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Missouri Republican lawmaker announces he is gay

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dmcowen674

No Lifer
5-3-2012

http://news.yahoo.com/missouri-republican-lawmaker-announces-gay-014752311.html

Missouri Republican lawmaker announces he is gay


A Missouri state lawmaker who is not running for reelection announced on Wednesday that he is gay, the first state-level Republican politician in the nation currently in office to do so, according to the Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund.

Missouri state Representative Zachary Wyatt, 27, announced his sexual orientation in a news conference at the Missouri state Capitol in Jefferson City. Wyatt said later in an interview that he did so because he wanted to openly oppose a proposal to ban discussion of sexual orientation in Missouri public schools.

Dubbed the "Don't Say Gay" bill by opponents, it is still being debated in a committee and not expected to reach the House floor in the last 10 days of the state's legislative session.

"Gay students are the ones who are bullied most and if we passed this it would be illegal to even talk about the issue and that's dangerous," Wyatt said. "This is hiding it under the rug."

He is in the second year of a two-year term. He was elected after serving seven years in the U.S. Air Force and said he was forgoing a bid for re-election because he plans to go to college at the University of Hawaii.

Wyatt is the only state-level Republican lawmaker in office in the United States to publicly acknowledge being gay

There are about 90 openly gay Democratic lawmakers
 
Depends on the grade level in which it is discussed. If it is part of the normal sex ed class, sure, but some places started including masteurbation in their k through 2 level eductation...and that is wrong.

Without having the actual bill to read, none of us can actually be for or against the bill.
 
cybrsage said:
Depends on the grade level in which it is discussed. If it is part of the normal sex ed class, sure, but some places started including masteurbation in their k through 2 level eductation...and that is wrong.

Without having the actual bill to read, none of us can actually be for or against the bill.
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I can't remember what state already has one of these, I think Tennessee. But I know I was reading an article about how it's so poorly implemented that teachers are afraid they'll lose their job if they even punish students who bully gay students.

Wish I could find the article about it.
 
cybrsage said:
Depends on the grade level in which it is discussed. If it is part of the normal sex ed class, sure, but some places started including masteurbation in their k through 2 level eductation...and that is wrong.

Without having the actual bill to read, none of us can actually be for or against the bill.
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You can approach discussions about gays and lesbians without mentioning sex at all. For example, this. It's more about introducing children to the concept that there are different types of families out there, not the intricacies of how they bone.
 
It might be a shock to some to realize there are conservative gay people. These are just gay people that work for a living and pay taxes like other outstanding citizens.

There are a lot of somewhat liberal minded republicans. They are just hard working people. There have been so many openly gay people for so long that it is not that big of a deal to be gay. In reality you probably know people who are gay that you dont even know about.

You can disagree with gay lifestyle without hating people. I disagree with a lot of things like Drinking alcohol and smoking and Medical Marijuana. Hate is just counter-productive. Hate the sin, not the sinner. People are just people. I have no knowledge of any perfect people. Fear and hate just eat a person up from the inside. It is childish and stupid.
 
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tbh this bill would outlaw ALL talk of sexual orientation, not just talk about homosexual orientation. at least that's how i understood it.
 
cybrsage said:
Depends on the grade level in which it is discussed. If it is part of the normal sex ed class, sure, but some places started including masteurbation in their k through 2 level eductation...and that is wrong.

Without having the actual bill to read, none of us can actually be for or against the bill.
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Referred to Committee for Elementary and Secondary Education.

Could you post a link to these nebulous "other places" that included masturbation in their K - 2nd grade classes?

As stated by another poster, you can certainly discuss orientation and attraction issues without getting down to the nitty-gritty, as it were.

Previously posted link to the .PDF
 
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Kadarin said:
How would they get this bill past the First Amendment?
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I'm not sure. I included that in a discussion forum on a local newspapers website that had an article on the bill. I think it's possible that the bill will pass the legislature and be enacted without having to pass 1st Amendment muster. The similar Tennessee bill is being enforced because it hasn't been challenged on a Federal level.

It's probably because of a States Rights issue that these bills get enacted without passing Constitutional muster. While I'm for States Rights in general, I do think that in cases like these, as well as others, there's good reason for the Feds, or a state level agency to step in before these bills become law. A Constitutional "Sniff Test" review board, or something.
 
He can have some of these!

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I think this guy is a fraud. He was on "the last word" (msnbc). He has already bailed by running off to a new job in Hawaii. Praises the very members that sponsored the bill. And dismisses republican history of anti gay agendas.
I say with gays like him, who needs bigots...
Good riddens.

I dispise blacks that play up the uncle Tom roll. And I dispise gays that carry the load of the homophobes. And there are many of both walking around delusional.
 
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