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South Carolina faces lawsuit over LGBTQ+ sex education ban | US news | The Guardian
Federal suit claims state law violates US constitution
State education chief admits law rests on shaky ground
It is against state law in South Carolina for public school sex education classes to mention anything other than heterosexual relationships, unless the talk involves sexually transmitted diseases. A federal lawsuit now aims to change that.
South Carolina's gay marriage ban struck down in federal court
The National Center for Lesbian Rights and Lambda Legal said their lawsuit filed on Wednesday seeks to overturn the Comprehensive Health Education Act of 1988 as an unconstitutional violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment.
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This law is certainly not 'equal protection.'
“The law singles out LGBTQ students for negative treatment,” a news release introducing the lawsuit said. “It prevents LGBTQ students from receiving any health education about their relationships except in the context of sexually transmitted diseases, without imposing any comparable restriction on health education about heterosexual people.”
Federal suit claims state law violates US constitution
State education chief admits law rests on shaky ground
It is against state law in South Carolina for public school sex education classes to mention anything other than heterosexual relationships, unless the talk involves sexually transmitted diseases. A federal lawsuit now aims to change that.
South Carolina's gay marriage ban struck down in federal court
The National Center for Lesbian Rights and Lambda Legal said their lawsuit filed on Wednesday seeks to overturn the Comprehensive Health Education Act of 1988 as an unconstitutional violation of the equal protection clause of the 14th amendment.
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This law is certainly not 'equal protection.'
“The law singles out LGBTQ students for negative treatment,” a news release introducing the lawsuit said. “It prevents LGBTQ students from receiving any health education about their relationships except in the context of sexually transmitted diseases, without imposing any comparable restriction on health education about heterosexual people.”
