Deanna Dee-Dee Taylor

Just when I thought it couldn’t get worse (what was I thinking???), another Utah representative has introduced new legislation that would replace Chris Buttar’s bill on banning Gay-Straight Alliance (GSA) clubs in public schools.

Rep. Aaron Tilton, R-Springville, says his HB393, “Public Education Club Amendments,” is close to public release and will look “virtually identical” to SB97, proposed by Buttars, R-West Jordan.
“I will probably be more aggressive in my bill” and require parental notification of some kind, Tilton said. The bill also “may or may not” set up a rating system, such as those for movies, that the school district could apply “so a parent would be made aware . . . of the (club’s) nature, that might conflict with a value they might hold.”
The rating, if Tilton pursues it, might be included in a parental permission slip, he said.
“It will restrict clubs, in my opinion, that . . . don’t adhere to community standards,” Tilton said of the bill. “If you’re a minor, you can’t engage in sexual activity.”

So let’s see……I wonder what the football club would be rated (I’d rate it for violence, for sure) – I’m sure the guys talk about sex in the locker room. So right there parents should not permit their children to participate in such a program.

I feel a comic strip coming on…..