A new bill introduced by a Texas lawmaker seeks to ban furries and “non-human behavior” in public schools.
Texas State Representative Stan Gerdes introduced the bill in the House on March 13, which bans “non-human behavior” in public schools such as barking, meowing, and other animal-like practices that are commonly used by furries.
The bill is called the FURRIES Act, which is also known as The Forbidden Unlawful Representation of Roleplaying in Education. Under the proposal, students would be banned from using a litter box, licking themselves, making animal noises, or otherwise pretending to be an animal.
“No distractions. No theatrics. Just education,” Gerdes said in a post on X. “Texas schools are for educating kids, not indulging in radical trends. Let’s keep the focus where it belongs—on preparing students for success in life.”
This isn’t the first Texas bill to go viral
Gerdes’ bill has yet to be voted on in the House, but it comes just days after another law was passed by Texas Senators to potentially ban popular Anime and video games from the state.
Senate Bill 20 was passed by Texas senators in early March that, if signed into actual law by the governor, will criminalize the possession of any material depicting a minor in “obscene” ways.
It’s intended to be rolled out as an amendment to Chapter 43 of Texas’ penal code, which reads:
“A person commits an offense if the person knowingly possesses, accesses with intent to view, or promotes obscene visual material containing a depiction that appears to be of a child younger than 18 years of age engaging in activities described by Section 43.21(a)(1)(B), regardless of whether the depiction is an image of an actual child, a cartoon or animation, or an image created using an artificial intelligence application or other computer software.”
Being that many stories in anime and video games depict a child under the age of 18, this law could see various popular projects becoming banned in the Lone Star state.
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