# NEW Stupid Republican Idea of the Day (Part 3) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [July 4, 2023, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588 "2023-07-04T21:42:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 101
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2001 "2023-11-08T16:39:37Z")
Sherman High School is a public school. It’s seems like this should be challenged under _Bostock_? Has _anything_ been challenged yet to determine the scope of _Bostock_? There was a lot of press about what could happen after the ruling, but I don’t recall seeing much since. This makes it seem cut and dried: > Based on identical language protecting student rights, courts and the Department of Education agree that federal law prohibits schools that receive federal funding from discriminating against students on the basis of their sexual orientation or gender identity. > > Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity. > Schools may not treat students differently based on their sexual orientation. They may not treat transgender students differently from how they treat other students with the same gender identity. Not only is it unlawful to discriminate based on LGBTQ status, it is also unlawful to discriminate based on a perceived sexual orientation or gender identity. > **[27418-bostock-and-student-rights-doc2\_final.pdf](https://www.nea.org/sites/default/files/2023-04/27418-bostock-and-student-rights-doc2_final.pdf)** > > 250.42 KB ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2002 "2023-11-08T16:42:23Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > > [@Buck\_Godot](#): > > > > I would actually agree that Oklahoma may not be the best choice for a high school production, but that is because the hero tries to goad the local outcast into committing suicide. Probably not the best message for teens. Canceling it based on cross dressing on the other hand is just stupid. > > And then the hero’s girlfriend accepts a date with the outcast in an attempt to make the hero jealous, _the outcast attempts to sexually assault the girlfriend, the hero kills him - then he marries his girlfriend_ and they all live happily ever after, except for the dead guy. > > What cracked me up is the article says the production was postponed until January because of sexual content and profanity………I don’t really understand why such things would be verboten in December and acceptable in January, though. > > I suspect they are rewriting the story, and I suspect that their main objection is to the B story of the slutty farm girl who’s sleeping with two guys. They are probably rewriting it so Ado Annie sings about the virtues of always saying no and Will Parker sings about the beautiful churches in Kansas City. > > **I’ve seen this show 48 times** - my first job post-college was as lighting director for a dinner theatre venue that specialized in 6 week runs, 8 shows a week, of the classic musical comedies. It was a great job for me because I love these old musicals ……it never got old. Then I’m surprised that you don’t remember that the hero is already married to the girlfriend (and TRYING to have a wedding night) before he kills the outcast (and he killed the outcast because the outcast tried to immolate him and his bride). But you’re probably right; Ado Annie will be lamenting being The Girl Who Cain’t Say Yes. ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2003 "2023-11-08T17:10:30Z")
“Supposin’ that he says that you’re sweeter’n cream an’ he’s gotta have cream or die? Whatcha gonna say when he talks that way? ‘Zip up your fly!’” ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2004 "2023-11-08T20:09:38Z")
> [@kaylasdad99](#): > > I was in a production in college, and the director made Mortimer bowdlerize the line to “I’m illegit!” They bowdlerized the movie, too (unless the TV execs did). I’ve seen the movie multiple times, and I just remember Cary Grant saying “I’m a son of a sea cook.” No bastard. Not even any illegit. ---
**Author:** ![Jumpbass](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jumpbass/32/147_2.png) [@Jumpbass](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jumpbass)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 10:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2005 "2023-11-08T22:39:14Z")
Last spring I played in TWO seperate high school productions of Oklahoma three weeks apart. One being a Catholic school. Of course, I’m in California. I REALLY don’t care for that show now. It’s also three hours long. The things I do for money… ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 11:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2006 "2023-11-08T23:28:15Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > They bowdlerized the movie, too (unless the TV execs did). Nope. That was all on Warner Bros. I saw the movie after I saw our high school play which, like **Jack\_Batty** ’s college production, had bowlderized it to ‘illegitimate’ and was amused how the Hays office didn’t even like that. ---
**Author:** ![Love\_Rhombus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/love_rhombus/32/10694_2.png) [@Love\_Rhombus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Love_Rhombus)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 11:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2007 "2023-11-08T23:57:37Z")
This one’s only semi-dumb, as in she may not have wanted to be directly connected to Republicans, but why go into politics with that name? > **[Antonin Scalia's Daughter Loses School Board Race to Mother of LGBTQ+ Child](https://www.advocate.com/politics/scalia-daughter-loses-school-board)** > > Meg Bryce, the late conservative justice's daughter, said she was being discriminated against because of her family's name. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [November 8, 2023, 11:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2008 "2023-11-08T23:59:38Z")
