During a Thursday appearance on Birmingham television Truth 101.1 WXJC’s “Priority Talk”, State Rep. Mack Butler (R-Rainbow City) discussed his policy to broaden the ban of the conversation of intimate orientation and gender identification in K-5 schools to K-12 schools.
He also discussed how the Space Camp controversy might be impacted by his legislation.
According to Butler, it would prohibit the discussion of these topics in schools, including Space Camp.
“]W]e’re going to add an amendment that will just expand it to apply to Space Camp, as well”, Butler said. “But if the schools and/or Space Camp are not already engaging in discussions of sexual identity or sexual orientation, then no harm, no foul. Nothing changes. Some people have expressed dissatisfaction with this. They’re telling me this isn’t happening, so why are they upset about this not happening”.
“But sadly, this is the world we live in”, he continued. They “always want to go story time with the kids.” They always have a desire to give a performance to the children. If they would go to the nursing homes, the assisted living facilities, none of us would say a word. We’re not concerned about children seeing things like that. But protect the children”.
The Etowah County Republican also took issue with the concept of so-called transgenderism, arguing that “common sense” should apply in this situation.
“Literally, we’ve got a problem because federal law says you can’t ban people because of gender identity”, Butler explained. “But we’ve got to use some common sense. In schools, we literally do this all the time, conducting background checks and other similar things. I am all for this young man, who thinks he is a woman, being employed — working the gift shop, doing something else. However, having children makes me concerned.
“I know we’re all pretending that this is normal, this is natural”, he continued. “You’ve got doctors saying this is real. But up until Obama, it was always a mental defect. And he kind of made it popular. And some of it is a fad that some of these people are embracing as their religion. You know, we absolutely love these people. We don’t want to hurt anybody or offend anybody. They have the freedom to act as they please. We don’t have to pretend with them. However, I don’t think they have to be in charge of the kids.
Jeff Poor is the editor-in-chief of 1819 News and host of “The Jeff Poor Show”, heard Monday-Friday, 9 a.m. noon on Mobile’s FM Talk 106.5. To connect or comment, email jeff.poor@1819News.com or follow him on Twitter @jeff_poor.
