Parents of high school students have started petition to dismiss principal who loves classic heavy metal band Iron Maiden

• A Canadian high school principal loves Iron Maiden and posts about the group on social media.

• The parents have started a petition to transfer the principal of Eden High School, Sharon Burns.

• They said it was inappropriate for her to post a cartoon with the symbol “666” on it.

Parents of high school students in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada have started a petition to remove an official from the school because of classic heavy metal band Iron Maiden.

Almost 400 people have signed the Change.org petition to transfer Sharon Burns, principal of Eden High School.

IHeartRadio reported that the petition was started by Debbi Lynn.

“As concerned parents of impressionable children at Eden High School in St. Catharines, Ont., We are deeply disturbed that the principal assigned to the school has openly displayed satanic symbols and her allegiance to satanic practices on her public social media platforms where all students can see them under @edenprincipal (not their personal account), ”the petition says.

On Friday, an update on the petition said they didn’t want to remove Burns because of his love for Iron Maiden, but because of “openly posting his OWN handmade sign with the 666 clearly displayed on it.” .

The number 666 is used to represent the devil, the antichrist or the evil one.

Iron Maiden was formed in 1975 in East London, England, and rose to popularity in the early 1980s with several platinum and gold albums including “The Number of the Beast” in 1982 and “Piece of Mind” in 1983 The group is still on tour. .

burns Twitter bio identifies her as “Principal at Eden High School.” Growth mindset practitioner. Fueled by metal, ska and chickens. “

A petition in favor of Burns had more than 10,000 supporters Friday night.

“It’s ridiculous that a parent couple would judge their role as principal only on the basis of an instagram post. (About loving the Iron Maiden band. That’s all.) Eden High School is a school public. Not a Christian school. If you somehow dislike the principal of your child’s school, grandchild, parent, etc., then send them to another ” , did he declare.

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The incident is reminiscent of the “satanic panic” of the 1980s, when conspiracy theorists claimed satanic cults mistreated children, NPR reported.

Vox reported that paranoia developed in the 1980s as many people were anxious about changing family structures, the need for child care and an increased focus on kidnappings as the faces of the victims were beginning to be placed on bricks of milk.

At the same time, Vox reports that Christian fundamentalism is growing, as are the messages battling things relating to spirits. Anti-occult crusader Pat Pulling, for example, said that Dungeons & Dragons, a tabletop fantasy role-playing game, caused her daughter’s suicide and called the game dangerous for children.

Vice reported that fear had also led certain types of music to be considered “Satan’s work”, particularly heavy metal.

Eden High School, Burns and Iron Maiden did not respond to Insider’s request for comment at time of posting.

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