Heck, when the Catholic school I work at put on Godspell this past spring, the casting call explicitly stated that all roles were open to any gender. And yes, we did end up with a female Jesus and Judas, and no, it wasn’t a problem for anyone. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 12:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2009 "2023-11-09T00:47:22Z")
She goes by Meg Bryce. I don’t know if she played up the Scalia name, but the opposition sure did. The most stupid republican idea of her candidacy? She was running for a seat on the Albemarle County School board and all four of her children attend private schools. ---
**Author:** ![Riemann](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/riemann/32/3133_2.png) [@Riemann](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Riemann)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 12:59am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2010 "2023-11-09T00:59:17Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Heck, when the Catholic school I work at put on Godspell this past spring, the casting call explicitly stated that all roles were open to any gender. And yes, we did end up with a female Jesus and Judas, and no, it wasn’t a problem for anyone. I’d definitely watch a _Mean Girls_ remake as a mashup with classic Bible stories (Lindsay Lohan as Jesus). (I mean, I’m saying I would watch it on its own merits _as well as_ the fact that I’d obviously watch it to upset the scumbags it would upset.) ---
**Author:** ![ekedolphin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ekedolphin/32/10003_2.png) [@ekedolphin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ekedolphin)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2011 "2023-11-09T02:23:11Z")
A hundred Republican congressmen voted to defund the office of Vice President Kamala Harris because “she sucks at protecting our border”. > **[These 106 House Republicans voted to defund Vice President Kamala Harris's...](https://www.businessinsider.com/which-house-republicans-vote-defund-kamala-harris-office-2023-11)** > > The amendment from Rep. Mike Collins of Georgia failed due to the opposition of most Republicans. ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 2:50am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2012 "2023-11-09T02:50:36Z")
I agree with Nikki Haley on this issue: > ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2013 "2023-11-09T02:53:23Z")
I don’t think people who have or had the name scalia are a protected class. At least not yet. ---
**Author:** ![Railer13](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/railer13/32/9742_2.png) [@Railer13](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Railer13)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 2:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2014 "2023-11-09T02:53:53Z")
> [@ekedolphin](#): > > A hundred Republican congressmen voted to defund the office of Vice President Kamala Harris because “she sucks at protecting our border”. Of course, my rep is one of these 106. I just shot him an email telling him to quit doing stupid shit and maybe start to actually, you know, govern. I know it won’t do any good, but it made me feel a little bit better. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 2:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2015 "2023-11-09T02:57:39Z")
Yes, it’s not like we are allies with people in two foreign wars, our government is close to shutting down, or you know stuff a lot more important than the VP’s budget. These people should all be turfed out of congress they do not care what is going on in the country/world. All they care about it getting attention however they can get it. ---
**Author:** ![Smapti](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smapti/32/17938_2.png) [@Smapti](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Smapti)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 4:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2016 "2023-11-09T04:28:12Z")
> [@Sean Hannity](#): > > Democrats are trying to scare women into thinking Republicans don’t want abortion legal under any circumstances. ![](https://media.tenor.com/V1nzNc4rZE8AAAAC/you-dont-say-nic-cage.gif) > **[Well, Sean Hannity Sure Did Have an Abortion Takeaway From the Election](https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2023/11/fox-news-election-results-sean-hannity-abortion.html)** > > Even for him, this was something else. ---
**Author:** ![Sylvanz](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/fbc32d/32.png) [@Sylvanz](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sylvanz)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 4:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2017 "2023-11-09T04:56:40Z")
We silly women, so easily fooled by the evil Democrats. It can’t possibly be that we actually have well formed opinions about healthcare and privacy. anti-choice/republican thought bubble: ‘Really they’re just women. What could they possibly understand about even this simple issue?’ Ugh! hannity and company ought to have the balls to just say what they mean. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 9:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2018 "2023-11-09T09:18:09Z")
> [@Love\_Rhombus](#): > > Meg Bryce, the late conservative justice’s daughter, said she was being discriminated against because of her family’s name. (quoting the article) Yes, it’s terrible for being discriminated against for something you were born with. ---
**Author:** ![Stratocaster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/stratocaster/32/16393_2.png) [@Stratocaster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stratocaster)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 12:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2019 "2023-11-09T12:12:10Z")
> [@Smapti](#): > > I don’t recall any of my fellow students being confused or catching gay from seeing it. It can take years. Better to be careful. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [November 9, 2023, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/new-stupid-republican-idea-of-the-day-part-3/986588/2020 "2023-11-09T12:38:06Z")
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