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TexasTowelie

(111,971 posts)
Tue Jul 13, 2021, 09:41 PM Jul 2021

'We're Not Teaching Sodomy In 6th Grade': GOP Nominee For NJ Governor Wants To End LGBTQ Curriculum

The Republican nominee for governor in New Jersey, Jack Ciattarelli, is vowing to roll back school curricula that centers LGTBQ inclusivity, falsely claiming that “sexual orientation” is being taught to kindergarteners and sixth graders are learning “sodomy.”

The comments, made during a campaign stop at a gun range last month according to a video obtained by Gothamist/WNYC, were criticized by the state’s gay-rights group, Garden State Equality. Sodomy is a term referring to sexual acts that people of all sexual orientations engage in, but it has historically been used to equate homosexuality with deviancy, and anti-sodomy laws were long used to prosecute people for their sexual orientation.

Ciattarelli is a former Republican assemblyman who last month defeated two more conservative candidates in a GOP primary. He will face Democratic Governor Phil Murphy in November. At the June 26th event, Ciattarelli said:

“I feel lucky [our kids] are in their 20s and I don't have to be dealing with what you're dealing with right now. You won't have to deal with it when I'm governor, but we're not teaching gender ID and sexual orientation to kindergarteners. We're not teaching sodomy in sixth grade. And we're going to roll back the LGBTQ curriculum. It goes too far.”


Read more: https://gothamist.com/news/gop-nominee-nj-governor-wants-end-lgbtq-curriculum


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'We're Not Teaching Sodomy In 6th Grade': GOP Nominee For NJ Governor Wants To End LGBTQ Curriculum (Original Post) TexasTowelie Jul 2021 OP
Yeah, I'm sure they're teaching 6th graders about 'sodomy' in classrooms Hugh_Lebowski Jul 2021 #1
Yeah, but the little bastards won't appreciate it until 9th grade Grins Jul 2021 #5
Ciattarelli left that meeting, got in his car and drove back to the 1950's. NoMoreRepugs Jul 2021 #2
Jack Is Off WaterSong1951 Jul 2021 #3
Campaign stop where...? Grins Jul 2021 #4
 

Hugh_Lebowski

(33,643 posts)
1. Yeah, I'm sure they're teaching 6th graders about 'sodomy' in classrooms
Tue Jul 13, 2021, 09:45 PM
Jul 2021

Going all in-depth about it, etc ...



These people, I swear

Grins

(7,199 posts)
5. Yeah, but the little bastards won't appreciate it until 9th grade
Wed Jul 14, 2021, 12:10 AM
Jul 2021

Friend of mine’s son and daughter took sex-ed at expen$ive private school. Mom was shocked by what they were bing taught.

Her kids…? “Meh.” No big deal.

And now in their mid-20’s - they turned out great. Even their mom. Who now thinks that was a good classy.

WaterSong1951

(74 posts)
3. Jack Is Off
Tue Jul 13, 2021, 10:20 PM
Jul 2021

As a person living in New Jersey he is digging down to a Former Guy base with his words - Governor Murphy has lead us brilliantly through the pandemic and Jack has an uphill battle - lots of people in NJ promote equality for all- NJ is not influenced by this rhetoric- as a whole

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