Alabama GOP passes extreme "gag order" to ban diversity discussions in universities

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Alabama Republicans have passed a bill that would limit instruction on so-called "divisive concepts" at state universities while also banning diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) programs and barring transgender students from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity.
38% : Describing the bill as even more restrictive than Florida's Stop WOKE Act, PEN America said it would lead to "a campus environment devoid of intellectual freedom.
32% : "The bill prohibits state agencies, local boards of education, and public institutions of higher learning from sponsoring DEI programs, maintaining DEI departments, and requiring students, employees, and contractors to participate in DEI training.
30% : Late last month, PEN America described Alabama's S.B. 129 as "the most pernicious educational gag order impacting higher education since Florida's Stop WOKE Act.

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