Republicans in the Georgia Statehouse say they are tired of spending state dollars on close studies of oral sex and male prostitution.
More specifically, the lawmakers are objecting to university faculty members who have research expertise in those and other areas deemed unnecessary, reports the Associated Press.
Facing a $2.2-billion budget shortfall, the lawmakers say they are working with conservative Christian organizations to pressure the state’s Board of Regents to fire instructors like a University of Georgia professor who teaches a graduate course on queer theory.
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