Tennessee Will Ignore The Gays (And arrest Muslims) Until They Go AWAY!

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2011/apr/21/dont-say-gay-bill-clears-senate-panel/

This was passed on the 21st. I'm a little behind on all of this, apparently. But it gets funnier.

As introduced, the bill would have put into law a declaration that it is illegal to discuss any sexual behavior other than heterosexuality prior to the ninth grade.

Okay. What the fuck ever. 9th graders are teenagers. By then you can't tell those kids a god damn thing about sex because they've got the internet, TV, slutty friends/older relatives/both, and porn. They've got it all figured out.

But when it came before the Senate Education Committee, Sen. Jim Tracy, R-Shelbyville, contended current law already prohibits such instruction by deeming it a misdemeanor to teach any sex education that is not part of the "family life curriculum" adopted by the state Board of Education.

D'oh. A misdemeanor to counsel a gay kid in school. A misdemeanor to answer questions about 'alternatives'.

Tracy proposed an amendment to rewrite Campfield's bill to require the Board of Education to study the issue and determine whether any teaching about homosexuality is occurring and, if so, recommend what should be done about it.

An amendment to do a study to write a report to discuss the options and develop a plan of action, to be presented and voted upon, ad nauseum.

The Tracy amendment passed over Campfield's objections.

But then Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, proposed to change the Tracy amendment. The revision declares that, after its study to be completed by Feb. 1 of next year, the Board of Education "shall adopt" - as part of the family life curriculum - a ban on discussion of homosexuality in the same language used in Campfield's bill.

So they have until February 1st to 'look into' the issue. Then kaput! The way this is worded, it doesn't look like it matters one way or the other what the results of the study are.

That amendment was adopted, too, and the revised bill was then approved 6-3 and sent to the Senate floor. All no votes came from Democrats.

Of course.

And then all was quiet in Tennessee for about an hour.

BUT THEN!

Campfield has been criticized on some blogs this week for seeking a $1,000 "retainer" fee to debate the "don't say gay" bill with Del Shores, a Texas-based movie producer and director who has made films on homosexuality.

LULZ ensued.

[Bruno]

I can't say I'm fond of calling gayness an "alternative".




It is what it is.

[LMNO]

Does this mean that teachers can't make references to Tim Gunn, Glee, Harvey Milk, Oscar Wilde, or Andrew Shepard, et al?

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Does this mean that teachers can't make references to Tim Gunn, Glee, Harvey Milk, Oscar Wilde, or Andrew Shepard, et al?

My guess is references but no in-depth discussions. And there goes half of "current events" class. :P Maybe they'll just stick to veiled innuendos.

[Luna]

Can't teach about homosexuality IN SEX ED.

As I read it, teaching about it as current events, such as, say, Prop 8, would be okay, since it doesn't involve teaching the kids how the naughty bits interact.

But, I could be wrong.

[Cardinal Pizza Deliverance.]

Can't teach about homosexuality IN SEX ED.

As I read it, teaching about it as current events, such as, say, Prop 8, would be okay, since it doesn't involve teaching the kids how the naughty bits interact.

But, I could be wrong.

Hmmm. I guess it comes down to how they choose to define "family life curriculum". You're probably closer to the mark than I am, Luna.