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sl8

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Wed Mar 8, 2023, 06:33 AM Mar 2023

MO State Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R) criticizes fellow GOP Rep. Ann Kelley's anti-LGBT school bill.

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Republican Goes SCORCHED-EARTH On Fellow Republican's ATROCIOUS Bill

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Mar 7 2023
MO State Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R) criticizes fellow GOP Rep. Ann Kelley's anti-LGBT school bill.

Missouri’s K-12 public schools could be banned from teaching about sexual orientation and gender identity. State Representative Ann Kelley, a Republican from Lamar, is sponsoring a bill being considered by a House committee. During a hearing, Representative Phil Christofanelli, an openly gay member and fellow Republican, asked Kelley which sexual orientations should be banned as the broad language in the bill would seem to prohibit any mention of female gender in the classroom.


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MO State Rep. Phil Christofanelli (R) criticizes fellow GOP Rep. Ann Kelley's anti-LGBT school bill. (Original Post) sl8 Mar 2023 OP
I think he made an interesting point, while deflating her don't-say-gay balloon. 70sEraVet Mar 2023 #1
Phil Christofanelli is a gay man... and it always seems to be true that for a Republican to be In It to Win It Mar 2023 #2

70sEraVet

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1. I think he made an interesting point, while deflating her don't-say-gay balloon.
Wed Mar 8, 2023, 10:03 AM
Mar 2023

The term 'sexual orientation' is being confused, as if it somehow means 'being gay'; while it simply means 'being of a sex'.

In It to Win It

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2. Phil Christofanelli is a gay man... and it always seems to be true that for a Republican to be
Sun Mar 12, 2023, 01:44 AM
Mar 2023

against a bill like this, it has to affect them personally.

When it comes to abortion, that same sense of empathy, he refuses to feel.

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