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 he’s 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). Today’s 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 he’s stabbing pro-family Californians in the back. People of faith are suffering under Arnold Schwarzenegger. He’s not the lesser of two evils, he’s 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 King’s 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.
CCF’S 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), children’s day care centers and after-school programs (many which receive state funding) could be forced to allow men to wear women’s 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 Education’s “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.
Yes, I didn't mean that they weren't being effected as well. I was referring to my employment within public education - and thinking of maybe something else as a vocation rather than working in schools.
You have no idea what an ass you just made of yourself. The difference in the degree to which my property has been thinned compared to its surroundings can be seen from twenty thousand feet. It's already done, well beyond CDF regulations, which can preclude the necessary removals. It's taken fifteen years of brutal and dangerous work.
Given that there are parts of these mountains where a property owner can be fined $1500 for "adverse pruning," what makes you think they'll be allowed to thin their property before it burns? Don't be an idiot.
So, the answer then is not to take money from the state.
We're supposed to be conservatives here, people. Conservatives do not suckle on the public teat -- that's for liberals and statists.
How else could "sexual orientation" be proven in a court of law? LOL!
Including police or fire protection? Think before you post; the people who wrote this bill are far more insidious than you realize.
Why are you trying to go off on a tangent, anyway?
Not in the least. I know my enemy. You clearly don't, believing that your standards of "reasonableness" apply here. Just watch.
Government has a few (limited) responsibilities. Just because it provides police and fire protection does not mean it can justify meddling in every other aspect of life.
Like forcing my kids to mouth adulation for their sexual depravity? In a just world, government exercises responsiblities. In our world, it serves dominant interests.
Why are you trying to go off on a tangent, anyway?
I'm not. You just can't accept the massive scope of where this law goes.
Have as little to do with the government as is humanly possible. This is the conservative way.
...especially if you live in California.
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Churches, many of which are old and don't have fire sprinklers. You really don't have a clue.
Have as little to do with the government as is humanly possible. This is the conservative way.
Have a clue as to whom you are preaching. I wrote the book on that one.
Somewhere in the midst of all of this we should remember that it is NOT the State's money... it is the people's money. The State gets money by taxing us and taking OUR money.
California is being ruled by a small, extremely radical group of legislators whose primary purpose is to remake the rest of us into THEIR image.
First set up a welfare state. Once you have control over those in your "system" via your handouts of cash they need for education, healthcare, schooling, childcare etc.... attach strings to getting the money. These 'strings' are the RULES by which they can INDOCTRINATE you and your children to think, act and believe in what they believe is the correct world view.
The new church on the block is the State of California - either believe in their doctrine or leave (just make sure you leave your wallet on the table so they can continue to fund their programs).
You are exactly correct. No doubt they have a long range plan and are just
ticking off each accomplishment as they move us closer to their leftist ideal.
They are all in favor of "faith" based organizations, as long as "faith" is defined as "the State".
Self ping for immediate future reference!!!
Firefighters battling a church fire != taking money from the government for purposes of laws like these. If that were the case, then all human activities would eventually come under government oversight.
(No more Olmert! No more Kadima! No more Oslo! )
Well GOLL-LEE! You're finally waking up, a little.
Gee, it sounds like you want all activities to have government oversight.
CA and MA: Characters welcome, Character banned.
"Schools that refuse the dirty funds will be able to offer an educational product free from government-imposed gobbledy-gook, and, thus, head and shoulders above what their former peers can offer."
It's hard for education bureaucrats to resist money. They can hear the sound of a wallet opening a hundred yards away.
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