Republican candidate's stance on LGBTQIA+ issues divides nonpartisan Baltimore school board race
By
Maya Lora
Front-window bakery material. Catches the eye, delivers the goods.
Summary
A nonpartisan Baltimore City school board race becomes politicized when candidate Brian Robertson identifies himself as a Republican at a candidate forum. His declaration stood out in heavily Democratic Baltimore, and his views on LGBTQIA+ student issues, including opposition to Pride flags in classrooms and support for parental notification policies, separated him from other candidates. The article explores how culture war politics around book bans and Pride flags have infiltrated even nonpartisan school board races in Maryland.
Key quotes
· 3 pulledBrian Robertson said he was a Republican.
Though school board races are nonpartisan, culture war politics around issues like book bans and Pride flags have flooded Maryland races before.
But Robertson's declaration stood out in heavily Democratic Baltimore.
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