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Oklahoma is advancing a bill that would criminalize school librarians over LGBTQ books
https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2022/03...ll-criminalize-school-librarians-lgbtq-books/
What is wrong with you people?
After the very end of a legislative session on Tuesday, the Oklahoma Senate Education Committee passed a bill to ban LGBTQ books (and books on LGBTQ-inclusive sex education). The bill now looks to advance towards the Senate floor. Authored by state Senator Rob Standridge (R-OK- District 15), Oklahoma SB 1142 would criminalize any school official or librarian that has any books that “make as their primary subject the study of sex, sexual preferences, sexual activity, sexual perversion, sex-based classifications, sexual identity, or gender identity or books that are of a sexual nature.”
SB 1142 also adds the stipulation that if any person could sue a school stating they have a book that violates the policy, the school librarian or official will be forced to remove the book within a 30-day period. If the school official or librarian does not remove the book, the school shall be fined a minimum of $10,000 a day, and that school official or librarian will be barred from working in any school for a period of two years.
This bill by Standridge is in conjunction with his other bill, SB 1470, that seeks to penalize teachers for a minimum of $10,000 if they teach something that goes against a student’s religious belief. This bill also works in conjunction with SB 1654, authored by state Senator Shane Jett (R-OK- District 17),which seeks to ban LGBTQ books, as well as books about “recreational sexualization”, i.e. books that discuss “non-procreative sex”. Standridge’s SB1470 is different from the other two bills in the fact this bill would bar teachers from teaching in the state of Oklahoma for five years, beyond the two years in SB 1142.
SB 1470 has not been brought up for a vote, but SB 1142 passed on March 1 on an 8-4 vote along party lines through Republican majority. Only one Republican voted against the bill.
These bills are part of a coordinated effort by Republicans known as the “No Promo Homo” laws. Though such laws have been most notably in the news due to Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” bill, The Hill reported that 15 other similar bills are currently floating through U.S. state legislatures. Oklahoma is just one of many Republican-led states that are currently targeting LGBTQ books and people as part of a plan that would lead to monumental harm for LGBTQ kids.