides itself on loving thy neighbor.</p><div><iframe allow="encrypted-media" allowtransparency="true" frameborder="0" height="502" scrolling="no" src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Falford.kimberly%2Fposts%2F3020179754659966&amp;width=500" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" width="500"></iframe></div><div> <p> </p> </div><p>The expulsion seems so ridiculous it&#39;s pretty hard to believe. However, when the school later said that the decision was actually based on two previous years of conduct violations, they failed to elaborate or justify those claims. Alford admitted to The Washington Post that her daughter had been previously punished for smoking an e-cigarette and cutting lunch, but the fact that the rainbow cake was even considered as a part of the ultimate decision to expel her is ludicrous.</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kimberly Alford said her daughter was expelled for having a rainbow birthday cake for her birthday. School officials believed it suggested her daughter was gay, she said. <a href="https://t.co/Pdmb8Fs0NB">https://t.co/Pdmb8Fs0NB</a></p>&mdash; USA TODAY (@USATODAY) <a href="https://twitter.com/USATODAY/status/1217348190841778177?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Christian school expels teen after she posed with rainbow birthday cake, mother says <a href="https://t.co/Yyiw6aQ0KH">https://t.co/Yyiw6aQ0KH</a></p>&mdash; The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) <a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1217427778783645699?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 15, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><h2>Needless to say, the internet was not impressed with the school...</h2><p>1.</p><div class="oembedall-container sec-iframe sec-oembed-iframe"><blockquote class="twitter-tweet"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Kentucky Christian school expels God for this profane display: <a href="https://t.co/n27H6RTcNL">pic.twitter.com/n27H6RTcNL</a></p>&mdash; . (@Marmas110189) <a href="https://twitter.com/Marmas110189/status/1217607802417364994?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2020</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script></div><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>2.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter" data-attribution-url="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1217427778783645699?s=20" height="376" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2020-01-16-at-114936-am-ymSrt3.png" width="1144" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1217427778783645699?s=20">Twitter</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>3.</p><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter" data-attribution-url="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1217427778783645699?s=20" height="445" 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src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2020-01-16-at-114407-am-gQo93j.png" width="1104" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1217427778783645699?s=20">Twitter</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter" data-attribution-url="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1217427778783645699?s=20" height="441" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2020-01-16-at-114436-am-AoHIIg.png" width="1118" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1217427778783645699?s=20">Twitter</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><figure class="image"><div class="image-container"><img alt="" data-attribution="Twitter" data-attribution-url="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1217427778783645699?s=20" height="318" src="//cdn.someecards.com/posts/screen-shot-2020-01-16-at-114422-am-7Sqq6u.png" width="1104" /></div> <figcaption></figcaption> <div class="image-attribution"><a href="https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1217427778783645699?s=20">Twitter</a></div></figure><div className="ad-splitter"></div><p>That school doesn&#39;t deserve you, Kayla!</p><div className="ad-splitter"></div>

Teen girl expelled from school over Facebook photo of 'immoral' rainbow birthday cake.

 Can you get expelled from school for eating a rainbow cake outside of school on your 15th birthday?Apparently in Kentucky you can! According to The Washington Post, Kimberly Alford ordered a cake for her daughter&#39;s birthday instructing the bakery to make the colors &quot;pop.&quot; The bakery innocently interpreted those instructions and designed a beautiful rainbow cake, but when Alford posted a photo of her daughter with a matching rainbow shirt, chaos ensued.Alford&#39;s daughter Kayla was expelled from her private Christian (surprise!) school, immediately after her birthday when Alford received an email from the academy&#39;s head stating the following: &ldquo;The WA Administration has been made aware of a recent picture, posted on social media, which demonstrates a posture of morality and cultural acceptance contrary to that of Whitefield Academy&rsquo;s beliefs,&rdquo; Jacobson wrote. &ldquo;We made it clear that any further promotion, celebration or any other action and attitudes counter to Whitefield&rsquo;s philosophy will not be tolerated.&rdquo; First of all, the cake was a birthday cake and not a coming out cake. That being said, even if it was an LGBTQ acceptance cake, discrimination against sexual orientation shouldn&#39;t be tolerated in any school, especially a school that prides itself on loving thy neighbor.   The expulsion seems so ridiculous it&#39;s pretty hard to believe. However, when the school later said that the decision was actually based on two previous years of conduct violations, they failed to elaborate or justify those claims. Alford admitted to The Washington Post that her daughter had been previously punished for smoking an e-cigarette and cutting lunch, but the fact that the rainbow cake was even considered as a part of the ultimate decision to expel her is ludicrous.Kimberly Alford said her daughter was expelled for having a rainbow birthday cake for her birthday. School officials believed it suggested her daughter was gay, she said. https://t.co/Pdmb8Fs0NB&mdash; USA TODAY (@USATODAY) January 15, 2020 Christian school expels teen after she posed with rainbow birthday cake, mother says https://t.co/Yyiw6aQ0KH&mdash; The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) January 15, 2020 Needless to say, the internet was not impressed with the school...1.Kentucky Christian school expels God for this profane display: pic.twitter.com/n27H6RTcNL&mdash; . (@Marmas110189) January 16, 2020 2.  Twitter3.  Twitter4.  Twitter5.  Twitter6.  Twitter7.  Twitter8.  Twitter9.  Twitter10.  Twitter11.  Twitter12.  Twitter13.  Twitter  Twitter  TwitterThat school doesn&#39;t deserve you, Kayla!

Can you get expelled from school for eating a rainbow cake outside of school on your 15th birthday?  Apparently in Kentucky you can! According to The Washington Post, Kimberly Alford ordered a cake for her daughter&#39;s birthday...