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Alabama lawmakers are trying to win a prize for the most bigoted bills passed in one day, and fine, we will give them the asshole trophy.
Today the Republican-controlled state legislature is set to pass a so-called bathroom bill that would ban transgender students in grades K through 12 from using the bathroom and locker room corresponding with their gender identity; a felony ban on doctors providing gender-affirming healthcare to transgender minors; and a so-called Dont Say Gay bill that would prohibit teachers from discussing sexuality in kindergarten through fifth grade. If passed, the bills will go to Governor Kay Ivey (R) for her signature.
The bathroom bill, HB 322, has already passed the House, and the Senate is considering it today. Montgomery Advertiser reporter Brian Lyman said on Twitter that right after the bathroom bill was introduced on the Senate floor, Republican Sen. Shay Shelnutt moved to add a Dont Say Gay amendment to the bill. (Shelnutt is the lead sponsor of the healthcare ban.) Lyman reported that the amendment passed 24 to 6 and the larger bathroom bill passed 26 to 5, sailing right on through. It will now go back to the House for final approval.
he Senate has already passed the health care ban, SB 184, and the House will take it up today. It would make providing gender-affirming care like puberty blockers and hormones a class C felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison. That bill could also potentially out trans kids to their parents by forcing schools to report gender non-conformity to parents. Lawmakers havent yet voted on the health care ban. but well update this post after they do.
https://jezebel.com/alabama-is-set-to-pass-3-three-anti-gay-bills-today-1848763049
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Alabummer. Notice no one seems overly concerned about transgender MALES?
Ohio Joe
(21,778 posts)They live only for their hate... So very fucked up.
bluestarone
(17,152 posts)Working in UNISON! That's their plan
Ray Bruns
(4,131 posts)DBoon
(22,441 posts)A recent US News and World Reports ranking of states gave Alabama a net ranking of 49, second worst after Louisiana
Alabama ranked last in Education.
Other rankings:
23rd in the states fiscal stability
35th in natural environment
38th in infrastructure
45th in economy
45th in opportunity for residents
45th in crime and corrections
46th in healthcare
50th in education
Instead of dealing with these dismal rankings, Alabama is passing anti-gay legislation
Jilly_in_VA
(10,045 posts)All the RepubliKKKan states. They use this stuff to distract from all the REAL problems of their states.