{"id":25094,"date":"2023-02-08T10:34:43","date_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:34:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/?p=25094"},"modified":"2023-02-08T10:34:45","modified_gmt":"2023-02-08T18:34:45","slug":"lgbtq-state-senator-proposes-ban-on-religious-indoctrination-of-kids","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/occupysf.net\/index.php\/2023\/02\/08\/lgbtq-state-senator-proposes-ban-on-religious-indoctrination-of-kids\/","title":{"rendered":"LGBTQ+ STATE SENATOR PROPOSES BAN ON \u2018RELIGIOUS INDOCTRINATION\u2019 OF KIDS"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Using language that many Republicans are employing to attack LGBTQ+ communities, the Nebraska Democrat said the proposal is meant to highlight the discriminatory nature of certain bills.<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

CHRISTOPHER WIGGINS<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FEBRUARY 06 2023 (Advocate.com)<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

A bisexual state senator in Nebraska<\/a> has proposed that a measure be enacted prohibiting children from enrolling in Bible studies, attending church camps, or participating in other forms of \u201creligious indoctrination.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Megan Hunt, the first out LGBTQ+ person elected to the Nebraska Legislature, presented this proposal as an amendment to a bill prohibiting minors from attending drag<\/a> shows.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under the bill, LB371, introduced by Republican<\/a> Sen. Dave Murman, anyone under 19 would be prohibited from attending drag shows. The bill defines drag as a performance by someone who uses clothing, makeup, or other physical markers to demonstrate a gender identity that is different from what they were born with, as well as singing, lip-synching, dancing, or performing for entertainment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Murman claims never to have attended a drag performance but relies on videos he\u2019s seen online to judge them as inappropriate for children, Nebraska Public Media reported<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI think the vast majority of Nebraskans would agree that sexualized dancing and enhanced genitals is not appropriate for children to view,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Because of the broad wording in the bill, critics argue it would ban children from attending theatrical performances like Shakespeare\u2019s works and musicals, where men routinely dress to perform women\u2019s roles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It\u2019s unclear how Murman\u2019s proposed law would affect the restaurant Hooters, which features women in suggestive tank tops who serve the patrons. Nebraska has at least one Hooters in the town of La Vista. All ages are welcome in the establishment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hunt chose to highlight the hypocrisy of the proposed law, even if the conservative legislature passes it. Her amendment would prohibit children from attending camps that are religiously based, like Bible camps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere is a well-documented history of indoctrination and sexual abuse perpetrated by religious leaders and clergy people upon children,\u201d according to the amendment. \u201cAbusers within churches and other religious institutions often use events like church or youth-group-sponsored camps and retreats to earn children\u2019s trust and gain unsupervised access to such children in order to commit such abuse.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Children also are prohibited from attending religious camps where alcoholic liquor is served, regardless if such alcoholic liquor is part of a religious ceremony. The amended law would punish violators and groups that host these camps with a fine of $10,000.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis is an amendment that I will use to make a point about the underlying bill, LB371, which bans all-ages drag shows,\u201d Hunt told The Advocate.<\/em> \u201cThis amendment obviously won\u2019t pass, and I would withdraw it if it had the votes to pass. It\u2019s just a device to make a point.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hunt says she has introduced similar amendments to other bills.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAny manufacturer who distributes chocolate-coated candy for consumption by an individual under nineteen years of age without explicitly identifying the candy\u2019s gender assigned at birth on the 11 packaging of such candy shall be fined ten thousand dollars,\u201d reads an amendment she wrote in January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThey aren\u2019t meant to pass,\u201d Hunt said. \u201cThey are meant to help kill harmful and discriminatory bills like LB371, which, if we are forced to debate in the full legislature, will truly be a waste of time for Nebraskans and for lawmakers.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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