NASHVILLE - A measure that would prohibit the teaching of homosexuality in Tennessee public schools has passed the Senate.
Under the proposal approved 19-11 today, any instruction or materials at a public elementary or middle school will be "limited exclusively to age-appropriate natural human reproduction science."
Republican Senate sponsor Stacey Campfield of Knoxville says "homosexuals don't naturally reproduce."
Campfield says current state curriculum is not clear on what can be taught.
The companion bill has been withdrawn from consideration in the House. But its sponsor has said he will bring it up again next year if the Senate version passes.
According to the National Conference of State Legislatures, Tennessee would become the first state to enact such legislation if the proposal passes.
Opponents of the legislation say it would be unfair to students who have same sex parents. (via)
i should point out that stacey campfield (that name is super gay, btw) is from EAST tennessee. where rob is from.
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I don't remember getting any instructional materials about sex in elementary or middle school, homosexual or otherwise. It's why I didn't know what a fallopian tube was until I was 23.
i remember specifically at white station middle school i was taught about penises and vaginas in that health class that you had to walk through the gym to get to.
mrs. alberson. that was the lady's name. she didn't mention homosex, but she probably didnt know about it.
i also remember she was talking about puberty young bodies developing and whatnot, and she used her son as an example. she said he had muscles.
then, i was talking about that at home and my brother refuted everything she was saying because he played on the baseball team with mrs. alberson's son and he could confimr for a fact that in fact he had a big gut and no muscles to speak of.
i couldnt believe she would lie to us (or herself) about that.
ctm. i thought stacey campfield was a girl. then i clicked that link and saw his picture. turns out he's just gay.
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