I would just like to say that if everybody in the United States, every parent, every person in the United States could see this literature, I think he would find that 98 percent of the people would come into the category that the gentleman mentioned of being bigoted and ignorant. Frankly, I resent a little bit, the gentleman complained about his State of New York, I resent a little bit the gentleman calling the people in my district bigoted and ignorant, because they do not want this in their schools.
Melton Hancock: “I would just like to say that if everybody in the United States, every parent, every person in the United States could…”
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Addressing concerns about educational content and accusations of bigotry.
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