Legislating Gays Away

AS IF further evidence of contemporry conservative insanity were even necessary, a few days ago Florida passed a law making it illegal to teach children about gay people, or to use the word "gay" around them until they complete third grade. Fourth graders are qualified to learn about gay people, presumably. The obvious question is: why? Why pass this ostensibly stupid law, other than the fact tha tFlorida has been taken over by evangelical far right wingers. But why pass this ostensibly stupid law? Why pass a law about this at all? Day in day out, across America, how to teach K thru third grade about hoosexuality simply is not a pressing issue, nor an issue at all. Under normal circumstances it will never come up in class or at school. At least, not until now, when suddenly Republicans decide topoliticize it. the Reppublican party, the conservative community in general, and Christian conservatives in particular simply must learn to accept and understand that gay pepple are not going back into the closet, nor will they cease to exist. Simply accep them for who and what they are, without judgment. Really, its for the best. Over the past several decades there have been in Ameria massive movements advocating for gay rights, African-American rights, women's rights, advcating for equal rights and justice under law, and great progress has been achieved. Let's keep making progress. We do not need laws prohibiting teaching, of anything. We need many laws requiring and supporting it. All laws which prohibit learning and knowledge are based on primitive, outdated, superstitious religious beliefs, and should be repealed, immediately, including this crazy new one in Florida. In the great culture war which currently engulgs America and has for decades liberals stand toe to toe on the issue of gay people. Liberals like them, conservatives don't; its that simple. Conservatives need to change, across the board, on all issues, not just gay rights. Bertrand Russell astutely said that nobody should ever be prevented from learning anything he or she wanted to learn. Another name for this ideal is "proper education". Hiding gay peole from our children is yet another idioticact of denial by conservatives, just like their denial of climate change, the severity of covid 19, and scientific expertise generally. A disastrous frame of mind. To their credit, fewer conservatives deny climate change these days. Most still do, though, or deny that it is caused by humans. A disastrous attitude. American conservatism simply must stop, or be forced to stop, its insane attack on American culture and education, their desperate attempt to create and ensure a future conservative America by brainwashing today's children. Teaching children the truth about gay people, racism, and genocide sets them free; with holding this knowledge brainwashes them, thus betraying them. Teaching truth is good; withholding truth is bad. Conservatives are trying to brainwash America's children by teaching them falsehoods; and by omitting truth. Homosexuality, currently enduring systemic racism, human made climate change, and well organized white supremacist groups within mainstream white Christian conservativism all exist, undeniably. We simply cannot ignore it all, much that some of us might like to.