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So you support teaching highly sexual content in Kindergarten? Because that’s what the law was about.

vkou 4y ago
A teacher mentioning about their same-sex spouse runs afoul of this law, but one mentioning their opposite-sex one does not. Which is, of course, because there are two sexualities - straight, and political.
- DiggyJohnson 4y ago
  Why would a teacher discuss their personal life with K-3 students? Asking about a teacher’s marriage was obviously out of place in my experience, and for good reason. It’s not a topic for the classroom.
  - DocTomoe 4y ago
    > "What did you do during summer break, Mrs Dickson?" > "Clara, my wife, and I went to see bears at Yosemite. It was so exciting! Can you point to Yosemite on a map?" Everyday situation at any school I ever went to. Schools are not learning factories, they are social places, especially in K-3.
    - DuskStar 4y ago
      "My family and I went to see bears at Yosemite. It was so exciting! Can you point to Yosemite on a map?"
      - DocTomoe 4y ago
        Just because a thing can be expressed in different words does not mean everyone always has the awareness to choose words that are politically desirable at every single point of their lives - especially when you are trying to teach children to use precise language (family implies a group of more than two people), and when identical similar language is perfectly ok if you have the right set of genitalia. I am not arguing for teaching toddlers about homosexual BDSM culture here. I just think that particular law is overreaching its goals, possibly to stroke the egos of religious zealots.
        DiggyJohnson 4y ago
        I just don’t see how a teacher mentioning a same sex spouse is obviously violating the law in the way you’re worried about.
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      - scarface74 4y ago
        Which is more likely to start a controversy and trigger the law? A teacher saying that she and her husband went to a Christmas parade or a woman saying her and her wife went to a Pride parade?
- Izkata 4y ago
  No, that's just what the media wants you to think by calling it the "don't say gay" bill. In truth, both of those are equally allowed.
UncleMeat 4y ago
The law covers every age group. Do you think that the proponents of the law think that a book with trans protagonists is “developmentally appropriate” for 8th graders?

vkou 4y ago

A teacher mentioning about their same-sex spouse runs afoul of this law, but one mentioning their opposite-sex one does not. Which is, of course, because there are two sexualities - straight, and political.

DiggyJohnson 4y ago
Why would a teacher discuss their personal life with K-3 students? Asking about a teacher’s marriage was obviously out of place in my experience, and for good reason. It’s not a topic for the classroom.
- DocTomoe 4y ago
  > "What did you do during summer break, Mrs Dickson?" > "Clara, my wife, and I went to see bears at Yosemite. It was so exciting! Can you point to Yosemite on a map?" Everyday situation at any school I ever went to. Schools are not learning factories, they are social places, especially in K-3.
  - DuskStar 4y ago
    "My family and I went to see bears at Yosemite. It was so exciting! Can you point to Yosemite on a map?"
    - DocTomoe 4y ago
      Just because a thing can be expressed in different words does not mean everyone always has the awareness to choose words that are politically desirable at every single point of their lives - especially when you are trying to teach children to use precise language (family implies a group of more than two people), and when identical similar language is perfectly ok if you have the right set of genitalia. I am not arguing for teaching toddlers about homosexual BDSM culture here. I just think that particular law is overreaching its goals, possibly to stroke the egos of religious zealots.
      - DiggyJohnson 4y ago
        I just don’t see how a teacher mentioning a same sex spouse is obviously violating the law in the way you’re worried about.
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    - scarface74 4y ago
      Which is more likely to start a controversy and trigger the law? A teacher saying that she and her husband went to a Christmas parade or a woman saying her and her wife went to a Pride parade?
Izkata 4y ago
No, that's just what the media wants you to think by calling it the "don't say gay" bill. In truth, both of those are equally allowed.

UncleMeat 4y ago

The law covers every age group. Do you think that the proponents of the law think that a book with trans protagonists is “developmentally appropriate” for 8th graders?