Mar 21, 2013

2 Birmingham Students Seek Change

     They've begun a change.org petition calling on the state legislature to change state law that requires anti-gay teaching in public schools.
     Specifically, the law that requires teachers to teach that being gay is both illegal and not accepted by the general public in Alabama.
     The state's only openly gay legislator---Rep. Patricia Todd (D-Birmingham)--- has introduced a bill making that change, and the students petition calls on legislators to pass it.
     The petition had almost 79,000 signatures as of early this afternoon.
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2 comments:

  1. Jay CroftFriday, March 22, 2013 2:26:00 PM

    Being gay is illegal? How so?

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  2. Tim LennoxFriday, March 22, 2013 4:35:00 PM

    Jay...the U.S. Supreme Court struck down most sodomy laws in 2003, but they are still on the books in places like Alabama, desite efforts to remove them. You'll have to ask state legislators why we keep teaching it is illegal despite the SCOTUS ruling.

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