When I looked at this picture I heard circus music in my mind.
Posted on 05/11/2006 12:10:28 PM PDT by BurbankKarl
The California State Senate today passed SB 1437 (Kuel, D-Los Angeles), the most outrageous bill in the California legislature this year.
“This is just another example of how radical the State Senate has become,” said Karen England, Executive Director of Capitol Resource Institute.
“SB 1437 seeks to indoctrinate innocent children caught in the tug-of-war between traditional families and the outrageous homosexual agenda.”
SB 1437 requires textbooks to highlight the so- called positive contributions of homosexual and transgender individuals to society and would prevent textbooks, teaching materials, instruction, and “school- sponsored activities” from reflecting adversely upon persons based on their sexual orientation or actual or perceived gender.
“The State Senate is so far out of touch with California families that it is beyond alarming,” said England. “The traditional family is under attack and this is a latest—and most outrageous—attempt to corrupt the minds of our children.”
SB 1437 not only affects textbooks and instructional materials for kindergarten and grades 1-12, it also affects all school-sponsored activities.
The full effects of SB 1437 are broad and sweeping.
“Under SB 1437 school districts would also likely have to do away with dress codes and would have to accommodate transsexuals on girl-specific or boy- specific sports teams.”
“It is shameful that the same day parents are suing because many children are not prepared to pass a basic exit exam, the State Senate is preoccupied with promoting homosexual and transgender history in our schools,” stated England. “It is also shameful that the California Teacher’s Association is supporting this radical agenda when they should be focused on preparing our students in the fundamentals.”
CRI is committed to opposing legislation that uses our children as social-experiments and tramples upon long-standing traditional family values.
More on SB 1437
What Does “Gender” Mean?
CRI stated that SB 1437 will result in public schools being forced to accommodate transgender children on opposite-sex sports teams and that school textbooks would have to be revised to eliminate references to “mom and dad,” “husband,” “wife,” or other notions of a traditional family unit.
The reason these scenarios are real possibilities is because schools would be prohibited from casting any negative light on “actual or perceived” gender or sexual orientation.
Gender is defined, under California law, to include either the gender the pupil was born as or the gender the pupil perceives him/herself as (i.e., “actual or perceived gender”).
When SB 1437 prohibits discrimination based on gender, this doesn’t simply mean that girls and boys have to be given the same amount of homework. Because of the definition of gender, stated in the bill, public schools will have to accommodate transgender students and treat this behavior as normal and acceptable. Public schools will also have to encourage other students to do the same, regardless of their personal religious convictions or the convictions of their parents.
SB 1437 goes beyond dealing with “violence prevention” and “student safety.” It actively seeks to transform thoughts and attitudes of students to fully embrace transsexuality, homosexuality, and bisexuality.
What Will Happen if SB 1437 Becomes Law?
Just to give you an idea of how completely outrageous this bill really is, here is a quote from a proponent of SB 1437.
Aejaie Sellers, executive director of the Billy DeFrank LGBT Center in Santa Clara told the San Jose Mercury News that she thinks SB 1437 – requiring gay and lesbian history lessons for students – is fantastic idea.
"Gays throughout history should be recognized, Who knows that the author of 'America the Beautiful,' Katharine Lee Bates, was gay?"
What will happen in history class if SB 1437 becomes law? Our children will be told that many historical figures allegedly had sex with persons of the same sex and that this is okay, regardless of what your parents or religious beliefs tell you.
And, what if it’s not conclusively proven that a certain historical figure was a practicing homosexual – will this be inferred? Will our school children be told, based on scanty information, that U.S. President Abraham Lincoln was homosexual?
“Not only has U.S. history been watered down and disregarded in our public schools, but now the precious little classroom time that is actually devoted to U.S. history will be spent teaching children that this or that historical figure slept with someone of the same sex and that is okay,” said Karen England of Capitol Resource Institute.
“The author of SB 1437, Senator Kuhel, has declared that she wants ‘open discussions’ about homosexuality in the classroom,” said England. “It is time for parents and taxpayers across California to stand up and denounce the hijacking of our public schools by extreme political activists.”
“Our children deserve to be educated. The indoctrination needs to stop now!”
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Hey, is that Tootsie in the red jacket??? Lol.
gen·der
Pronunciation Key (jndr)
n.
1. Grammar.
1. A grammatical category used in the classification of nouns, pronouns, adjectives, and, in some languages, verbs that may be arbitrary or based on characteristics such as sex or animacy and that determines agreement with or selection of modifiers, referents, or grammatical forms.
2. One category of such a set.
3. The classification of a word or grammatical form in such a category.
4. The distinguishing form or forms used.
[smack forehead]
The word "gender" has been used incorrectly as a synonym for "sex" for way too long, but I'd like to see proof that it means what they say "under California law."
Not only that. It looks like it is now illegal to call someone a Mother F@#$er in California. It is still ok to call Bush a F@#$er though.
Then they should force the schools to teach about religion too since sexual preference is a MORAL issue! I sure hope Arnia uses his veto for this one.
There are some here who can't wait until the entire country is run by these homofascists.
That'll teach us all a lesson. /sarc
[All public schools must be immediately abolished.
Parents will then have to enroll and pay for the private education of their kids.]
Terrific idea. However, all state taxes should be lowered to account for the taxes not spent. I am told that the schools generally cost about 60% of a state's budget.
Godspeed, The Dilg
"Sen. Kuehl, before she turned lez"
Are you kidding. She was a Lez back then and one Ugly Mother F@#%er... On I forgot. No Gender specific discriptions allowed. I guess she is just plain ugly.
California is about as depressing as the Bay State!
Indeed. Yet some will tell us to hang in there and try to change government schools. It's too late to change government schools. It's time to leave... now.
Everybody should read John Taylor Gatto's book The Underground History of American Education.
As I see it, government schools will only get worse.
Included in the general term, sexual orientation.
Somebody will challenge government school sports before you know it.
Now there's an idea I really like. While I don't know the total percentage government schools cost the state, not having to pay taxes for government schools when we don't use them would be a nice change.
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