The Forbidding Unlawful Representation of Roleplaying in Education, or FURRIES, Act, filed by Austin-area Republican State Rep. Stan Gerdes, would “prohibit any non-human behavior by a student, including presenting himself or herself, on days other than exempt days, as anything other than a human being.”

The law would allow for exempt days, such as Halloween and other school dress-up days.

The law defines “non-human” behavior as “any type of behavior or accessory displayed by a student in a school district other than behaviors or accessories typically displayed by a member of the homo sapiens species,” with provided examples being:

Using a litter box for the passing of stool, urine or other human byproducts

A personal or outward display, except during a school play or by a school mascot, through surgical or superficial means of features that are non-human such as using tails, leashes, collars or other accessories designed for pets

Using fur, other than naturally occurring human hair or a wig made to look like human hair

Artificial, animal-like ears

Other physiological features that have not historically been assigned to the human race through a means of natural biological development

Students who bark, meow, hiss or make other animal noises that are not human speech

Licking oneself or others for the purpose of grooming or maintenance.

  • -☆-@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish
    20·
    2 days ago

    A grown ass man had to write this for the express purpose of stopping kids from playing at school.

    Stan Gerdes what the fuck is wrong with you dude? Who hurt you?

  • SternEnglish
    36·
    2 days ago

    I think we’re running into a phase where Republicans are proposing laws based on shared boomer facebook posts and the like rather then actual concrete issues.

  • Pandantic [they/them]@midwest.socialEnglish
    14·
    2 days ago

    That means these are illegal now too:

    girl wearing a bejeweled car ear headband.

    As well as goths/punks wearing collars. Both of these are things I did in high school, and I’m not a furry. This is so dumb.

      • regrubEnglish
        28·
        3 days ago

        And to make sure you don’t own more dildos than the legal limit

      • pivot_rootEnglish
        82·
        3 days ago

        They’re not small enough to fit in womens’ size pants, but they sure are trying to fit in women’s pants to personally check for the absence of male anatomy.

          • pivot_rootEnglish
            92·
            2 days ago

            Uh, what? That sentence is borderline unreadable.

            I’m being hyperbolic when I say that the Republican Party wants to personally check what’s in women’s pants, but the reality is that they’re disturbingly fucking focused on ensuring trans women can’t be in women’s bathrooms or women’s sports. Nobody with a modicum of decency would try to predicate bathroom usage based on the absence or presence of a penis, yet they’re constantly trying to present and push through legislation to do just that.

              • pivot_rootEnglish
                61·
                2 days ago

                Whatever the hell you’re smoking, it must be something good. I’m criticizing the Republican Party, not defending them.

                Or, if I’m misunderstanding and you’re actually calling me a Nazi for thinking trans people should not be subjected to gential inspection, then you’re in desperate need of a mirror.

  • NutWrench@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    2 days ago

    So does this mean no more Christmas plays about Jesus, where the kids dress up for the manger scene as donkeys and camels? Or will there be a “special exemption” for that?

  • theluckyone@discuss.onlineEnglish
    42·
    2 days ago

    The party of small government and personal freedoms.

    Obviously, they were talking about their personal freedom to dictate the freedom of everyone else.

    • comfy@lemmy.mlEnglish
      19·
      2 days ago

      FWIW, furries have have been ‘a thing’ since at least 1980. (just trivia: I know you’re talking about trends in your area)

  • kbal@fedia.io
    63·
    3 days ago

    If enacted, I’m guessing the main effect of this would be to make “meow” the new standard greeting among a large fraction of the student population in Texas high schools.

  • RonnyZittledongEnglish
    72·
    3 days ago

    It’s just one of several modern versions of satanic panic used to distract the dummies while they fleece them.

  • LimoneneEnglish
    60·
    3 days ago

    Using a litter box for the passing of stool, urine or other human byproducts

    They put that in the law because they want people to think it actually happens.

    It reminds me of the time that a proposed bill outlawed “critical race theory” in schools, which it defined (in part) as teaching that present-day white people must feel guilty about past slavery. But nobody had ever taught that.

  • BigMacHole@lemm.eeEnglish
    35·
    3 days ago

    I’m PROUD that they CUT my Child’s Lunch and Teacher’s salary so they could focus on THIS!