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New "don't say gay" bill in Florida

The law is written too vaguely to make any sense out of it.
 
Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.

Who in the world thought this language made any sense. If the law is only about kindergarten then the language "gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3" is sufficient to establish prohibition for kindergarten students. It's the underlined parts that are not only vague but don't have a cap on the grade level. Does this mean in Florida public universities a parent &/or student has the standing to claim that a discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity isn't developmentally appropriate?
 
Classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties on sexual orientation or gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3 or in a manner that is not age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate for students in accordance with state standards.

Who in the world thought this language made any sense. If the law is only about kindergarten then the language "gender identity may not occur in kindergarten through grade 3" is sufficient to establish prohibition for kindergarten students. It's the underlined parts that are not only vague but don't have a cap on the grade level. Does this mean in Florida public universities a parent &/or student has the standing to claim that a discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity isn't developmentally appropriate?
Why, they could say "homosexuality is never developmentally appropriate because (insurt purity principle hand waving, and beliefs in Gawd)"
 

At first I was like, "that gigakaren reminds me of Betty Bowers."

The I realized it WAS Betty Bowers.

I love/hate her so much.

The grandest of POEs.
 
I’m going to start to remark for new conservative bills; “The last lawmaker to sponsor a rights-denying bill was arrested for fraud (or child sex trafficking, or …). I’m not saying this one’s a felony criminal, too, but people are asking.”
 
I am not impressed. He stole some rather insignificant amount of Covid money.
Half of the politicians can be implicated in far worse crimes (insider trading to name one).
Pretty much all US politicians are corrupt scam.
 
Man, we are going to have no teachers in twenty years. This us v them relationship being created by the GOP is going to make this profession evaporate.
And the lack of pay, and the insanity-inducing workloads, and the expectation that they must pay for their own materials and training, and the lack of piss breaks...
 
Man, we are going to have no teachers in twenty years. This us v them relationship being created by the GOP is going to make this profession evaporate.
And the lack of pay, and the insanity-inducing workloads, and the expectation that they must pay for their own materials and training, and the lack of piss breaks...

Oh, there'll be teachers.

Public schools will be scraping the bottom of the barrel. Private schools, the kind that don't have to educate anyone in particular, won't.
Tom
 
Man, we are going to have no teachers in twenty years. This us v them relationship being created by the GOP is going to make this profession evaporate.
And the lack of pay, and the insanity-inducing workloads, and the expectation that they must pay for their own materials and training, and the lack of piss breaks...

Oh, there'll be teachers.

Public schools will be scraping the bottom of the barrel. Private schools, the kind that don't have to educate anyone in particular, won't.
Tom
The private schooling market is even worse, from a labor perspective.
 
Here is some recent news of example impact of this new draconian law:
According to the article, the principal was expected to notify parents of 6th graders that they would be seeing a picture of Michaelango's David, and she neglected to do so.

Sorry folks, if that was part of the intent of the law, then that law is even fucking dumber than I thought.

I wonder if any of the defenders of that bill are ashamed of their defense.
 
Maybe they think parents need to inspect the statue of David before lessons to ensure it won't turn kids gay.
 
"It is rather the same thing that is happening to the English language. It becomes ugly and inaccurate because our thoughts are foolish, but the slovenliness of our language makes it easier for us to have foolish thoughts. "
- George Orwell. "Politics And The English Language."
 
Here is some recent news of example impact of this new draconian law:
According to the article, the principal was expected to notify parents of 6th graders that they would be seeing a picture of Michaelango's David, and she neglected to do so.

Sorry folks, if that was part of the intent of the law, then that law is even fucking dumber than I thought.

I wonder if any of the defenders of that bill are ashamed of their defense.
I think the law is working as intended. Yes, it's vile.
 
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