Watch these Missouri state representatives hash out the details of a proposed anti-LGBTQ+ bill that would ban teachings of sexual orientation and gender identity.
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00:00I'm just gonna read you the the language in your bill no classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties
00:09Relating to sexual orientation or gender identity shall occur
00:15Lady you mentioned George, Washington who is Martha, Washington?
00:21His wife
00:23Under your bill, how could you mention that in the classroom?
00:27So to me that's not sexual orientation
00:33Really
00:35So it's only really certain sexual orientations that you want
00:39Prohibited from introduction in the classroom language to make that better to make it where you're not talking lady
00:46I didn't introduce your bill
00:48And I didn't write it you wrote it and so I'm asking what it means
00:52Which sexual orientations do you believe should be prohibited from Missouri classrooms?
01:00So I believe
01:02This is my personal belief
01:05that we all have a moral compass and
01:10My moral compass is
01:13Compared with the Bible
01:15Lady I bring your testimony
01:18You said that you didn't want teachers personal beliefs entering the classroom
01:22But it seemed a lot like your personal belief you would like to enter all Missouri classrooms