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Gov. Arnold tosses school moral codes
World Net Daily ^ | 8/29/06 | World Net Daily

Posted on 08/29/2006 3:31:08 PM PDT by redgolum

Posted: August 29, 2006 9:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has tossed out all sexual moral conduct codes at colleges, private and Christian schools, daycare centers and other facilities throughout his state, if the institutions have any students who get state assistance.

The governor yesterday signed a bill that would require all businesses and groups receiving state funding -- even if it's a state grant for a student -- to condone homosexuality, bisexuality and transsexuality.

There is no exception for faith-based organizations or business owners with sincerely held religious convictions, critics note.

"The gates of hell are prevailing against the church," Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, told WorldNetDaily. "It's because Christian colleges and churches have ignored the political process for so long. Now the political process, absent religious values, is coming back to assault the church."

"This isn't even a veiled attempt at subtly advancing the radical homosexual agenda," said Karen England, executive director of Capitol Resource Institute. "SB1441 is an outright, blatant assault on religious freedom in California."

Her group's analysis of the legislation concluded it will prevent parochial schools such as private, Christian, Catholic, Mormon and other religious institutions from getting financial assistance for students if they maintain a code of conduct that does not endorse such behavior.

Whether that behavior is approved by their religious beliefs is, at this point, irrelevant, the analysis showed.

"As a citizen of California and a religious person, I am terribly disappointed in Gov. Schwarzenegger," said Meredith Turney, the legislative liaison for CRI. "It is bad public policy to add to the list of protected classes a sexual behavior.

"Equating sexual preference with the immutable characteristics of age, national origin or race will result in other variable behaviors being added to the list of invariable classes rightfully protected," she said.

Constitutional assurances of freedom of assembly and freedom of speech both are destroyed by the action, CRI said. And Thomasson believes it is "setting up a tremendous church-state conflict in the courts."

"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."

"This bill is yet another attempt to prevent citizens with moral and religious principles from expressing their beliefs and educating their children according to those beliefs," said England. "On behalf of California families, private schools and other private organizations, I express our outrage at this attack on our freedom."

"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," concluded Thomasson's organization.

He said the governor "has trampled religious freedom to satisfy hyperactive sexual activists."

"He's not the lesser of two evils, he's doing evil," Thomasson said.

CCF earlier had publicized the situation, and generated thousands of telephone calls, e-mails and faxes opposing the plan.

But it was supported by Democrats in the state legislature and specifically requires "any program or activity that receives any financial assistance from the state" to support the alternative sexual lifestyle choices.

CCF said the change also will affect any program or activity at the local level that gets any state funding from programs including Medi-Cal, State Disability Insurance, CalWORKS, food stamps, Unemployment Insurance, Workers' Compensation, child support services, veterans services, home loan assistance programs and others.

And as bad as the single bill is, the CCF said, several other "sexual indoctrination bills" are heading to the governor. One would prohibit textbooks or school-sponsored activities from "reflecting adversely" on a certain list of sexual choices.

Another would allow 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.

Still another would spend state money promoting transsexual, bisexual and homosexual lifestyles.

As WND reported, James Dobson, president of the action affiliate of Focus on the Family ministries, earlier broadcast an urgent call to the millions of radio program listeners to contact Schwarzenegger about the homosexual promotions.

Mona Passignano, the state issues analyst for Focus, told WND the combination of bills would reinforce homosexuality and a limited number of other sexual choices but also prevent people from reflecting on their religious beliefs that may address those choices.

"You cannot preach the Gospel. If you want to preach about Romans 1, you can't. Someone could say, 'That makes me feel bad,'" she said. "You cannot preach what the Bible says.

"If you're a Christian, it's got to be alarming. If you are not a Christian, it's got to be alarming," she said. "Because what comes next?


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Not good. Take this as a warning. All those faith based programs that where being talked about, come with a price. Take the government dole and play the government tune.
1 posted on 08/29/2006 3:31:12 PM PDT by redgolum
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To: redgolum

And people argued like crazy on FR to elect this imbecile!

No doubt, it is a warning to other states.


2 posted on 08/29/2006 3:33:38 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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To: redgolum

I am so upset with Arnie for signing this. I didn't think he would. GRRR! This is the most disgusting of all laws in this state, and we have a multitude of them.


3 posted on 08/29/2006 3:34:18 PM PDT by ladyinred (Leftists, the enemy within.)
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To: redgolum

I can bet the first thing that new School Superintendent Jackie Goldberg does is allow elementary instruction of lesbian FISTING ala Boston Public Schools...but you better not mention God, there will be hell to pay...


4 posted on 08/29/2006 3:34:40 PM PDT by Republicus2001
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To: nmh

And more to the point, a warning on "pragmatic" voting. Arnold was a RINO from the get go. This should be no surprise.


