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.
You are quite right. This stuff isn't happening by accident. I think a lot of this stuff was started in the 50s by the KGB, and has taken on a life of its own long after the demise of the USSR.
Looks like our journey to the dark side is almost complete.....
I wonder if/when a bill requiring students to learn about the ill effects that homosexuality has made to society will be passed.
LOL You almost have to be an illegal alien, a gang member, a Hollywood nutcase wacko with no brains, or a politician to live in CA anymore. It's no wonder that normal people are leaving the state in droves.
Pretty soon there may be no reason to fear the Reconquista to take CA as it'll have become defunct.
as in nothing.
How much of the BS will be homo-activists claiming the dead or mistranslating history or text.
It is all about promoting hedonism at the expense of children.
The problem goes wider than California. Textbook companies publish what the California and Texas education systems demand. All other school districts have to buy what is available.
The "gender neutral" language for little children's readers has been in the works for some time. Activists want to designate gender specific words to be non-PC, and from there it will be just a short jump to "offensive."
I was born and raised there before fleeing to the midwest. We should launch a military expedition to recapture CA from the creeps.
Oh. My. God.
accurately" portraying "the sexual diversity of a mere 5% of our society,"
There, now it's fixed.
Exactly! There are still some decent public schools in conservative precincts, but it's only a matter of time until the corruption that begins in liberal bastions seeps into every public school.
Pull your kids out! I know it's an economic sacrifice, and for some it's unfortunately impossible, but everyone who can should invest in private schooling or homeschooling. Nothing's more important than your children, and the public schools are either dead already or on a track leading to their demise.
I think this is perfect for Rush to addresss.
Just imagine "Democrats seek to outlaw 'mom' across the fruited plain..."
It is going to be rich.
Seriously the soundbite alone is poison to democrats.
When Mexicans turn out to vote they elect Democrats.
so wha' hoppens to heather and her "two daddies"?
GOD creatd male & female as the biological norm & thus ironically even the lie of evolution with its natural selection, that leads souls astray, convicts homosexuality of its biological aberration....
you'd think at best, Godless political ideology should attack homosexuality as homo sapiens self destruct mechanism. yet china steeped in darwinism seeks to limit its population growth. the world system is upside down.
Come quickly Lord Jesus.
Not yet. There are still a few taboos to be overthrown.
Hate to say it...but I agree.
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