The state of Utah is defending its ban on discussing homosexuality in schools by declaring there’s nothing anti-gay about the restriction.

In a lawsuit brought about by Equality Utah, attorneys for the state are arguing that the case against the school board should be dismissed because the state laws and school rules don’t contain the words “anti-gay laws.”

Activists are fighting the rules, which state that teachers are prohibited from positively discussing or presenting basic facts about homosexuality, saying they violate rights to free speech and equal protection and explicitly stigmatize queer students.

In one example of the effects of the homophobic law, a high school in central Utah was unable to buy psychology textbooks for its classes because they were couldn’t find any that didn’t discuss homosexuality.

The law is actually part of a larger sexual education bill that also prohibits talk about contraceptives and sex outside of marriage, both of which could now be affected by the the court case.

h/t: LGBTQNation