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Author of Texas bill to ban 'furries' in schools cannot come up with examples of it happening (web.archive.org)

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A Texas bill, known as the FURRIES Act, would ban non-human behaviors in public schools, including the use of litter boxes and wearing animal accessories.

Rep. Stan Gerdes, the bill's author, claimed schools were providing litter boxes for students acting as "furries."

When pressed, Gerdes could not find an example. The bill was left pending in committee.

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[-] wesdym@mastodon.social -1 points 3 months ago

@JPSound What's going on is that some of these chumps -- and plenty in the right wing -- honestly believe that this is going on, and that schools themselves are not only enabling it, but even encouraging it. It's a childishly stupid notion, of course, but a great many in the right wing are childishly stupid, and not living in the adult reality most people are.

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