Posted on 08/28/2006 9:27:06 PM PDT by Heartofsong83
Schwarzenegger Squashes Religious Freedom
Thomasson: Arnold Schwarzenegger has two faces. He speaks at churches and says he believes in religious freedom and family values, yet hes stabbing pro-family Californians in the back.
Sacramento, California Campaign for Children and Families is shocked and dismayed that California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has signed SB 1441 (Kuehl). Todays disastrous action by Schwarzenegger means Christian and other faith-based colleges in California will be forced to promote transsexuality, bisexuality, and homosexuality if they accept students with Cal Grants.
People of conscience are appalled that Arnold Schwarzenegger has trampled religious freedom to satisfy hyperactive sexual activists, said Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families (CCF), a leading California-based pro-family organization. SB 1441 will force religious colleges to either abandon their Biblical standards on sexuality, or reject students with state financial aid. Schwarzenegger is doing what Gray Davis did trample religious freedom at the bidding of liberal activists from San Francisco and West Hollywood.
Arnold Schwarzenegger has two faces, said Thomasson. He speaks at churches and says he believes in religious freedom and family values, yet hes stabbing pro-family Californians in the back. People of faith are suffering under Arnold Schwarzenegger. Hes not the lesser of two evils, hes doing evil.
CCF had informed thousands of Californians about SB 1441, generating thousands of phone calls, faxes, and emails opposing this offensive bill. Last week, the Governor was faxed letters pleading for a veto by Christian colleges, including Westmont College (Santa Barbara), Shasta Bible College (Redding), The Kings College and Seminary (Van Nuys), Vanguard University (Costa Mesa), Life Pacific College (San Dimas), Trinity Law School (Santa Ana), William Jessup University (Rocklin), and Simpson University (Redding).
Supported only by Democrats in the California State Legislature, SB 1441 specifically requires any program or activity that receives any financial assistance from the state to support transsexuality, bisexuality, and homosexuality or lose state funding. SB 1441 contains no exemption for religious colleges and universities that accept students with Cal Grants, or child-care providers that accept CalWORKS vouchers.
CCFS FLOOR ALERT OPPOSING SB 1441
Campaign for Children and Families opposes SB 1441 (Kuehl), which would trample the religious freedom of faith-based colleges and universities, infringing on their values for sexual standards and appropriate role models for the children and students in their care. SB 1441 could easily harm the religious freedom of dozens of religious colleges and universities in California that accept financial aid for students. There is NO EXCEPTION for Protestant, Catholic, Jewish or other religious institutions.
1. Trampling Religious Standards
SB 1441 requires any program or activity that receives any financial assistance from the state to support and promote gender identity (transsexuality) and sexual orientation (bisexuality and transsexuality). By importing these controversial sexual lifestyle definitions from the Penal Code, this intolerant bill tramples the religious values of faith-based institutions:
- Penal Code, Section 422.56(c) "Gender" means sex, and includes a person's gender identity and gender related appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with the person's assigned sex at birth.
- Penal Code, Section 422.56(h) "Sexual orientation" means heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality.
If signed into law, SB 1441 would mean religious colleges (which accept students with state financial aid), childrens day care centers and after-school programs (many which receive state funding) could be forced to allow men to wear womens dresses and hire transsexual, bisexual or homosexual instructors. SB 1441 would destroy these institutions standards for role models and their dearly-held values to provide for the best interest of children in their care.
2. Forced Upon Religious Universities, Private Child Care Centers
The Senate Judiciary Committee noted how the effect of SB 1441 was wide-ranging and deep, affecting both religious universities that accept students with state financial assistance (through Cal Grants), and private child care facilities (through CalWorks child care vouchers):
Because Gov. Code Sec. 11135 covers not only the state but also state agencies and any program or activity at the local level that receives funding from the state, the impact of this bill is both wide-ranging and deep.
It will also affect contractors with the state (such as nonprofits), where the services provided locally are funded directly by the state or where the contractor receives any financial assistance from the state.
