Josh Alexander, 16, was arrested for attending St. Joseph’s High School in Renfrew, Ont., on Monday. The principal had recently banned him from school grounds because he said he would continue to express his belief that God created only two genders.
“They excluded me for no reason other than religious discrimination,” Alexander told The Epoch Times on Tuesday. He was released shortly after his arrest. “I would argue that I was supposed to be there,” he said, so that’s why he went. He was charged with trespassing, a charge he and his lawyer will contest.
His lawyer, James Kitchen, told The Epoch Times, “He’s not a belligerent kid and this isn’t about him getting his 15 minutes of fame. This is about principle. It’s about beliefs. Josh was not going to tacitly condone the religious segregation.”…