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Tennessee lawmaker: Homosexuality is a ‘learned behavior’
Tennessee lawmaker Sen. Stacey Campfield (R-Knoxville), sponsor of the “don’t say gay” bill that would prohibit teachers from discussing homosexuality in kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms, said Thursday that homosexuality is a learned behavior.
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NM school district restricts club meetings after gay-straight alliance formed
The Clovis, N.M. school board on Tuesday voted unanimously to end all non-curricular clubs from meeting during school hours after a gay-straight alliance applied to become a club.
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Tennessee Senate committee advances ‘Don’t Say Gay’ education bill
A Tennessee Senate committee on Wednesday approved a bill that will prohibit teachers from discussing homosexuality in kindergarten through 8th grade classrooms.
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California Senate approves bill to require public education of LGBT history
California moved another step closer to requiring the teaching of LGBT history in public schools, after legislation was approved in the full state Senate this week.
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ACLU warns Virginia school district to stop blocking pro-LGBT rights websites
The American Civil Liberties Union of Virginia on Monday sent a warning to Prince William County Schools in suburban Washington D.C., advising the school district to stop censoring websites that advocate LGBT rights.
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California senate committee approves LGBT-inclusive education bill
A bill that would require classroom text books and other instructional materials used in public schools to include the historical contributions LGBT people, passed its first hurdle in the California legislature on Tuesday.
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California legislature debates bill that would require LGBT-inclusive textbooks
California’s lawmakers are fighting over legislation that would require public schools to include the historical contributions of LGBT people in their curriculum.
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School bans all non-academic clubs to avoid approving gay-straight alliance
A Texas school district has banned all non-academic clubs from meeting on campus to ensure it’s complying with federal law after refusing to allow a student to start a gay-straight alliance.
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Tennessee GOP lawmakers: ‘Don’t Say Gay’ in elementary school
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Two Republican lawmakers have introduced bills in the Tennessee state legislature that would prohibit use of the words “gay” and “homosexual” in elementary schools, and ban discussion of all LGBT topics whatsoever.
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High school newspaper editorial condemns homosexuality, same-sex dating
A Wichita high school newspaper has published an editorial by one of their student reporters calling for a ban on same-sex dating, calling homosexuality a disruption and that it should be kept out of school.