The legislation, which would let parents sue schools, is a cinch to become law thanks to Republicans who care more about shaming parents than listening to them
, it was Tuesday morning and the Florida state Senate Education Committee was considering a bill purported to guarantee parents’ rights in all “critical decisions affecting a student’s mental, emotional, or physical well-being.”
But Baxley was dead serious. And Tuesday’s hearing could not have been less comedic as it then came to public comment regarding a provision of the bill that has caused it to become known as “Don’t Say Gay.” A section headed “Student Welfare” says in part: At first it seemed that a 30-second limit on each statement would minimize their impact. But the time constraint would instead intensify the testimony. And what the opponents had to say was all the more powerful for arising from love rather than hate, legitimate grievances rather than conspiracy theories, deep empathy rather than homophobia disguised as morality. Only flinty-hearted bigots could have failed to to be moved by their collective call for justice and actual freedom.
The next speaker was Susan Parker, the other co-founder of Women’s Voices of Southwest Florida. She described herself as “the daughter of two women” and suggested what a difference the right teacher would have made in her youth. “And now for this seems like you guys care that it’s born and it has a heartbeat, but God forbid it should turn out to be a lesbian or a gay or a trans or a member of that community,” she said. “You don’t care about their heartbeat then, do you?”“When kids are young, when they aren't allowed to talk about it, it seems like it won't be accepted,” she said. “If you make it seem like it's a curse word, it seems like it isn't accepted. That'll make bullying come even more.
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