Bryce Mitchell, UFC featherweight fighter, announced on Instagram that he plans to homeschool his son to prevent him from being gay. He expressed concerns about negative influences in public education, including exposure to communism, satanism, and homosexuality.
Mitchell stated his intent for his child’s education, favoring teaching from the Bible over conventional literature. “We’re going to have to home-school all our kids or they’re all going to end up turning gay,” Mitchell said in the video. “That’s the reason I’m going to home-school Tucker, because I don’t want him to be a communist. I don’t want him to worship Satan. I don’t want him to be gay.” Mitchell refused to back down, stating that the “country is so evil only God can save us”.
While some, like fellow UFC fighter Ricky Simon, expressed support, others criticized him, considering his remarks extremist and calling him out for promoting “hate and bigotry”. Regardless of these divided reactions, Mitchell seems determined to follow through with his intentions.