Here is the part of the Florida bill that has the activists panties in a wad.
97 3. Classroom instruction by school personnel or third
98 parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur
99 in
kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age
100
appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in
101 accordance with state standards.
Here is the whole bill.
Tell me what is abhorrent,...
The fact that discussing these topics in a classroom in any capacity is a criminal offense, basically making it a crime to teach kids about the other people that they will inevitably interact with at some point in their lives, is abhorrent. That portion of life is a major developmental stage for kids, as that's when the foundation of their personality and understanding (as well as how they respond to things they may not be familiar with) really starts to significantly take shape.
It's also abhorrent because it screws over students who
are LGBTQ (as well as any LGBTQ teachers, general faculty and third-parties), because now they can't go to their teachers or administrators at their school to seek help, advice or, well,
education about themselves, because there will be a very real fear on the teacher's and/or schools end of facing criminal charges if they try to help their student, especially considering how tumultuous those years can be for a kid. Denying
any vital resources to students, especially resources to help them power through an extremely confusing and overwhelming time in their lives, via the threat of prosecution of the adults whose job it is to educate and help them is 100% pure evil.
Lastly, the obviously purposeful vagueness of the writing in this law, which I took the liberty of underlining, is also a major problem.
- Who/what determines what is and isn't age appropriate?
- Who/what determines what is "developmentally appropriate," whatever the hell that means?
- What are the "state standards," and who/what determines what is and isn't kosher to talk about in the classroom, and what is the threshold between disciplinary action and/or criminal action against the instructor?
It's clear-as-day that the law was written in this way to make it easier to punish people who are sympathetic to the LGBTQ community (aka educated people), because the threshold for what's appropriate can (and likely will) change on a person-to-person basis. That lack of consistency, as well as the vagueness of the law(s) in question and the potential repercussions for saying the wrong thing around the wrong person at the wrong time, while giving the teacher no real defense of their own is, again, pure evil (and imo, about as Un-American as one could possibly be).
The fact that discussing these topics is a criminal offense, which is a violation of the 1st Amendment.
...and against gay people in this bill.
See above.
It doesn't say it is an opinion piece, but it is. That's my point. It is propaganda.
Prove it. Please prove how an article that closely discusses several bills
that have actually been signed into law in various states in this country, and the repercussions of these bills that are blindingly obvious to anyone who has a shred of common sense, many of which are backed by reports from experts in these respective areas, is "propaganda."
