Thursday, March 6, 2008

Tennessee says NO to bigotry and ignorance


NASHVILLE - A House subcommittee voted Tuesday - for the second time and on a more formal basis - to kill state Rep. Stacey Campfield's (pictured) bill to prohibit teaching about homosexuality in Tennessee schools.


The move was coupled with a request that the state Department of Education investigate whether homosexuality is being discussed now in schools.


Bruce Opie, legislative liaison for the department, said "we will follow through" and report back to legislators "in a couple of weeks."


At a Feb. 19 meeting, Opie said he was unaware of any such instruction in kindergarten through eighth grade, which would be covered by Campfield's bill.


The roll call vote was 6-4 in favor of House Education Committee Chairman Les Winningham's motion to send the bill to the Department of Education, in effect killing it.


All Republicans on the panel - including Reps. Harry Brooks of Knoxville and Richard Montgomery of Seymour - sided with Campfield. All Democrats on the panel opposed him.


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