Posted on 05/04/2006 5:04:33 AM PDT by A. Pole
A bill requiring students to learn about the contributions homosexuals have made to society and that would remove sex-specific terms such as "mom" and "dad" from textbooks has passed another hurdle on the way to becoming the law of the land in California.
Having already been approved by the state's Senate Judiciary Committee, SB 1437, which would mandate grades 1-12 buy books "accurately" portraying "the sexual diversity of our society," got the nod yesterday of the Senate Education Committee.
The bill also requires students hear history lessons on "the contributions of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender to the economic, political, and social development of California and the United States of America."
"This bill is the most extreme effort thus far to transform our public schools into institutions of indoctrination that disregard all notions of the traditional family unit," said Karen England, executive director of Capitol Resource Institute. "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."
SB 1437 not only affects textbooks and instructional materials for kindergarten and grades 1-12, it also affects all school-sponsored activities.
"School-sponsored activities include everything from cheerleading and sports activities to the prom," said England. "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."
England also says the bill would likely do away with dress codes and would force the accommodation of transsexuals on girl-specific or boy-specific sports teams.
England says the measure amounts to unneeded social experimentation.
"SB 1437 disregards the religious and moral convictions of parents and students and will result in reverse discrimination," she said.
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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 1960s – 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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"We've been working since 1995 to try to improve the climate in schools for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender kids, as well as those kids who are just thought to be gay, because there is an enormous amount of harassment and discrimination at stake," Kuehl explained. "Teaching materials mostly contain negative or adverse views of us, and that's when they mention us at all."
"In textbooks, it's as if there's no gay people in California at all, so forget about it," she added.
Diversity bump
From "mom" and "dad" to "sperm recipient" and "sperm donor".
Advanced studies for California's future hamburger flippers.
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If this bill is actually passed, it's time for a mass exodus from CA. It's on the threshold of societal collapse.
"Sponsored by Democratic Sen. Sheila Kuehl – a lesbian actress best known for playing Zelda in "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" in the 1960s"
Why would we as Americans have a right to expect any better qualifications than this in our lawmakers?
Arnold needs to veto this bill. Of course, that'll probably never happen.
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Reason #1,246 too keep your kids out of public school.
There is always an alternative. If parents don't like what is going on in public schools, their only alternative is to remove their children. The public schools cannot be reformed. It is simply not possible. It is a one-way ratchet to ever increasing levels of depravity.
The public schools are going to get your money, no matter what. Make sure they don't get your precious children as well.
Is this a joke? I have never considered home schooling before but I am seriously considering it. I just heard that 6 public schools in Dallas, starting next year, will have mandatory spanish for all students entering Kindergarten. Not english, SPANISH. This is a test only, but geez louise. This is only the beginning.
The land of fruits and nuts.
Let the Mexicans have it back.........
Whatever happened to the days of "Gatekeeper" and "Key Master"?
(Or however that reference to Ghost Busters actually goes.)
"So what do they intend to call them, male parent and female parent?"
From what I've heard is parent 1 and parent 2. They are trying to abolish the notion that it takes a man and a woman to make a baby.
If this becomes law, will this also be required of private schools and home schoolers?
Are you sure? Check your premises.........
Man this is too much. First you have Broke Back Mountain being promoted as one of the best movies of the year,then we find out that one of major characters in the Sopranos is a closet queen, and now this. Where is my gun so I can go shoot myself.
Not just California, but pretty much all over these days.
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