New Texas bill aims to ban litter boxes, meowing, hissing in schools

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

63% : "The attention this freakish lie has received on social media illustrates the pernicious influence of disinformation and that anti-LGBTQ+ politicians will do and say anything to animate the most extreme fringe- no matter the consequence.
60% : At a school in Michigan, advocates spoke out about how these false claims equate things like gender identity and 'furries' that have nothing to do with each other.
51% : A new bill introduced in the Texas House of Representatives Thursday by state Rep. Stan Gerdes (R-Smithville) -- which would be known as the FURRIES Act -- seeks to ban "non-human behavior" in schools, including meowing or hissing, wearing leashes or collars, and the use of litter boxes.
50% : What the bill would do The bill aims to prohibit students from engaging in non-human behavior or presenting themselves as anything other than a human being on most days of the year.
35% : The named school districts confirmed to NBC News at the time or in public statements that the hoax was untrue.

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