 Okay, so I love this story so much because it shows you how hollow these anti-LGBTQ plus republicans are and I actually don't think that they really know the effect of the policies that they are producing So we'll see a video here in a moment But let me just give you a little bit of context GOP lawmaker blasted by fellow Republican over proposed Missouri. Don't say gait law So I mean these are popping up everywhere not necessarily that surprising but the author of the bill Or I should say the sponsor of the bill just cannot defend her position So a Missouri lawmaker unloaded on a fellow GOP colleague So on a fellow GOP colleague presumably we have Republican on Republican violence here Which is always good to see behind a bill modeled after Florida's don't say gait law state representative and Kelly sponsored house bill 634 which would ban sexual classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties relating to sexual orientation or gender identity Shall occur but under questioning from GOP colleague Phil Christa Christa Finnelli Kelly didn't appear to understand the implications of her own bill So Christa Finnelli a conservative Republican who's openly gay Asked if under the law Martha Washington could be identified as the nation's first president's wife So that makes sense because it's always curious to see a Republican questioning their colleague if they Are being homophobic but here you have Somebody who is self-interested. He's gay and he thinks that this is homophobic First of all Christo Finnelli you might want to leave the Republican Party if you are concerned about Homophobia but that's a different topic for a different day. Let's watch this exchange because it was just so incredible in fact let me uh Let me zoom out a little bit so you can see like I want to zoom in so you can see but my my box is blocking it So let's press play. I'm just gonna 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 his wife? Under your bill, how could you mention that in the classroom? So to me that's not sexual orientation Really So it's only really certain sexual orientations that you want Prohibited from introduction in the class language to make that better to make it where you're not talking 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? We all have a moral compass And my moral compass is Compared with the Bible Lady, I'm reading your testimony You said that you didn't want teachers personal beliefs entering the classroom But it seemed a lot like your personal belief you would like to enter all Missouri classrooms you can you can believe something without and with that and without Putting that on to somebody by the way you behave and you can have beliefs and morals and values That guide you through life. 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? So what does she what why is she famous is she famous because she's married with to George Washington? It seems like that would be a relevant fact In her biography. Yes Could it be mentioned under the plain when reading language of your bill? Is that a no? I don't know sir. Okay That was incredible and I love how When it came to the Bible portion, she's like well, you can believe something without like pushing it on other people like I'm paraphrasing what you said but you're literally passing a bill to push your religion on everyone by forcing Queer people to be quiet in the classroom go back into the closet and you don't even understand the ways in which That same law that you're pushing will affect heterosexual couples because believe it or not to say this is my wife You are mommy and your daddy. You are introducing the concept of sexual orientation into the classroom Is it in an age-appropriate manner? Yes, but they'll contend that if you were to say This kid Dylan has two dads. Well They think that's not age-appropriate any and all LGBTQ plus references need to be cleansed But if you mentioned mommy and daddy, that's not sexual orientation lady Do you know what sexual orientation is or gender identity is? By him saying lady to you that alone is invoking gender identity Right to say mister misses to use pronouns that is invoking gender identity We do it so frequently that we don't even realize when we're doing it, right? But this imbecile right here thinks that she is protecting children by banning discussions of sexual orientation in classrooms Not realizing that oops, that's gonna apply to straight people too if we're actually trying to Interpret the bill as objectively as possible that's gonna affect straight people and I would encourage any single teacher in these states to comply with these new laws as maliciously as possible there was one teacher in Florida that Was basically since you can't invoke gender identity. She said okay Well, I'm just gonna refer to all of my my students using gender neutral pronouns. That's what we're gonna do That's the way you want it. This is what the law says. So I'm just being cautious here I didn't write the law you did so I'm just doing what you want me to do I think that that's what you really need to do because these idiots don't realize that what they're doing Will affect them too now. You might ask well, why why don't they just say gay people specifically? Why are they vague saying sexual orientation? Well first and foremost you can't because that's Unconstitutional you can't target a group on the basis of their sexual orientation or any other immutable characteristic Now second of all they write these laws very purposefully vague all to make sure That it has the broadest reach imaginable meaning that if you don't really know how to interpret a particular law odds are you're gonna play It's safe to avoid litigation so you be overly cautious because if you write these bills with a level of Specificity that lets these teachers know what is and isn't appropriate that you're not accomplishing what you ultimately want to accomplish so you be as vague as possible as far reaching as possible and That's how you in their view Eliminate sexual orientation out of the classroom, but if you're gonna get rid of gay sexual orientation or bisexual sexual orientation You've got to get rid of straight sexual orientations as well. So that means we don't get to hear about Eleanor Roosevelt We don't get to hear about anyone's husband or wife because all of that is tense about to invoking sex and sexual orientation in the classroom so Yeah, I love to see them questioned about this because these people are absolute rubes. They're just bigoted. They're ignorant and That's it. There's there's nothing more to say about this. They're just fucking stupid period End of story and when you just apply even a minimal amount of scrutiny to their beliefs They crumble they can't defend it because it's just hate in the purest form Tremendous