Texas Attorny General bans Pride

[sayla0079]

via NPR

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/10887437 ... btq-rights

Attorney's statement:

"By hosting 'Pride Week,' your district has, at best, undertaken a week-long instructional effort in human sexuality without parental consent. Or, worse, your district is cynically pushing a week-long indoctrination of your students that not only fails to obtain parental consent, but subtly cuts parents out of the loop," Paxton said. "Either way, you are breaking state law."

I don't see it as instruction in human sexuality I see pride week as helping people to learn Tolorance for those that have different ideals than them.

That's a bit reductive given the relevance of sex education in general and facets understandably pertaining to it concerning sexual orientation and gender manifestation.

You're right perhaps I worded that wrong. My point is that it can help to teach tolerance to those too young to understand the sexuality aspect.

How does banning pride teach tolerance?

I meant keeping pride parade teaches tolerance. That was my fault I should have been more specific.

[clearspira]

Does Pride teach tolerance though?

Genuine question. I'm not trying to be facetious. I am merely curious as to how having a parade once a year is going to teach a kid to not be a homophobe. Seems to me that what Pride actually does is preach to the converted - which is ultimately the same thing as preaching to nobody.

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

via NPR

https://www.npr.org/2022/03/25/10887437 ... btq-rights

Attorney's statement:

"By hosting 'Pride Week,' your district has, at best, undertaken a week-long instructional effort in human sexuality without parental consent. Or, worse, your district is cynically pushing a week-long indoctrination of your students that not only fails to obtain parental consent, but subtly cuts parents out of the loop," Paxton said. "Either way, you are breaking state law."

I don't see it as instruction in human sexuality I see pride week as helping people to learn Tolorance for those that have different ideals than them.

That's a bit reductive given the relevance of sex education in general and facets understandably pertaining to it concerning sexual orientation and gender manifestation.

You're right perhaps I worded that wrong. My point is that it can help to teach tolerance to those too young to understand the sexuality aspect.

How does banning pride teach tolerance?

I meant keeping pride parade teaches tolerance. That was my fault I should have been more specific.

I think I actually misread your post in the very first place lol sorry. I think we're on the same page.

[BridgeConsoleMasher]

Does Pride teach tolerance though?

Genuine question. I'm not trying to be facetious. I am merely curious as to how having a parade once a year is going to teach a kid to not be a homophobe. Seems to me that what Pride actually does is preach to the converted - which is ultimately the same thing as preaching to nobody.

Is your understanding of pride consisting of just a parade? There's probably a structured curriculum that takes place that teaches people academically suitable social contexts to various degrees. I'm sure your schools in Britain had specifically engaging academic curriculums to bring awareness to stuff?

[Frustration]

It's inherently problematic to put politically-charged content into publicly-funded schools: it's usually a winner-take-all situation, and people generally refuse to acknowledge the difficulties until something is taught they find personally objectionable.

[sayla0079]

It's inherently problematic to put politically-charged content into publicly-funded schools: it's usually a winner-take-all situation, and people generally refuse to acknowledge the difficulties until something is taught they find personally objectionable.

Okay then let me use another example should the schools not use the americans with disabilities act then since it's potentially politically related?

[Frustration]

I don't understand what you mean by "not use the americans with disabilities act".

Could you, perhaps, rephrase your question?

[sayla0079]

Okay, let's say hypothetically they did a parade celebrating the passing of the Americans with disabilites act. Since that is potentially politically motivated would you think that shouldn't be taught in schools either?

[TGLS]

"There are two sexual orientations; straight and political"
/s

[Frustration]

Okay, let's say hypothetically they did a parade celebrating the passing of the Americans with disabilites act. Since that is potentially politically motivated would you think that shouldn't be taught in schools either?

Let's put it this way: if the ADA were repealed, and a school had a parade to celebrate, would you find that objectionable?

What if they commemorated a 'historical tragedy': the defeat of the Confederacy?