Posted on 03/09/2006 5:10:14 AM PST by wagglebee
A traditional-values organization in California is warning the state's residents that a bill pending in the Legislature, if approved, could remove all references to gender in public schools – threatening even references to "mom" or "dad" in textbooks.
If the bill, SB 1437, were to become law, warns the Capitol Resource Institute, "it could potentially require gender-neutral bathrooms in our schools and all references to 'husband' and 'wife' or 'mom and dad' removed from school textbooks as the norm."
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Sponsored by Democratic Sen. Sheila Kuehl – a lesbian actress best known for playing Zelda in "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" in the '60s – the legislation would add "gender" (actual or perceived) and "sexual orientation" to the law that prohibits California public schools from having textbooks, teaching materials, instruction or "school-sponsored activities" that reflect adversely upon people based on characteristics like race, creed and handicap.
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States Capitol Resource Institute on its website: "The reason this is such an outrageous bill is because it is the most extreme effort thus far to transform our public schools into institutions that disregard all notions of the traditional family unit. SB 1437 seeks to eliminate all 'stereotypes' of the traditional family so that young children are brainwashed into believing that families with moms and dads are irrelevant.
"The social experiment pro-homosexual activists have envisioned for our young children is mind-boggling!"
The organization notes the bill also applies to school activities, which include cheerleadering, sports and events like the prom.
"Under SB 1437, school districts would likely be prohibited from having a 'prom king and queen' because that would show bias based on gender and sexual orientation," said CRI. The measure also could affect issues like gender-specific sports teams.
Earlier this week, about 500 homosexual students gathered at the State Capitol in Sacramento to celebrate "Queer Youth Advocacy Day."
According to the Sacramento Bee, demonstrators voiced support for Kuehl's bill and AB 606, authored by Democrat Assemblyman Lloyd Levine, which addresses harassment and discrimination in schools.
"I refuse to settle for anything less than respect and equality in education," 16-year-old Garrett Rubin stated at the event. "I shouldn't have to be working so hard to get an education like everybody else."
The Bee reported participants also spoke out against AB 2311, authored by GOP Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy, a bill that would prohibit the "promotion of homosexuality in public education."
The young protesters chanted: "Hey hey, ho ho, homophobia's got to go."
Traditional values group Campaign for Children and Families decried AB 606, which has passed the Assembly and likely will be approved in the state Senate.
"AB 606 would give inappropriate, draconian power to the California State Superintendent of Public Instruction to unilaterally withhold state funds from California school districts that don't promote transsexuality, bisexuality, and homosexuality according to his arbitrary 'standards,'" stated an e-mail from the group. "This horrible bill essentially mandates the trans-bi-homosexual agenda in curriculum, textbooks, presentations and more. And because two-thirds of a school districts' funds come from the state, AB 606 would interrupt and destroy the academic learning of millions of California schoolchildren if schools 'don't comply.'"
Campaign for Children and Families is urging Californians to urge Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to veto the bill should it reach his desk.
A traditional-values organization in California is warning the state's residents that a bill pending in the Legislature, if approved, could remove all references to gender in public schools – threatening even references to "mom" or "dad" in textbooks.
It makes what I went through in the late 60's and 70's, while attending school through the Los Angeles Unified School District, the "Leave it to Beaver" days.
Lesley Gore says she's gay.
http://www.afterellen.com/People/2005/6/lesleygore.html
I appreciate your gracious response. I've spent years studying English and Communication, and during that time the difference between sex and gender has become something that fascinates me. Gender is so much larger than sex.
The other thing that gets my attention is when people misspell Colombia (note that there's no "u" in that)....
:-)
There is definately a dirty joke somewhere in that line.
It's great that you have such an interest in the English language. I remember reading something by Stephen King where he explained how much he loved writing and using words in different ways, etc. When I read your response, I immediately recalled his words. Are you a writer, by chance?
LIke "Brave New World" - "mother" was a dirty word.
This must be what the Roman Empire was like in its final days.
"Schools are being used to destroy our society!"
With OUR tax dollars!
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1401-1450/sb_1437_bill_20060222_introduced.html
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 51500 of the Education Code is amended to read:
51500. No teacher shall give instruction nor shall a school district sponsor any activity which that
reflects adversely upon persons because of their race or ethnicity , sex, color, creed, handicap, national
origin, or ancestry gender, disability, nationality,
sexual orientation, or religion .
SEC. 2. Section 51501 of the Education Code is amended to read:
51501. No textbook , or other instructional
materials shall be adopted by the state board or by any governing board for use in the **public schools** which that contains any matter reflecting adversely upon persons because of their race or ethnicity , sex, color, creed, handicap, national origin, or ancestry gender, disability, nationality, sexual orientation, or religion .
SEC. 3. Section 60044 of the Education Code is amended to read:
60044. No instructional materials shall be adopted by any governing board for use in the schools which
that , in its determination, contains:
(a) Any matter reflecting adversely upon persons because of their race or ethnicity , color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap, gender,
disability, nationality, sexual orientation, religion, or
occupation.
** my emphasis on "public school"
So the lesbian wants all gender references changed to "parental unit"?
Sen. Sheila Kuehl looks like a mole that I got removed from my back.
Ping!
Bill pending in California
It would not surprise me if that were to happen.
Eventually CA will be part of Mexico, same wall though.
But I'll bet words like "transgendered" will be allowed to stay in. Welcome to the Twilight Zone.
They have already done this in the Netherlands where homosexual and lesbian marriage are legal.
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