The bill is much broader than a similar measure passed in Florida and recently expanded that would apply to all K-12 grades
"What I won’t accept are personal attacks about me- And by the way the word faggot has two G’s," Bernard noted
The governor labeled the bill as “mean” because it targets “the most emotionally fragile children in the state of Louisiana”
The procedure is called “Committee of the Whole,” which allows the House to vote to override the House Education Committee's vote
The bill was opposed by the state's LGBTQ+ advocacy groups as well as Democratic Louisiana Governor John Bel Edwards
Horton told WBRZ ABC 2: “I talked to my pastor and he challenged me and said, ‘we definitely need to do this'”
Edwards further said that the bill was “mean” because it targets "the most emotionally fragile children in the state of Louisiana.”
