(Some of the “Don’t Say Gay” laws make exceptions that would seem to permit some discussion of sexual orientation-provisions that allow for teaching about LGBTQ historical figures, for instance, or the Florida bill’s cutout for “age-appropriate or developmentally appropriate” material.)īut it is not necessarily the point of these laws to be read and followed precisely as written. None of the censorious conservatives behind these bills are going to bring a lawsuit against a school district whose social studies curriculum teaches, for example, that George Washington was straight-married to Martha.
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