Umm... WTF is this?

[OldBaldy1701E]

https://www.huffpost.com/entry/8-democrats-pass-bill-forcing-teachers-to-out-trans-students_n_6a0f2d3ee4b084c012e3b6d4

Democratic Reps. Henry Cuellar (Texas), Donald Davis (N.C.), Cleo Fields (La.), Laura Gillen (N.Y.), Vicente Gonzalez (Texas), Marcy Kaptur (Ohio), Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (Wash.) and Eugene Vindman (Va.) all voted for this bill.

What’s more, three of those Democrats — Gillen, Gluesenkamp Perez and Vindman — are members of the Congressional Equality Caucus, which advocates for LGBTQ+ rights.

The Republican bill they just supported, the Stopping Indoctrination and Protecting Kids Act, requires elementary and middle schools to get parental consent before changing a student’s pronouns or preferred names on any school forms, or for making gender-based accommodations for things like locker rooms or bathrooms.

It also bars teachers from talking about transgender people or issues in the classroom, which means books that include transgender characters or that address the existence of transgender people would be banned. It would also ban LGBTQ+ school groups.

I swear, Don Davis is going to singlehandedly flip that area to red for the first time since 1972, and that was a one off!

IDIOTS!

[PittBlue]

1. Wow. WTAF?

They have nothing better to do? The country is falling apart and this is their concern?

[LoisB]

2. This is so frustrating. Why can't they just leave people alone?

[dave99]

4. They were Indoctrinated by their sponsors.

[crud]

3. My Grand daughter in kindergarten

Has "change your name" day at school today...everyone chooses a different name and uses it all day. Sounds like fun! Oh well...we can't have that! say the creepy creeps who always think creepy things.

[Attilatheblond]

5. Maybe it's time for parents to give newborns the middle name "You"

I can think of several fun first names to go with that.

[FakeNoose]

6. It sounds to me like teachers are afraid of being fired if the parents don't give permission

Why should teachers lose their jobs if the parents and their own children can't communicate with one another? The teachers shouldn't be taking sides anyway, and that's what has been happening.

This bill sounds like it is meant to save the teachers from being fired ... and it puts the onus on parents and their kids to agree on the basic principle: Yes they are trans or no they aren't trans. School principals and counselors need to step up also.

I can actually see why Democrats would support this bill.

[orangecrush]

7. I must have misread the op

Because I see nothing like that.

[Hope22]

8. In Ohio our representatives were attempting to make women going braless in T shirts illegal!!

All tied in with other trans laws. They are absolutely sick sick people!! It may have passed but I haven’t been arrested yet!!