Tennessean.com – By Bonna Johnson – Staff Writer
Opponents say proposal would violate students’ free speech
For one state lawmaker, it’s a disturbing trend in public education: Tennessee middle school teachers attending seminars on how to teach about transgender people and a Massachusetts kindergarten class being taught about homosexuality.
State Rep. Stacey Campfield, a Knoxville Republican, has proposed legislation to forbid “any instruction or materials discussing sexual orientation other than heterosexuality” in Tennessee elementary or middle schools.