Sat Mar 12, 2022 – 11:54 am EST
ATLANTA (LifeSiteNews) — Lawmakers in Georgia introduced a measure on Tuesday to prohibit discussion of sexuality and gender identity in private school classrooms for primary school children, mirroring a similar law passed by the Florida Senate on the same day.
Co-sponsored by 10 Republican state senators, the measure, called the Common Humanity in Private Education Act, states that “no private or nonpublic school or program … shall promote, compel, or encourage classroom discussion of sexual orientation or gender identity in primary grade levels or in a manner that is not appropriate for the age and developmental stage of the student.”
According to co-sponsor Sen. Burt Jones, “No teacher should be promoting gender identity discussions with small children in a classroom setting — which is exactly what this bill says and why I support it.”
This week, a group of lawmakers introduced the “Common Humanity in Private Education Act” to the Georgia Senate.https://t.co/9zzrDPOsgO
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Aimed primarily at deterring “developmentally inappropriate classroom discussion of gender identity and sexual orientation” for young students in private schools, the legislation would also prohibit the integration of Critical
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