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They should also sue the school to make sure they remove any books with heterosexual parents or any book talking about liking the opposite sex or books where someone discusses their gender.
"Ban all pronouns"
"Do you even know what a pronoun is?"
Hell, they barely even know what the word "ban" means!
That reminds me of this real exchange in the Missouri state legislature regarding the "Don't Say Gay" bill that banned any mention of "sexual orientation or gender identity" in schools.
I love how she essentially asked for help in how to not sound like a moron and his response was "lady, this is your bill."
But also fuck that guy because he voluntarily decided to associate with a party who has historically hated him and surprise, surprise: they still do.
A school in North Carolina, for those wondering but not wanting to read the article.
North Carolina on a roll lately with the fascist, Christian nationalist policy.
So if I get this right... public schools are evil because they teach sinful, worldly things and you need to keep your children at home to teach them God's word and make sure they have a good Biblical education, but also we need to keep the gay out of public schools for some reason.
Glad the people are.