These incidents may include using bigoted insults, taunts, or slurs circulating demeaning jokes or leaflets. These bills insure that the terms gender and sexual orientation are included in these courses and training. Their new regulations are an attempt to force school districts to adopt these new definitions. However, claiming that the Board exceeded its authority, its action has been legally challenged. If the challenge fails, these definitions will be applied whenever either of these terms appears in any laws relating to schools.
Sex means the biological condition or quality of being a female or male human being.
The passage of these bills raises questions about a possible conflict between freedom of speech, freedom of religion and the homosexual agenda as outlined by these laws There is concern that these bills may unduly impact Christian students who express their religious beliefs about homosexuality. This fear may not be as far-fetched as some might believe. The play, Corpus Christi, portrays Jesus as a homosexual who has sex with his disciples, and was crucified for being king of the queers. According to Vitagliano, Marcavage was promised a forum in which to counter the message of the play. However, he was subsequently denied the promised forum and under orders from university security officials was handcuffed and forcibly admitted to the Emergency Crisis Center at Temple University Hospital.