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Nerdy Fish3/25/2022 7:50:37 am PDT

From CNN, Texas State AG and accused felon Ken Paxton continues to be a dick:

For eight years, a school district in Texas has celebrated its LGBTQIA+ students, staff and families through a Pride Week. But this year, Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton says the activities are breaking state law.

In a Tuesday letter to the Austin Independent School District’s superintendent, Paxton, a Republican, wrote, “The Texas Legislature has made it clear that when it comes to sex education, parents — not school districts — are in charge.”
Pride Week is an opportunity for schools to show students and their families that they are committed to creating a safe and inclusive space for all, according to the district. During the week, schools are given a guide of suggested activities to foster that support.
“We aren’t worried about Paxton’s letter,” Austin ISD spokesperson Eddie Villa told CNN. “Pride Week and sex education are different. Celebrating diversity and acceptance is completely legal.”
Paxton argued in his letter the district’s “curriculum and lesson plans deal head-on with sexual orientation and gender identity — topics that unmistakably constitute ‘human sexuality instruction’ governed by state law” — and said Texas law requires parental consent in writing before students are taught about human sexuality.