Dolly Parton, left, and Miley Cyrus carry out “Jolene” on the 61st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2019.

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Dolly Parton, left, and Miley Cyrus carry out “Jolene” on the 61st annual Grammy Awards in Los Angeles on Feb. 10, 2019.

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MADISON, Wis. — Administrators at a Wisconsin elementary college stopped a first-grade class from performing a Miley Cyrus and Dolly Parton duet selling LGBTQ acceptance as a result of the music “could be perceived as controversial.”

Students at Heyer Elementary School in Waukesha had ready a rendition of “Rainbowland” for his or her spring live performance, however college officers struck the music from the lineup final week. Parents within the district say the choice was made as a result of the music encourages LGBTQ acceptance and references rainbows.

Superintendent James Sebert, who didn’t instantly return a name on Monday, confirmed to Fox6 that directors had eliminated “Rainbowland” from the first-grade live performance as a result of it won’t be “appropriate for the age and maturity level of the students.” He additionally cited a faculty board coverage in opposition to elevating controversial points in lecture rooms.

Sebert has beforehand prohibited rainbows and satisfaction flags from being displayed in Waukesha lecture rooms and suspended the varsity district’s fairness and variety work in 2021.

“Let’s all dig down deep inside, brush the judgment and fear aside,” the music from Cyrus’ 2017 album “Younger Now” goes. “Living in a Rainbowland, where you and I go hand in hand. Oh, I’d be lying if I said this was fine, all the hurt and the hate going on here.”

First-grade instructor Melissa Tempel stated she selected the music as a result of its message appeared common and candy. The class live performance’s theme was “The World” and included different songs reminiscent of “Here Comes the Sun,” by The Beatles and “What a Wonderful World,” by Louis Armstrong.

“My students were just devastated. They really liked this song and we had already begun singing it,” Tempel stated Monday.

Administrators additionally initially banned the music “Rainbow Connection” from The Muppets however later reversed that call, in response to Tempel.

Parents have been angered by the music’s removing, Tempel stated. But she was extra involved about what the ban and different district insurance policies in opposition to expressing LGBTQ help meant for college students.

“These confusing messages about rainbows are ultimately creating a culture that seems unsafe towards queer people,” she stated.

Spokespersons for Parton and Cyrus didn’t instantly reply to emails on Monday asking the artists’ ideas on the ban.

Wisconsin college boards races, together with in Waukesha, have develop into more and more partisan lately. Republicans noticed huge beneficial properties throughout the state’s college board races in 2022 and have used the positions to problem insurance policies from guidelines about transgender youngsters to COVID-19 restrictions.