New Orleans’ CBS affiliate reports:

Gov. John Bel Edwards condemned recent legislation targeting the LGBTQ+ community in Louisiana, saying he would veto those bills. At a press conference on Thursday, Gov. Edwards compared the recent measures to historical opposition to the Civil Rights Movement.

“On those issues, the judgement of history … will be very clear. It will be as clear as the judgement of history has been on those who didn’t want civil rights in the ’50s.” Edwards said. “I’m not going to wait until then to say it’s wrong. My judgement today is those bills are wrong.”

HB 466, known by its opponents as the “Don’t Say Gay,” bill was among them. The bill includes restrictions on any talk of sexual orientation, gender identity or “pronouns,” with any student in kindergarten through 12th grade.

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Other bills would have banned gender-affirming healthcare for trans youth and banned teachers from addressing students with their preferred pronouns. As I’ve previously reported, the author of the K-12 “Don’t Say Gay” bill says she was spurred to action by her pastor, who told her, “we have to do this.”