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Martha Washington becomes a focus of debate over Missouri 'Don't Say Gay' bill [1]

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Date: 2023-03-06  

MO State Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R) criticizes fellow GOP Rep. Ann Kelley's anti-LGBT school bill. PC: Who is Martha Washington? AK: [George Washington's] wife. PC: With your bill, how could that be mentioned in the classroom? AK: That's not sexual orientation. PC: Really? pic.twitter.com/3usn7LUg6Q

PC: I’m just going to read you the language in your bill. ‘No classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties relating to sexual orientation or gender identity shall occur.’ Lady, you mentioned George Washington. Who is Martha Washington?

AK: His … wife?

PC: Under your bill, how could you mention that in a classroom?

AK: So, to me, that’s not sexual orientation.

PC: Really? So it’s only really certain sexual orientations that you want prohibited from introduction in the classroom.

AK: Do you have language to make that better? To make it where you’re not talking … ?

PC: Lady, I didn’t introduce your bill. And I didn’t write it. You wrote it, and so I’m asking what it means. Which sexual orientations do you believe should be prohibited from Missouri classrooms.

[Here there appears to be an edit in the video.]

AK: We all have a moral compass, and my moral compass is compared with the Bible.

PC: Lady, I think during your testimony you said that you didn’t want teachers’ personal beliefs entering the classroom, but it seems a lot like your personal belief you would like to enter all Missouri classrooms.

AK: You can believe something without, without, without putting that onto somebody by the way you behave, and you can have beliefs and morals and values that guide you through life.

PC: I don’t dispute that, but I’m asking about the language of your bill and how it would permit the mention of the historical figure Martha Washington, could you explain that to me?

AK: So what did she, why is she famous? Is she famous because she was married to George Washington?

PC: It seems like that would be a relevant fact in her biography, yes. Could it be mentioned under the plain-reading language of your bill? Is that a no?

AK: I don’t know, sir.

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