TENNESSEE HOMOPHOBIA WILL EAT ITSELF
Feb. 17th, 2012 12:45 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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And now it’s been approved by the House Education Committee.
My opinion on the bill hasn’t changed. But it does get me wondering how this is going to play with the Other Gays Is Scary Law that state Republicans are promoting.
No, not the It’s Illegal To Make It Illegal For Businesses To Discriminate Against Gayz one.
Rather, I’m talking about the It’s Okay To Bully Gayz As Long As You Do It For Religious Reasons b/w It’s Not Okay To Bully Christian Kids For Hating Gayz bill.
It’s essentially the same bill as the one in Michigan, and I feel the same way about both.
Anyway, if both bills pass, it presents an interesting conundrum.
Basically, the Don’t Say Gay bill says you can’t mention homosexuality in school at all. The Selective Anti-Bullying bill says you have the religious freedom to express negative opinions about homosexuals in school.
Which I think means that it’s okay for Christian kids and teachers to criticize and insult gay people on religious grounds so long as they don’t actually say why they’re criticizing and insulting them.
Or something.
Well, look, no one ever said bigotry had to make sense.
Anyway, good luck with that conundrum, Tennessee.
Southern discomfort,
This is dF
I’m from Tennessee, but I don’t talk about it much.
I would, mind you. But every time I mention it, people bring stuff up. Like how it’s legal to bring weapons into bars. Or our capitalist fire departments. Or Pigeon Forge, home to the Nastiest Hotel in America.
And – more recently – why we’re so afraid of gay people.
State Sen. Stacey Campfield (a Republican) has been pushing a bill for the last six years that would make it illegal for teachers to mention homosexuality in any way whatsoever at all to students in kindergarten up through the eighth grade. Last week, the bill was cleared to go to the Senate floor for a vote.
I would, mind you. But every time I mention it, people bring stuff up. Like how it’s legal to bring weapons into bars. Or our capitalist fire departments. Or Pigeon Forge, home to the Nastiest Hotel in America.
And – more recently – why we’re so afraid of gay people.
State Sen. Stacey Campfield (a Republican) has been pushing a bill for the last six years that would make it illegal for teachers to mention homosexuality in any way whatsoever at all to students in kindergarten up through the eighth grade. Last week, the bill was cleared to go to the Senate floor for a vote.
And now it’s been approved by the House Education Committee.
My opinion on the bill hasn’t changed. But it does get me wondering how this is going to play with the Other Gays Is Scary Law that state Republicans are promoting.
No, not the It’s Illegal To Make It Illegal For Businesses To Discriminate Against Gayz one.
Rather, I’m talking about the It’s Okay To Bully Gayz As Long As You Do It For Religious Reasons b/w It’s Not Okay To Bully Christian Kids For Hating Gayz bill.
It’s essentially the same bill as the one in Michigan, and I feel the same way about both.
Anyway, if both bills pass, it presents an interesting conundrum.
Basically, the Don’t Say Gay bill says you can’t mention homosexuality in school at all. The Selective Anti-Bullying bill says you have the religious freedom to express negative opinions about homosexuals in school.
Which I think means that it’s okay for Christian kids and teachers to criticize and insult gay people on religious grounds so long as they don’t actually say why they’re criticizing and insulting them.
Or something.
Well, look, no one ever said bigotry had to make sense.
Anyway, good luck with that conundrum, Tennessee.
Southern discomfort,
This is dF
