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Adams, in Quick Reversal, Ousts an Education Hire Over Anti-Gay Writings
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nytimes.comLast month, when Mayor Eric Adams’s decision to hire three people with histories of homophobic views and statements was met with outrage from members of the L.G.B.T.Q.
community, he agreed to meet to hear their grievances. Some attendees described the meeting as productive, but Mr. Adams dug in on his appointments and refused to fire the three appointees, political allies whom he said deserved a second chance.
On Tuesday, the mayor found himself under renewed scrutiny, after it was disclosed that the Rev. Kathlyn Barrett-Layne, one of Mr.
Adams’s appointees to the Panel for Educational Policy, a board that advises the chancellor, had written a book that called homosexuality a sin.
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recent order issued by Gov. Greg Abbott directing state welfare agencies to investigate parents for suspected “child abuse” if they have reason to believe that a transgender minor has obtained gender-affirming health care, such as hormones or puberty blockers, to treat their gender dysphoria. Schaffer, who scoffed at the idea as hyperbolic, joked with guest Dave Landau, a comedian, during a recent episode of his show Slightly Offensive.Both men, who live in Texas, laughed at the rhetoric allegedly used by Schaffer’s off-air confidant and the characterization of Abbott and Republican lawmakers in Texas as “fascists.”Landau started the exchange, telling Schaffer, tongue-in-cheek, that he and other Texans have been instructed to kill transgender children by dragging them behind a moving truck.“How many trans kids did you kill today,” Schaffer asked.
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