5 posted on 08/29/2006 3:36:10 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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"And more to the point, a warning on "pragmatic" voting. Arnold was a RINO from the get go. This should be no surprise."

Absolutely!

Pro abortion, pro gay ... soon after he was in they were lining up to "marry".

He's disgusting and hasn't done squat since he got it but to destroy California MORE.
6 posted on 08/29/2006 3:38:29 PM PDT by nmh (Intelligent people recognize Intelligent Design (God) .)
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To: redgolum

LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST


SB 1441, Kuehl Discrimination: state programs and activities:
sexual orientation.
Existing law prohibits discrimination on the basis of, among other
things, race, national origin, ethnic group identification,
religion, age, sex, color, or disability, against any person in any
program or activity conducted, operated, or administered by the state
or by any state agency, or that is funded directly by the state, or
that receives any financial assistance from the state. Existing law
also requires, with respect to disability, that these programs and
activities meet the protections and prohibitions contained in certain
provisions of the federal Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990,
and the federal rules and regulations implementing that act, or state
law if the state protections and prohibitions are stronger.
This bill would add sexual orientation to these provisions and
define for these purposes "sex" and "sexual orientation."
The bill would also expand the definition of discrimination under
these provisions to include a perception that a person has any of
these enumerated characteristics or that the person is associated
with a person who has, or is perceived to have, any of these
characteristics.


7 posted on 08/29/2006 3:42:42 PM PDT by siunevada (If we learn nothing from history, what's the point of having one? - Peggy Hill)
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To: redgolum

Good news, bad news. As long as you don't take state money you can have a moral code..................


8 posted on 08/29/2006 3:48:39 PM PDT by PeterPrinciple (Seeking the truth here folks.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

The only problem is you need money, lots of money to be free of the agenda.


9 posted on 08/29/2006 3:57:03 PM PDT by rocksblues (Liberals will stop at nothing.)
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To: redgolum

Boys Scouts?

This does not bode well.


10 posted on 08/29/2006 4:01:03 PM PDT by reagandemocrat
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To: redgolum
The governor yesterday signed a bill that would require all businesses and groups receiving state funding -- even if it's a state grant for a student -- to condone homosexuality, bisexuality and transsexuality.

There is no exception for faith-based organizations or business owners with sincerely held religious convictions, critics note.

Stupid question. Does anyone know if the muslim schools get any type of funding that would make them have to accept this as well?

11 posted on 08/29/2006 4:08:35 PM PDT by ET(end tyranny)
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To: AmeriBrit

ping

The man of no principle strikes another blow for his reelection.


12 posted on 08/29/2006 4:08:43 PM PDT by saganite (Billions and billions and billions-------and that's just the NASA budget!)
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To: reagandemocrat

Yikes - you're right! Boy Scouts will be banned in California but those playing with human excrement will be "normal". Gee thanks Arnold


13 posted on 08/29/2006 4:17:05 PM PDT by Republicus2001
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To: redgolum

We need to send the liberal, socialist and apparently immoral governor of Cahleeforneea a message. Don't vote for the man simply because he has an "R" beside his name. Vote for the true Republicans down the ballot.

For Governor, vote for Ed Noonan, the American Independent Party Candidate. For more information, go to:

www.ednoonan4gov.org


14 posted on 08/29/2006 4:22:38 PM PDT by Brian Sears (Time flies like an arrow, and fruit flies like a bannana)
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To: redgolum
And so it goes: The gov't makes it hard for independents to function, then controls those whom it "helps".

While i"m certainly voting Republican this Fall, I wouldn't vote for Arnold. He's an unprincipled twit.

15 posted on 08/29/2006 4:33:40 PM PDT by Mad Dawg (Reality is not optional.)
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To: redgolum

"....receiving state funding -- even if it's a state grant for a student."

Which is exactly why most Catholic Schools will not accept pubic funding, period. Many (not all) Catholic "Providence" hospitals will not accept public funding either.

You take the public's money at the expense of doing the public's will. In CA, that's a far cry from God's will.


16 posted on 08/29/2006 4:38:05 PM PDT by Integrityrocks
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To: Republicus2001

I didn't think Boy Scouts took public funding. I know they sometimes use public buildings, but that can be easily fixed.


17 posted on 08/29/2006 4:39:45 PM PDT by Integrityrocks
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To: ET(end tyranny)

Wondered that myself. But I suspect the law won't apply to them.


18 posted on 08/29/2006 6:02:17 PM PDT by redgolum ("God is dead" -- Nietzsche. "Nietzsche is dead" -- God.)
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To: Liz
Republican malfeasance in the Golden state.
I cannot see this going unchallenged, though it will have to reach the SCOTUS before it's declared unConstitutional.
19 posted on 08/29/2006 6:03:29 PM PDT by jla
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To: scripter

fyi


20 posted on 08/29/2006 6:06:16 PM PDT by jla
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