The uproar is only getting bigger!
Fox News reports the principal of a public elementary school in New York City decided to pull the song "Proud to be an American" from the school's kindergarten commencement ceremony and replace it with Justin Bieber's "Baby" so as not to "offend other cultures." Principal Greta Hawkins ordered a CD playing Lee Greenwood's song to be shut off at a ceremony rehearsal, staffers told the New York Post . "We don't want to offend other cultures," they quoted her as explaining. Now Congressman Michael G. Grimm (R,C-S.I/Brooklyn) is blasting Hawkins for her decision.
"I am outraged that NYC's Department of Education is standing by the decision of PS 90's principal to pull the song 'Proud to be an American' from the upcoming kindergarten ceremony, for fear of offending other cultures," he said in a statement. "The fact that the principal nixed the performance of this patriotic, G-rated song while permitting an inane and age-inappropriate Justin Bieber song about teenage romance only underscores my concern about the skewed views being forced on these students."
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