Iowa has joined the ranks of several other red states by enacting a “don’t say gay” measure as part of a regressive education law that removes certain books from public schools.
Republican governor Kim Reynolds signed the legislation Friday. The new law bans any lessons on sexual orientation or gender identity before the seventh grade, requires teachers to alert parents if students wish to use new pronouns, and prohibits any books in schools that depict sex or sex acts, The Des Moines Register reports. (The Advocate)
REGRESSIVE EDUCATION. BANNING BOOKS. DON’T SAY GAY.
Additionally, the new law reduces the amount of arts and language courses required to graduate high school. The new also codifies, in lawmakers’ words, a “fundamental, constitutionally protected right” for parents to make decisions about their children’s medical care, extracurricular activities, and “moral and religious upbringing,” according to the Register. (The Advocate)
CONSTITUTIONALLY PROTECTED RIGHT for parents…But not for the parents of Trans kids. MORAL AND RELIGIOUS UPBRINGING…but whose religion is this based upon. So, if one is a parent of an LGBQ child, or of a Trans child, your rights are of no concern…If one is a parent not practicing any religion, or not practicing Evangelical Christianity, your rights are of no concern.
This tired trick of hate keeps on going and going, with the pretense that everyone has the same rights, EXCEPT if your rights are to support your LGBTQ child…then your rights become WRONG. HOW THE HELL CAN THAT BE!!!!
