'Don't Say Gay' Bill Once Again before TN Lawmakers

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A measure that seeks to ban Tennessee public schools from teaching about gay issues is once again before lawmakers.

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Frayserboi - 1/18/2012 1:53 PM

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Shouldn't even NEED a law about it.....whatever happened to common sense???

novarese - 1/18/2012 12:35 PM

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"it's ok to be Takei" . . . The issue isn't about not teaching young children about gay sexual relations, it's about not letting teachers acknowledge that "gay" exists. Like the article points out, the law could prevent teachers from addressing bullying of children b/c they are perceived as gay.

Golden Taint - 1/18/2012 12:24 PM

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who cares? It's not the government's place to teach our children about sex in the 1st place. I personally don't understand why prepubescent children even need to know anyting about sex, other than to not do it and that there are enormous consquences to it. I certainly don't think that teachers should be resticted from acknowleding that homosexuality exists, but they damn sure shouldn't be teaching 5th graders that it is a viable option that they might want to check out. If that door were to open up, then where would the line be drawn? There are all kinds of people in the world who would claim that they were born with endless and bizarre sexual appetites and that there's nothing wrong with their lifestyles either. It's basic science/biology that males are biologically designed to mate with females. As I recall, phsychology isn't taught in elementary schools.