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Judd Legum Jan 30, 2023

1. A newly-formed right-wing group is launching a brazen plan to remake Michigan public schools — using hyper-aggressive legal action to effectively mandate the erasure of LGBTQ people

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Inside the audacious new scheme to erase LGBTQ people from Michigan schools

A newly-formed conservative group is launching a brazen plan to remake Michigan public schools — using aggressive legal action to effectively mandate the erasure of LGBTQ people. The effort, organized by the Great Schools Initiative (GSI), seeks to exploit a

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Judd Legum Jan 30, 2023

2. In Michigan, parents have the right to opt-out of sex education courses

The new group, called the Great Schools Initiative, has created their own form

In addition to sex education classes, the GSI form demands students are excluded from "ROGUE SEX ED"

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Judd Legum Jan 30, 2023

3. What is ROGUE SEX ED?

According to GSI, it includes anything that acknowledges the existence of an LGBTQ person.

A teacher wearing a flag pin.

A school marking LGTBQ pride month.

A gender neutral bathroom.

Any book with an LGBTQ character.

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@juddlegum being taught about the existence and natural occurrence of LGBTQ+ people is the same as opening the gates of Hell and summoning the demons of sexual perversion to possess the kids. They must outwardly shun and judge LGBTQ+ people or their God will accuse them of letting the devil in without a fight. Everything is seen as a spiritual war.

They are truly medieval.