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…