(AL)GOP passes 10 Commandments-in-schools bill on same day as rollbacks of LGBTQ

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GOP passes 10 Commandments-in-schools bill on same day as rollbacks of LGBTQ+ rights

https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2025/04/gop-passes-10-commandments-in-schools-bill-on-same-day-as-rollbacks-of-lgbtq-rights/

By Alex Bollinger (22 Apr 2025)

The Alabama state House of Representatives passed several anti-LGBTQ+ bills this past Thursday. The bills include an expansion of the state's "Don't Say Gay" law, a ban on drag performances, a ban on Pride flags, and a ban on school employees calling trans students by the correct pronouns.

H.B. 244 extends the state's ban on discussing LGBTQ+ people in schools, which currently only applies to grades K through 5, to all grade levels. It also bans school employees from "displaying flags or insignia relating to sexual orientation or gender identity," which would include Pride flags. It also bans school employees from referring to a student with pronouns or a "title" that is "inconsistent with the student's biological sex at birth."

H.B. 67 bans public schools and libraries from hosting drag performances in the presence of minors without parental consent, and also says that trans people must use the restroom associated with their sex assigned at birth in places where minors might use the restroom. It also passed 76-9.

On the same day, the chamber passed H.B. 178, a bill that would require all public schools in the state, both K-12 schools as well as colleges and universities, to display the Ten Commandments in "a common area."

All three bills now go on to the state senate.