Tennessee Christian School Sued After Withholding Teen’s Diploma For Coming Out In Social Media Post

June 4, 2025 Christianists, Education

The Tennessean reports:

Morgan Armstrong, a graduating senior at Tennessee Christian Preparatory School, posted photos on social media of her girlfriend and herself in late April. Days later, the private Cleveland, Tennessee school suspended her for the rest of the school year, banned her from campus and campus events, including her final exams and high school graduation, and terminated Armstrong’s student records, according to the lawsuit.

The school accused her of slander and of violating the school’s social media policy by posting “a disparaging remark reflecting the people at Tennessee Christian,” on Instagram, according to her suspension letter included in the lawsuit. Nothing in her message referred to the school, or involved Instagram.

While the school’s handbook states its organizational opposition to “sexual immorality,” including “homosexual behavior, bisexual conduct” and more, calling it “sinful and offensive to God,” it only explicitly requires employees to adhere to the beliefs, and is not cited in Armstrong’s suspension letter.

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