Tuesday, February 21, 2012
Legislature 'Don't Say Gay' Amendment Lets Teachers Say Gay Under Some Circumstances
Posted by Jeff Woods on Tue, Feb 21, 2012 at 1:58 PM
- Business Clarksville
The bill came up in the House Education Committee today, but it was delayed. The sponsor—Rep. Bill Dunn, R-Knoxville—said he would present his amendment next week. School counselors have complained that students with concerns about human sexuality might have no where to turn for answers. Dunn explained, "People are saying that people can't talk. This says, yes, they can," under certain circumstances. Tom Humphrey has posted most of the amendment on his blog.
Update: Gov. Bill Haslam tried to trash the "Don't Say Gay" bill today and succeeded in delaying it. But sponsors say they're pushing ahead no matter what the governor thinks. Haslam's never been a fan of the "Don't Say Gay" bill, either because he's not a bigot or because he thinks it's a distraction and might turn off independent voters if they think Republicans hate gay people. “ ‘Don’t Say Gay’ is real sexy and yada yada yada. It’s not going anywhere," he said last year.
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Well, good grief, Haslam, get in there and kill it like you did the mandatory E-Verify bill -- neuter it beyond recognition.
Folks, this gives you more time to call and e-mail the House Education Committee and the Republican leadership.
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@Jeff Woods: Your ignorance is showing as you follow a fairly recent trend of using "nimrod" in a derogatory fashion. Nimrod was a descendant of Noah and a "mighty hunter before the Lord," an attribute that was most valuable at the time and one that would require patience and cunning. In the past, and mostly in outdoors magazines, "nimrod" was used as a sobriquet for "hunter." A likely explanation of how the word became a synonym for a stupid person can be traced to an old Bugs Bunny cartoon featuring nimrod Elmer Fudd as a befuddled rabbit hunter.
Back on subject: I can't wait to hear the howls from the parents when their children are subjected to explanations and/or illustrations of fellatio, dildos, and anal intercourse. Or will the teachers be teaching the subject using an opening line, "Now, don't tell your parents you learned this from me, but...."
I'd bet the students would really pay attention in that class.
I think there are probably some students who could TEACH that class.
As usual, gast, your own ignorance is showing (the result of tunnel-visioned myopia resulting from a steady diet of FOX and Limbaugh, as is the usual state of a dittohead moron). From the Dictionary of American Slang (BTW, It may be "fairly recent" if you consider a half century of use in this fashion as "recent"):
nimrod definition
[ˈnɪmrɑd]
n.
a simpleton; a nerd. : What stupid nimrod left the lid off the cottage cheese?
Believe it or not, there are some words and terms that might have more than one meaning. Like "dick". That, gast, may refer either to a part of you, or to all of you.
As for the rest of your idiotic post, if you really think teachers are just chafing at the bit to discuss dildos, you are an even bigger fool than you routinely make yourself out to be.
Geez, Perry, chill, dude. (How about that? Four words, three commas and a period. Unusual.) Did you not read my last sentence on the matter, or understand it? The cartoon is about sixty years old, but common use of the word for idiot has only been in the last twenty years or so. If teachers are not chafing at the bit to discuss dildos, then why all the fuss? Adding to Min's comment, not only will students pay attention but classroom demonstrations ought to be a hoot.
It would be interesting to hear the reply of a large number of these teachers
to the questions being posed by a student. I'm convinced those answers would
set fire to the hair of many of the parents, maybe even to many posters on
this site!
If parents are upset over honest and genuine answers and discussions, then THEY need education themselves. We should teach our children the facts, not some social construct based on fables, half-truths, and delusions.
If your hair is being set on fire, you're doing it wrong: sex ed 101.
Kosh III... you're forgetting that we live in the South... Southern constructs are proudly based on fables, half-truths, and delusions.
