This Week in Statehouse Action: I Wanna Know What Law Is edition
It’s almost Valentine’s Day, folks.
Ugh.
Don’t get me wrong – I’m all about love in its many forms.
It’s just that I think the holiday is wretched.
Besides, my true love is … statehouse action.*
And statehouse action doesn’t send roses.
You’ve Got To Hide Your Love Away
The GOP quest to erase transgender and other LGBTQ folks continues.
Honestly, when was the last time I didn’t need to include this hateful crap in this missive?
Imitation may be the highest form of flattery, but I sure wish Republican state lawmakers would stop copying Florida’s heinous “Don’t Say Gay” law.
The North Carolina version, like its Florida counterpart, prohibits instruction about gender identity and sexuality in elementary school classrooms, with an exception for “student-initiated questions.”
But this measure goes an awful step further in that it actually puts kids in harm’s way by forcing school teachers t…
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