Ah yes the party of minimum government except when it comes to:
- free information
- reproductive rights
- religion
- gay people
If watching gay content is going to make me gay, then would airing heteronormative content not have made everyone in the state hetero already? These sorts of laws make absolutely no sense and only seek to worsen issues with poor sex education by entrusting parents in the poorest states with a task they are likely not ready to undertake.
From my experience in India, if schools don’t do sex education, no one will. Expect these consequences:
- narrative that being gay/trans is unnatural
- rumors of masturbation making you blind/it being witchcraft
- less awareness about consent/contraception
- less awareness about basic human anatomy
When a government seeks to restrict the spread of information, there’s always an ulterior motive.