11-year-old berated by teacher after boy says he's thankful for his 2 dads.

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CEDAR HILLS, Utah —
Former "Dancing with the Stars" pro Louis van Amstel is speaking out after a teacher berated his son for saying he's thankful for his two dads. Amstel and his husband, Joshua Lancaster, are in the process of adopting an 11-year-old boy, who is currently in fifth grade. The 11-year-old joined the family after being in foster care for years and experiencing two failed adoptions.

During a pre-Thanksgiving lesson, a substitute teacher at the boy's Utah elementary school asked the class to share what they were thankful for. According to van Amstel, when the boy said that he was thankful he was "finally going to be adopted by my two dads," the unidentified teacher responded that two dads were "nothing to be thankful for."

The teacher reportedly went on to lecture the fifth-graders about how she believed being gay is wrong. "Three female students asked the teacher to stop multiple times, and when she didn't, they walked to the principal's office to report her. She was ultimately escorted from the building and, as this unfolded, she continued to argue her point," he wrote.

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The substitute teacher, who was subcontracted by the Utah school district through Kelly Services, was fired. "We are concerned about any reports of inappropriate conduct and take these matters very seriously," a representative for the company said in a statement. "We conducted an investigation and made the decision to end the employee's relationship with Kelly Services."

Van Amstel credited the school for how it handled the incident.

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