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Assembly passes bill to require contributions of gays in textbooks
latimes.com ^
| July 6, 2011
| Patrick McGreevy
Posted on 07/05/2011 7:19:47 PM PDT by Free ThinkerNY
Reporting from Sacramento — Textbooks and history classes in California schools would be required to include the contributions of gays, lesbians and transgender Americans under a proposal given final legislative approval in the Assembly on Tuesday and sent to Gov. Jerry Brown.
The measure sparked a spirited debate, including personal pleas from two openly gay lawmakers — Assembly Speaker John A. Pérez (D-Los Angeles) and Assemblyman Tom Ammiano (D-San Francisco). They said the bill would reduce the bullying of gay students and correct an oversight by history books.
"I don't want to be invisible in a textbook," Ammiano told his colleagues.
Assemblyman Tim Donnelly of San Bernardino was one of several Republicans who spoke against the measure, which he argued was promoting a "homosexual agenda" that many of his constituents do not support.
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TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: arth; homeschool; homosexualagenda; johnperez; schools; textbooks; timdonnelly; tomammiano
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To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:22:02 PM PDT
by
Blado
(Audemus jura nostra defendere)
To: metmom; wintertime
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:22:12 PM PDT
by
Clintonfatigued
(Illegal aliens collect welfare checks that Americans won't collect)
To: Free ThinkerNY
I’m sure that AIDs will be mentioned as a major contribution.
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:22:12 PM PDT
by
doc1019
(You do not need a parachute to skydive. You only need a parachute to skydive twice.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
Great moments in Fistory
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:23:43 PM PDT
by
tophat9000
(Global Warming, undeniable truth; Obama, infallible genius; Apple perfect, invented everything)
To: Free ThinkerNY; Chode
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07/05/2011 7:24:25 PM PDT
by
Morgana
(I never said a thing.....................)
To: Free ThinkerNY
What contributions ?
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:24:34 PM PDT
by
fieldmarshaldj
(~"This is what happens when you find a stranger in the Amber Lamps !"~~)
To: Free ThinkerNY
LOL!
California.
How about the AIDS epidemic? Does that count as a gay contribution to society?
LMAO!
To: doc1019
Sure. And gays will feature prominently in the Fashion, Interior Design and Hairdressing chapter.
To: Free ThinkerNY
Armageddon!!!
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:26:47 PM PDT
by
Happy Rain
("Sans Sarah-Bachmann's The One.")
To: Free ThinkerNY
Gays: “Look at me! Look at me! Look at me!”
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:28:29 PM PDT
by
Allegra
(Hey! Stop looking at my tagline like that.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
SO thankful God gave me the wisdom to join the AF, leave CA, and never move back.
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07/05/2011 7:29:01 PM PDT
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ScottinVA
(Imagine.... a world without islam.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
I’d be interested in seeing what they come up with for the accomplishments and contributions of “transgendered Americans.”
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:30:00 PM PDT
by
Southside_Chicago_Republican
("It is terrible to contemplate how few politicians are hanged." -- G.K. Chesterton)
To: Free ThinkerNY
California blows it again.
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:31:33 PM PDT
by
ScottinVA
(Imagine.... a world without islam.)
To: ScottinVA
You think this is going to stop at the Calif. state line?
This is a civilizational battle, and we will all either fight it, or surrender.
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:35:55 PM PDT
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B Knotts
(Just another Tenther)
To: Free ThinkerNY
How about a whole chapter on the spread of AIDS?
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07/05/2011 7:37:26 PM PDT
by
Bullish
(The golfer takes all the credit and gives the jet fighter pilot all the blame.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:43:58 PM PDT
by
Dr.Deth
To: B Knotts
You think this is going to stop at the Calif. state line?
Because Kalifornia buys such a large amount of text
books, publishers will have to include this in books
for other states.
This is manifest in a lot of other ways too.
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:45:19 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
To: Free ThinkerNY
For a group that claims they “just want to be treated like everybody else” they sure whine a lot.
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posted on
07/05/2011 7:47:40 PM PDT
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Celtic Cross
(The brain is the weapon; everything else is just accessories. --FReeper Joe Brower)
To: tet68
This is where liberalism leads us, the fact that they
were Americans isn’t enough? They have to be recognized
because of their sexuality?
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07/05/2011 7:48:18 PM PDT
by
tet68
( " We would not die in that man's company, that fears his fellowship to die with us...." Henry V.)
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