If you're wondering how a guy like

Like Ernest T. Bass, Esq. gets tenure, it helps to recall just what a cesspool of intolerance Tennessee can be.

The bill, SB 234, still bars Tennessee teachers from discussing any facet of “non-heterosexual” sexuality with children in grades K-8. But the newest iteration also includes a provision requiring teachers or counselors to inform the parents of some students who identify themselves as LGBT.

As John Cole says, it's probably easier than making kids wear pink triangles on their shirts?