On Tuesday, Governor John Bel Edwards vetoed SB 156, by Senator Beth Mizell, which would have barred transgender girls and women from joining sports teams that match their gender identity. Edwards called the proposal discrimination and a “solution in search of a problem that does not exist in Louisiana.” Beth Mizell, who sponsored the legislation, […]
Louisiana House Education Committee Chairman Ray Garofalo filed legislation HB 564 which would ban schools from teaching what he has labeled “Divisive Concepts.” These concepts include “that either the United States of America or the state of Louisiana is fundamentally, institutionally, or systemically racist or sexist.” “I have not seen evidence that we are fundamentally […]
Legislation was filed by the Louisiana House Education Committee Chairman Ray Garofalo that could ban schools from teaching “Divisive Concepts,” like “that either the United States of America or the state of Louisiana is fundamentally, institutionally, or systemically racist or sexist.” Garofalo disagrees with the “interpretation” that the US was founded on slavery and since […]
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