CINCINNATI (WKRC) - The steps of the Hamilton County Courthouse played host to yet another protest Tuesday evening. This one took aim at two Ohio bills placing restrictions on the school curriculum.

House Bill 327 would ban so-called "divisive concepts" like critical race theory. House Bill 616, introduced by state Rep. Jean Schmidt in April, would ban sexual orientation and gender identity from the school curriculum for some grade levels.

"It does nothing more than imply that sexual orientation and gender identity is an obscene, dangerous idea," said Zurie Pope with the University of Cincinnati's chapter of the Young Democratic Socialists of America, which organized Tuesday's protest.

In an exclusive interview with Local 12 in April, Schmidt defended her bill by pointing out it would only apply to kindergarten through third grade.

"Those concepts need to be done at an age-appropriate level if you're going to create a curriculum around it," said Schmidt.

Local 12 asked Pope at what age it would be appropriate to teach such topics.

"I don't think that there is an inappropriate age to start learning about it. People should learn about it as soon as possible," Pope replied.

"But we can be taught about people invading other countries? People stealing and robbing from other people?" said a protester who gave a name only as Bones.

"If we erased racial history from the curriculum or critical race theory or intersectionality, that erases most of American history," said a speaker at the rally, addressing HB 327.

Both bills have been referred to committee.