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| TN State Senator Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville) |
By Eric Ethington (Salt Lake City, Utah) FEB 26 | Two Tennessee GOP legislators have introduced two separate measures, House Bill 229 and Senate Bill 49, which would ban all use in school of the words “gay” or “homosexual” and prohibit faculty members from addressing any LGBT topics whatsoever. The bills introduced in the current session of the Tennessee Legislature spell out how schools can introduce sexuality – and only heterosexuality – to children in the state's school systems. It’s sponsored by State Sen. Stacey Campfield and Rep. Bill Dunn – both Republicans from Knoxville.
“The Don’t Say Gay bill raises all kinds of issues about anti-gay bias, free speech and government overreach,” said Ben Byers with the Tennessee Equality Project.“It limits what teachers and students are able to discuss in the classroom,” Byers said. “It means they can’t talk about gay issues or sexuality even with students who may be gay or have gay family.”
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This is so obviously against any free speech rights that it shouldn't even be introduced for that reason alone. The underlying reason though is much more serious, and is analogous to not allowing the use of 'black', 'race', etc..
It is mind blowing that some states are moving in one direction, while at the same time others are moving in totally the opposite.
Maybe it is time for enlightened areas to start offering moving subsidies to allow what are effectively refugees to migrate from the areas where they are being oppressed and endangered.
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