Texas GOP Rep Sponsoring “FURRIES Act” Admits That There’s No Evidence Of Litter Boxes In Public Schools

The Houston Chronicle reports:

A lawmaker pushing to ban non-human behavior in schools says he based his bill on a conversation with a school administrator, who has since denied so-called furries are a problem in her district.

During an at-times tense hearing Tuesday night, Republican state Rep. Stan Gerdes said he filed the bill after hearing “reports of the presence of a furry” in a Smithville school. He said he called the district superintendent in November, who told him “this is happening in districts across the state” and schools don’t have the ability to stop it.

Under questioning from a Democrat on the panel, who cast the bill as part of a “smear campaign” against public schools, Gerdes could not point to a single example of a school providing litter boxes to students. Gerdes, a two-term legislator and past aide to former Gov. Rick Perry, said his office has received “some reports of them.” “Did I go to these school districts and visit and see it with my own eyes? No,” Gerdes said.

Read the full article. Watch the exchange between Gerdes and fantastic Democratic state Rep. James Talarico.

Greg Abbott is pushing the “FURRIES Act” claiming schools are giving litter boxes to students who act like cats.

But when I asked the bill author, he couldn’t name one school providing litter boxes to kids.

This is all part of Abbott’s smear campaign against our public schools.

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— James Talarico (@jamestalarico.bsky.social) April 30, 2025 at 10:09 PM