Texas House Bill number 4814—better known as the Forbidding Unlawful Representation of Roleplaying in Education (or F.U.R.R.I.E.S.)1 Act—was proposed by Stan Gerdes, and would attempt to suppress the expression of furries in schools. It does this by editing the Texas education code to:
"prohibit any non-human behavior by a student, including presenting himself or herself, on days other than exempt days, as anything other than a human being"
It defines exempt days as things as any days within a week of halloween, and no more than 5 other (school designated) days per year.2 Something else it does is expand the definition of abuse to inculde "in an education setting, allowing or encouraging the child to develop a dependence on or a belief that non-human behaviors are societally acceptable".
Some specific examples of furry expression it prohibits include:
- Making