ATLANTA — Georgia legislation that would have prohibited classroom discussions about gender identity without parent permission stalled in a committee hearing Wednesday, undermining its odds of becoming law.
The current downfall of Senate Bill 88 was that it applied equally to private as well as public schools, and private institutions such as camps.
Mike Griffin, spokesman for the Georgia Baptist Mission Board, testified at a Senate hearing Wednesday that his group originally supported the legislation but had qualms after lawyers and activists raised concerns that it could have “dramatic unintended consequences.”
