Tennessee: 'Homosexuality Teaching Ban Fails'

[DeSwiss]

Homosexuality teaching ban fails
Opponents deride proposal as an election-year stunt

The Tennessean
By BONNA JOHNSON • Staff Writer • February 20, 2008


Rep. Stacey Campfield, R-Knoxville

A proposal to ban elementary and middle schools from teaching about anything other than heterosexuality was angrily derided in a legislative committee on Tuesday as nothing more than an election-year stunt. "I'm trying to find out where this bill came from or is it part of your re-election legislation," an annoyed Rep. Ulysses Jones asked sponsor Rep. Stacey Campfield, a Knoxville Republican.

The lawmakers argued and were gaveled into silence at times when they raised their voices, and in the end, the House panel sent the bill to the State Board of Education, effectively killing the proposal. "I'm pretty frustrated," Campfield said afterward, saying lawmakers opposed to his bill may have been "playing to the crowd" — a standing-room-only gathering that included many members of the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community.

'Not a problem here'
Lilith Jackson, 9, her hair highlighted in bright pink, sat on the front row at the meeting with her two moms, Audra Kelly and Ardyce Mercier. They think teachers at her school, the Brown Academy public magnet school in Chattanooga, should be able to talk about families with two mommies or two daddies as being healthy family structures. "They should be teaching about other kinds of relationships and families," Kelly said. She agreed that teachers should not being talking about sexuality in terms of "who is sleeping with whom."

Campfield's legislation says that "no public elementary or middle school shall provide any instruction or materials discussing sexual orientation other than heterosexuality." Groups ranging from the American Civil Liberties Union to the Tennessee Education Association said no Tennessee schools are promoting gay rights.

"There is not a problem here," said Hedy Weinberg of the ACLU of Tennessee. "It is a clear attack on one community."

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- "This man is living proof of an exception to Darwin's theory on the survival of the fittest.

"But it also reminds me why I'm glad I don't live in Knoxville. I don't mean any offense by that. I guess its more of an acquired taste...."
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DeSwiss

[Skittles]

1. "I'm pretty frustrated," Cambell said

LOL - what a tool.....it frustrates me to know that people like him not only still exist, but get elected. :o

[NMMNG]

2. Awwww, the homophobe is frustrated.

Too bad. :sarcasm:

[eShirl]

3. what's up with that "confederate values" sign he's holding

I don't think I want to know what Confederate "Values" are...

[Chovexani]

5. Racism, sexism, homophobia

He's a good ol' boy, ain't doin' no harm. :puke:

[booley]

6. Confederate Values

the belief that Human beings have value.. in dollars.

[theHandpuppet]

8. He's also advertising his ignorance of history

East Tennessee was a stronghold for Southern Unionists.

[plantwomyn]

4. Confederate values!

1. a supporter of the Confederate States of America
2. someone who assists in a plot
3. a person who joins with another in carrying out some plan (especially an unethical or illegal plan)
Campbell sounds like he fits all of the above. Especially #3.

[mitchtv]

7. It could be shortened

Confederate values=
Treason and slavery

[TechBear_Seattle]

10. You forgot to add Treason

The officers of the Confederate Army had been sworn to uphold the Constitution and to allegance to the President of the United States. Their act of rebellion was nothing short of outright treason.

[HumanBeast]

9. A David Duke Fan.

He must love David Douche, especially when it's bedtime.