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.
That woman lools like a DUDE!
I don't buy that "impossible" business. If you are in such desperate straits that you can't pull together the tuition money, talk to your local religious schools, and see what scholarships are available for the indigent.
Im sorry. Did gays just appear? I thought most had a mom and a dad. From what I've heard, that is one of the biggest obstacles of 'coming out': Telling mom and dad...
AGREED!!! I was born, raised and have lived in the Los Angeles area all of my almost 65 years! If this happens here, I am out of here!! Can someone tell me the most conservative state in the US?
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More on the CA textbook "gay"wash.
If you take the King's coin, you must live by the King's rules.
I worry that the various restrictions and requirements (...for the chilllllrun...) that would go along with voucher money would destroy private schools as thoroughly as they have destroyed public schools.
What else could it be?
It has to be one that has not been inundated with refugees from California.
Unfortunately, it seems like the first things Californians do after fleeing the Golden State is to petition the local government to set up new mini-Californias where-ever they land.
Oh my.
Homeschool Ping!
"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.
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That one phrase in bold speaks volumes.
Thanks for the ping.
Assinine is a word that comes to mind.
Have you seen this
http://www.glaad.org/media/guide/index.php
Once the money is in the hands of the government, it is the government's money. The government will not release it without whatever restrictions and requirements the government chooses to put on that release.
When it comes to vouchers, you can bet dollars to donuts the activist class is just waiting to require private and religious schools to include all the social engineering garbage that has been a staple in public schools for the last twenty years.
Well, there's a lie from the pit....
You got that right.
We the voters has set back and let these butt holes ruin our state.
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