A Texas bill, known as the FURRIES Act, would ban non-human behaviors in public schools, including the use of litter boxes and wearing animal accessories.

Rep. Stan Gerdes, the bill’s author, claimed schools were providing litter boxes for students acting as “furries.”

When pressed, Gerdes could not find an example. The bill was left pending in committee.

  • ByteOnBikes@slrpnk.netOP
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    2 months ago

    Need a new Texas bill banning Rep. Stan Gerdes from being 10 miles near any school because dude is a fucking creep.

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    2 months ago

    Beyond the blatant stupidity of the bill, the most concerning part is the definition of “non-human behavior.” I would not be surprised if some schools interpreted queer people, those with disabilites, and those from minority ethnic, religious, or racial groups to be exhibitong “non-human behaviors.” These groups have already been dehumanized historically.

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      2 months ago

      Absolutely. Any vague language has a way of being misinterpreted by the most fanatical and used for evil.

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    2 months ago

    To be clear, cat litter buckets in classrooms is a real thing in some schools but only to use in active shooter lockdowns if needed. When a classroom of kids is trapped for hours, someone will need to poop, and they’re going to want to cover up it and not smell it the whole time. So unfortunately there’s a perfectly valid reason for kids to poop in litter buckets at schools that these conspiracists, who are probably the same nutjobs who think school shootings are fake, are twisting into furry accommodation.