On his show on HLN, Dr. Drew Pinsky hosted a discussion yesterday about proposed changes to Anoka-Hennepin School District’s policies prohibiting teachers from discussing LGBT issues, highlighting the eight suicides the district has had in recent years. Focus on the Family’s Candi Cushman tried to defend the school’s “don’t say gay” policies, arguing that schools should be a “refuge from the oversexualization of children.” Education contributor Steve Perry countered that “these are individuals who don’t want to have a conversation in the public schools about gay people” and it’s important to “have honest conversations about the fact that homosexuals are very much a part of our community and very much a part of our every day.” Watch it:
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