Alabama lawmakers advanced a bill to ban teachers from displaying LGBTQ+ pride flags on public school property and expand the state’s ban on teacher-led discussions about sexual orientation and gender identity. The Senate Education Policy Committee voted 5-2 for the House-passed bill. The bill now moves to the full Alabama Senate.
MONTGOMERY, Ala. — Alabama lawmakers advanced a bill Wednesday that would ban teachers from displaying LGBTQ+ pride flags on public school property andThe Senate Education Policy Committee voted 5-2 for the House-passed bill, putting the proposal in line for a possible final passage in the last four days of the legislative session. The bill, which now moves to the full Alabama Senate, is part of a wave of legislation across the country that critics have dubbed “Don’t Say Gay” laws.
“We’re trying to keep the teacher from doing it because that’s indoctrination,” bill sponsor Rep. Mack Butler, a Republican, told the committee. “We just want to let children be children.” Sen. Rodger Smitherman, a member of the committee, said he thought the ban would be found unconstitutional. Butler said the intent is to prevent pride flags from being displayed in classrooms and wouldn’t impact bumper stickers. But at least one committee member noted the bill said the prohibition extended to the “property” of a public school.
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