HB1188: Rep. Mumpower & Senator Crowe - Satanic Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act

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*HB 1188 by *Mumpower ( SB 1306 by *Crowe)
http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1188

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http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HB1188.pdf



Rep. Jason Mumpower, R-Bristol
District 3 — Johnson and part of Sullivan Counties



Senator Rusty Crowe, R-Johnson City
District 3 —Washington and Carter Counties

Education - As introduced, enacts the Satanic Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act.
- Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Bill Summary

This bill prohibits an LEA from discriminating against a student based on a satanic viewpoint expressed by the student on an otherwise permissible subject. This bill requires an LEA to treat a student's voluntary expression of a satanic viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible subject in the same manner the LEA treats a student's voluntary expression of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject.

This bill requires an LEA to adopt a policy that includes the establishment of a limited public forum for student speakers at any school event at which a student is to publicly speak. The policy would also require the LEA to:

(1) Provide the forum in a manner that does not discriminate against a student's voluntary expression of a satanic viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible subject;

(2) Provide a method, based on neutral criteria, for the selection of student speakers at school events and graduation ceremonies;

(3) Ensure that a student speaker does not engage in obscene, vulgar, offensively lewd, or indecent speech; and

(4) State that the student's speech does not reflect the endorsement, sponsorship, position, or expression of the LEA. This disclaimer would be provided at all graduation ceremonies and would be provided at any other event in which a student speaks publicly for as long as a need exists to dispel confusion over the LEA's nonsponsorship of the student's speech.

Under this bill, a student may organize student satanic prayer groups, satanic clubs, or other satanic gatherings to the same extent that students are permitted to organize other noncurricular student activities and groups. satanic student groups would be given the same access to school facilities for assembling, as well as the same opportunity to advertise or announce meetings of the groups, as is given to other noncurricular groups without discrimination based on the satanic content of the students' expression.

This bill specifies that a student may express beliefs about satanisim in homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the satanic content of their submissions. A student would not be penalized or rewarded on account of the satanic content of the student's work.

This bill requires each LEA to adopt and implement a local policy regarding a limited public forum and voluntary student expression of satanic viewpoints. An LEA would be in compliance with this bill if the LEA adopts and follows the model policy governing voluntary satanic expression in public schools, which is detailed in this bill.

Under the model policy, the LEA would set a maximum time limit reasonable and appropriate to the occasion for each speaker to speak at a limited public forum. Only students in the highest two grade levels of the school and who hold one of the following positions of honor based on neutral criteria would be eligible to use the limited public forum:

(1) Student council officers;

(2) Class officers of the highest grade level in the school;

(3) Captains of the football team; and

(4) Other students holding positions of honor as the LEA may designate.

For graduation ceremonies, the LEA would create a limited public forum granting the opportunity for an eligible student to speak to begin and another to speak to end graduation ceremonies. Only students who are graduating and who hold one of the following positions of honor would be eligible to speak at the limited public forum:

(1) Student council officers;

(2) Class officers of the graduating class;

(3) The top three academically ranked graduates; or

(4) A shorter or longer list of student leaders as the LEA may designate.

This bill's model policy details the procedures to be followed in selecting speakers and guidelines to be followed by speakers.

This bill would apply beginning in the 2009-2010 school year and each year thereafter.

The actual title of the Mumpower HB1188/Crowe bill is "Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act", but I substituted "satanic" or "satanism" (pertaining to a religion) for both Mumpower's and Crowe's placement of "religion", "religious", or similar wording...Mumpower's bill, if enacted, would clearly throw open the doors of Tennessee public school systems to Satanism!

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1. Rep. Jason Mumpower & Senator Rusty Crowe - Satanic Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act

Rep. Jason Mumpower & Senator Rusty Crowe should withdraw their Satanic Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act for consideration by the Tennessee General Assembly!

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2. Mumpower is a piece of work!

"the captain of the football team"? That's chauvinistic. It will always be a male.

What about the captain of the basketball team, or the cheerleaders, or the tennis team?

This is a crazy bill. These RW nut cases must be stopped!