Learning Curve: Perhaps Stacey Campfield Needs a Teacher of His Own

Anti-gay Tenn. lawmaker behind ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill defeated in reelection bid.  (LGBTQ Nation, 8/8/2014)

In addition.   He repeatedly sought to ban teachers from mentioning or discussing gay issues in public schools through his failed “Don’t Say Gay” legislation. In 2012 he drew fire after telling a satellite radio host that HIV and AIDS originated from a gay airline pilot having sex with a monkey and that it was nearly “impossible” for AIDS to be contracted through heterosexual sex.

Apparently, Campfield has been something of a laughing stock for most of his political career.

What the Heck is Wrong With Stacey Campfield? (Metro Pulse, 9/29/2010)

Tennessee won't have Stacey Campfield to kick around anymore.  And yet, it is hard to escape the contradictions underlying his geniality. He is a family-values conservative who has never married, a fathers' rights advocate with no children, a professed preservationist who has been cited by the city for property neglect and sued by his tenants (though he is quick to point out that he has also won a suit of his own against a tenant), an advocate for education who litters his blog with spelling and grammatical errors, and a legislator who rarely manages to get his own legislation out of committee.