Some of the programs that would be affected by this bill are: Medi-Cal, State Disability Insurance, CalWORKS, food stamp programs, Unemployment Insurance, Workers' Compensation, financial aid programs administered by the University of California or the California State University, child support services programs and services for veterans, legal services programs, home loan assistance programs, licensing of businesses, government contracting and procurement activities, and voter registration. -- Analysis of SB 1441, Senate Judiciary Committee
The Assembly floor analysis reports that all kinds of financial aid programs would be affected by SB 1441:
Some of the programs that would be affected by this bill are: Medi-Cal, the California Work Opportunity and Responsibility to Kids, food stamp programs, unemployment and disability unemployment insurance, workers' compensation, financial aid programs, child support services programs, services for veterans, legal services programs, home loan assistance programs, licensing of businesses, government contracting and procurement activities, and voter registration. -- Analysis of SB 1441, Assembly Floor
OTHER SEXUAL INDOCTRINATION BILLS HEADING TO SCHWARZENEGGER
SB 1437 prohibits textbooks, instructional materials, and school-sponsored activities from "reflecting adversely" on transsexuality, bisexuality, or homosexuality, thus indirectly requiring positive portrayals of these sexual lifestyles in curriculum in all grades in all public schools. Consequently, schools would have to promote "same-sex marriages" and even sex-change procedures. SB 1437 is on the Senate floor.
AB 606 authorizes the California Superintendent of Public Instruction to arbitrarily withhold state funds from any district that does not adequately promote the State Department of Educations model policy promoting transsexuality, bisexuality, or homosexuality in its school policies. Clears the way for transsexual, bisexual, and homosexual curriculum to be forced on all public schools. AB 606 is on the Senate floor.
AB 1056 would spend $250,000 in taxpayer dollars to promote transsexual, bisexual, and homosexual lifestyles under the banner of "tolerance education." Redefines "tolerance" to allow schools to force attitudinal support of transsexuality, bisexuality, and homosexuality. AB 1056 is on the Senate floor.
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CAMPAIGN FOR CHILDREN AND FAMILIES (CCF) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit, nonpartisan educational organization representing children and families in California and America.
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Ditto.
Same here.
Amen, bro.
Does that answer your question, kinoxi? Or are you still in willful denial?
[Why not include beastiality. too? We do not want to leave out anyone.]
There is actually a whole political party in the Netherlands which is currently trying to get beastiality made legal.
Based on the "Guiliani for President" cr@p, I think the 'Pubbies have decided they don't need the conservative base.
We would have been officially absorbed into Mexican territory by now if that had happened.
So there are two bills, SB 1437 and SB 1441. Thanks for clarifying, do you have links to both bills? Also, what is the status of the impending bill? Thanks.
Right, carefully planned stage 1, but with some added twists for the future. In Europe, certain clergy have been charged with "hate crimes" because of their anti-homosexual moral teachings. I believe Canada is having a similar problem. Becoming a "protected class" and equating sexual orientation as on the same par with "civil rights" is part of the goal. If this continues and follows the logical course, it may result in it being "illegal" for religious institutions to teach that homosexuality and the rest is wrong.
There are a whole lot more than just two! I dug them all up and posted this thread a month or so ago:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1658786/posts
As to status, here's a snapshot:
AB 1441 was signed into law by the Governor yesterday.
A couple of others (AB 1207, AB 2800, AB 2386) passed both houses and are on their way to the Governor's desk for signature
AB 1437 is in the final stages in the legislature, along with a handful of others.
I expect all of them to pass. The only thing stopping from becoming law is a potential veto which doesn't look likely at this point. Arnold might veto one or two, but the GLBTers can definitely call this year another victory, IMO.
After going to the Governor for signature, we may not hear anything for a month--I think Arnold has 30 days to decide on bills hitting his desk in these final two weeks of the legislative session. SB 1441 had passed earlier and the deadline for action was this past Saturday.
