COLUMBUS, Ohio — Right before Pride Month begins, Ohio legislators testified in support of their bill that would ban schools from teaching"divisive concepts," including sexuality and gender, which is referred to as the"Don't Say Gay" bill.
Among the majority opponents of the bill in the room sat Cynthia Peeples, the founding director of Honesty for Ohio Education. The bipartisan organization has been fighting against censorship bills, and this is the third one it has had to rally against this Legislature, she said. During the interview, Fowler Arthur was asked about the financial aspect of the bill. While attempting to talk about funding, she brought up the Holocaust, saying that students needed to hear the massacre from the perspective of the"German soldiers."
Maria Bruno with Equality Ohio pointed out that the bill is extremely unclear, since it outright bans the topics for up through third grade, but it is unclear what happens after that. "This is something that you'd be willing, if we need to, zero in and redefine that," Wiggam said."I mean, you'd be willing to do that — I think that that's probably a conversation that we're we should be having —"
Harvey said that learning about LGBTQ+ people, emphasizing trans individuals, is"unsettling" and"violates nondiscrimination laws" because there are religious families that would say this is"totally inappropriate." She then listed off Christianity, Islam and Judaism.
There are greater threats to our classrooms then someone that's gay....when isnthe last time this women was even in a classroom or looked at curriculum?
These Ohio Republicans have no shame. They could care less about education but hope to garner votes from the homophobic racists that populate our state. It’s a strategy that’s been working for them so why not take advantage of them.
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These are the same Lawmakers, who do not trust teachers to teach US history or have books in the classrooms. The same lawmakers calling teachers 'groomers.'The same lawmakers that NOW want teachers to carry GUNS in the classroom in case there's an active shooter. Just Say NO Ohio
What do our Ohio reps want a teacher to say when a student draws a picture of their family with 2 dads or 2 moms and some other kid has questions? Will they provide an approved response statement the teacher has to read? What other situations will be policed in public schools? 🤬
Republicans take a stronger stance against inclusion and kindness than school children being slaughtered with assault rifles
You mean Florida’s parental rights in education bill? Why are you using democrat labeling of a bill instead of its actual title?
Ohio, the Florida of the North.
Keep going, Ohio. You're already a national embarrassment. Now you're competing for first place.
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