Montgomery, Alabama
A Senate committee approved a bill Wednesday that would ban teachers from displaying LGBTQ+ pride flags on public school property and extend the state’s ban on teacher-led discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity.
“We’re trying to keep the teacher from doing it because that’s indoctrination,” bill sponsor Rep. Mack Butler, a Republican, told the committee. “We just want to let children be children.” “You cannot take a bumper sticker off of somebody’s car because it says that, and not take a bumper sticker that has got Auburn or Alabama on it. You can’t do that. The law won’t let you do it,” said Smitherman, a Democrat from Birmingham.
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