By "Y'all," I mean all the Schwarzenegger voters shoulda voted for McClintock. If you added that to the McClintock voters, I believe that would have made a majority for McClintock. Then y'all wouldn't have to put up with this RINO crap.
Don't blame me, I voted for Tom McClintock.
Why didn't more of us!? ARGHHHHHHHHHH!!!
I'm so dismayed at my fellow Californians! Run, Tom Run! Give up the Lieutenant Governor Race and take on Arnold again!
Run Tom Run! PLEASE! We Need You!
Thanks for the info.
I agree with you that there should be a purge of the state party leadership
Don't forget about Rohrbacher, who voted NO on a resolution supporting Israel.
Nondiscrimination in State Programs and Activities Act (SB 1441)
Lead Author: Senator Sheila Kuehl
Sponsor: Equality CaliforniaThis legislation would prohibit discrimination based on actual or perceived sexual orientation and gender identity in state operated or funded services, activities and programs.
PURPOSE OF THE PROPOSED LAW
Under existing law, individuals applying for or participating in programs and activities operated, administered or funded by the state cannot be discriminated against on the basis of race, national origin, ethnic group identification, religion, age, sex, color or disability. SB 1441 would add sexual orientation and gender identity to the list of protected classifications for the purposes of this provision. The bill would also include protections for any person perceived to have, or associated with another person who has, any characteristic covered by the bill.
BACKGROUND
State and local governments provide many important services and programs. These include police and fire protection, recreational programs, social services and public schools. Under current law, a person can be turned away or denied services solely on the basis of his or her sexual orientation or gender identity. A person can also be discriminated against simply because he or she is perceived to have one of the covered characteristics or by virtue of his or her association with another person who is covered by existing law on the basis of race, national origin, ethnic group identification, religion, age, sex, color or disability.
California public policy is clear that individuals should be protected under the law against discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity. This policy is reflected in major statutes such as the Fair Employment and Housing Act (FEHA), which covers discrimination in employment and housing, and the Unruh Civil Rights Act, which covers discrimination in public accommodations.
WHAT THIS BILL WOULD DO
This bill would extend prohibitions against discrimination on the basis of sexual orientation and gender identity to include all services, programs and activities provided by state and local governments or any of their instrumentalities or agencies. All governmental activities of public entities would be covered, even when carried out by contractors.
Some examples of state and local government programs and services that would be covered under this legislation include:
- Medi-Cal
- State Disability Insurance
- CalWORKS
- Food stamp programs
- Unemployment insurance
- Workers compensation
- Financial aid programs administered by the University of California or the California State University
- Child support services
- Programs and services for veterans
- Legal service programs
- Home loan assistance programs
- Government contracting and procurement
- Business licensure
- Voter registration
In addition to adding sexual orientation and gender identity to the statute that governs nondiscrimination in state programs and activities, SB 1441 would protect individuals based on perceived characteristics or association with another person who is a member of a protected group. This change in the law would address various forms of governmental discrimination, for example:
- Denying voter registration to a person who is 18 years of age because he or she looks too young
- Refusing public healthcare benefits to a person based on the increased insurance costs that would be caused by the persons dependant child who is HIV positive
- Denying food stamps to a person who is perceived to be a noncitizen when in fact he or she would qualify for the program
- Discriminating against a person who wants to adopt a child because his or her spouse has a disability
LIST OF ORGANIZATIONS IN SUPPORT (AS OF 4/28/06)
Equality California (Sponsor)
American Civil Liberties Union
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees (AFSCME)
AIDS Project Los Angeles
Asian Americans for Civil Rights & Equality
Attorney General Bill Lockyer
California Association for Nonprofits
California School Employees Association
California Teachers Association
California Faculty Association
Gay and Lesbian Alliance of the Central Coast
Lambda Letters Project
Mexican American Legal Defense and Education Fund (MALDEF)
National Association of Social Workers
National Center for Lesbian Rights
San Francisco AIDS Foundation
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