JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. • A Republican Missouri House member has publicly announced he’s gay and is calling on GOP leaders to end legislation that would limit discussion of sexual orientation in public schools. — More.
Whether or not Tennessee is embarrassed nationally for passing a bill that fosters discrimination against LGBT people is now in the hands of the House Calendar and Rules Committee. — More.
One would think lawmakers would have real issues to deal with, and one would be right.
In an often belligerent and sarcastic tone, GOP State Senator Stacey Campfield, the man who spearheaded Tennessee’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill — which would ban discussion in schools of “sexual orientation other than heterosexuality“– lashed out at arguments against his bill by comparing homosexuality to bestiality and making what public health officials would characterize as recklessly false assertions about AIDS, in addition to other controversial claims, while appearing on my radio program on SiriusXM OutQ. — More.
Seen on Facebook: Well, the HuffPo should get a little more interesting today, as now Stacey’s arguing in the comments. Can’t we send him back to New York? Oh please, Knoxville, stop voting this train wreck into office over & over again. Sigh.