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Today's Poll!Mo. bill targets instruction on sexual orientation
Monday, April 23, 2012
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. (AP) — Republican leaders in the Missouri House are backing legislation that would limit the discussion of people’s sexual orientation in public schools.
A one-sentence bill filed in the House would prohibit teaching, extracurricular activities or materials that discuss sexual orientation — unless they relate to the scientific facts about human reproduction.
The measure is sponsored by Rep. Steve Cookson, a Republican from rural southern Missouri. It’s co-sponsored by House Speaker Steven Tilley, Majority Leader Tim Jones and more than a dozen other lawmakers.
The bill was assigned this past week to the House Elementary and Secondary Education Committee, but time is running short for it to pass before the session ends in mid-May.
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Sexual orientation bill is HB2051.
Online:
House: http://www.house.mo.gov
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Comments
JMO 1 year ago
…because everyone knows that ignoring that gay people exist will make them turn straight.
JCLifer 1 year ago
Gosh, maybe we need to quit talking about drugs in public schools. How about quit talking about sexually-transmitted diseases too. If we ignore these topics and they go away, I can think of a huge long list of things that public schools need to ignore.
We did quit talking about God in public schools and He kind of went away. Maybe the legislature is on to something here...
Sequoia 1 year ago
Sorry, but God hasn't gone anywhere.
JCLifer 1 year ago
Nope, but if no one is asking for His help anymore, perhaps He is letting things deteriorate in our schools.
Sequoia 1 year ago
First, I'm not sure that's how God works. I don't think He takes requests, and I don't think He is as petty and needy as you make Him sound. Second, I'm pretty sure people are still asking for His help, especially in schools this time of year. Third, we need to pay for our schools more than we need to pray for them.
One thing I'm sure of: He made us all. Gay and straight.
JCLifer 1 year ago
Did He make the disabled and the stillborn too?
tonto_goldberg 1 year ago
Yes, and a lot more than that. Tall and short, black, white, yellow, and red, liberal and conservative, genius and fool.
JCLifer 1 year ago
Good. Just checking.
viktorkowski 1 year ago
next they plan to hold a book burning at the school library.
viktorkowski 1 year ago
the problem with this bill is that it goes beyond education. "extracurricular" means that they would not even be able to discuss bullying of homosexuals. I expect nothing less out of southern missouri who have more common with arkansas and mississippi than anywhere else in the state.
JCLifer 1 year ago
50th in the nation and dropping lower by the day...
online_editor 1 year ago
Sorry if I removed your post because you used substitute characters to bypass the profanity filter. Feel free to re-post the relevant points of your comment without using the filtered words. I don't want to stop the sharing of the idea; it's the offending words that aren't necessary to express it. They looked awful sitting on the front page sampler. Thanks. --Rick Brown, online editor, News Tribune
wyriontair 1 year ago
There are too many schools now that want to teach sexual orientation in school. In the state of California they actually require that elementary students learn about someone's sexual orientation. Sorry, that's not what teachers are supposed to teach, they should be teaching reading, writing, math and science. In full disclosure, one of my family members is homosexual, she's a talented actress and director. Homosexuality should be taught in the home, not in the school and as far as sexually transmitted disease taught in a health class, I don't think diseases ask what your sexual orientation is and should be taught in the high school health class. I do however have a dislike of someone using the word "gay" for homosexual. The word is not defined as such and if you are a homosexual you should say so, not change the definition of a word.
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