GOP lawmaker blasted by fellow Republican over proposed Missouri ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law

A Missouri lawmaker unloaded on a fellow GOP colleague behind a bill modeled after Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” law. State Rep. Ann Kelley sponsored House Bill 634, which would ban sexual “classroom instruction by school personnel or third parties relating to sexual orientation or gender identity shall occur.” But under questioning from GOP colleague Phil Christofanelli, Kelley didn’t appear to understand the implications of her own bill. Christofanelli, a conservative Republican who is openly gay, asked if under the law, Martha Washington could be identified as the nation’s first president’s wif…

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