House votes to extend prohibition of LGBTQ subjects in classroom through eighth grade

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House votes to extend prohibition of LGBTQ subjects in classroom through eighth grade

The Alabama House of Representatives on Tuesday voted to expand the state’s “Don’t Say Gay” provision through eighth grade. That’s a lesser expansion than proposed when Rep. Mack Butler, R-Rainbow City, filed HB130 early this session. The version of the bill passed through a House committee earlier this month would have expanded the prohibition through 12th grade. Butler said Tuesday that an amendment to scale the bill back came at the request o…