Posted on 04/24/2002 11:35:52 AM PDT by Saundra Duffy
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE FROM CAMPAIGN FOR CALIFORNIA FAMILIES April 23, 2002
TRANSSEXUAL FOSTER CARE BILL PASSES COMMITTEE HURDLE
AB 2651 Would Teach Foster Children to Embrace Transsexual, Bisexual and Homosexual Lifestyles
Sacramento – Controversial legislation to promote transsexuality, bisexuality and homosexuality throughout California’s foster care system was passed today by the Assembly Human Services Committee on a party line vote. Democrats voted yes; and Republicans voted no. Governor Gray Davis has yet to announce his position on the bill.
AB 2651 by Democrat Assemblywoman Judy Chu of Monterey Park would indoctrinate foster children to embrace and experiment with transsexual, bisexual and homosexual behavior. Under the guise of “discrimination” and “harassment” foster care staff would be forced to put a priority on finding homosexual men and lesbian women to be foster parents. Foster care staff and foster parents would be forced to accept homosexual behavior and cross-dressing by foster youth, and all foster parents will be required to undergo “sensitivity” training on homosexual, bisexual and transgender issues.
In an attack on freedom of conscience, AB 2651 requires foster parents and foster care staff to be “sensitive” to cross-dressing by foster children and homosexual behavior. Today in the committee hearing Assemblywoman Chu stated that the word “sensitive” means “supportive” of foster children engaging in these sexual lifestyles.
Supporting AB 2651 are the ACLU and CAPE, the state’s largest lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender organization. Opposing the bill are Campaign for California Families, Committee on Moral Concerns, Traditional Values Coalition, Capitol Resource Institute, the Association of Christian Schools International, and the County of San Diego.
“We feel sorry for the vulnerable children in foster care who are being targeted by homosexual and transsexual activists hungry for new territory,” said Randy Thomasson, Executive Director of Campaign for California Families, a statewide nonprofit, nonpartisan family issues leadership organization. “A large number of California foster parents have a sincere religious belief on raising children to respect healthy sexual relationships. By requiring foster parents to participate in pro-transsexuality, bisexuality, and homosexuality “sensitivity" training, AB 2651 will drive conscientious, caring parents out of the system. These offensive requirements will significantly reduce the available foster care homes for needy children. This outrageous bill's overly broad language coupled with these far reaching requirements could actually require foster parents to allow a boy to wear women's clothing in front of other foster children and schoolchildren.”
CAMPAIGN FOR CALIFORNIA FAMILIES (CCF) is a 501(c)(4) nonprofit, nonpartisan grassroots lobbying organization serving families in this state and across America.
Campaign for California Families
Randy Thomasson, Executive Director Fighting to Restore Family-Friendly Values P.O. Box 782, Sacramento, CA 95812 (916) 443-1410 www.savecalifornia.com
People have been saying that for over a thousand years.
By the way, I don't think Governor David is going to sign it into state law mainly because Governor David did not sign previous pro-transsexual state bills.
Wait, I take that back. There simply isn't any left...
Are you saying that they are not greedy?
What version of the Bible do you have at your house? Your assertion is clearly incorrect, and is not supported by the text itself. Here's some background information to help clear things up some.
:) ttt
Genesis 18:
And the LORD said, Because the cry of Sodom and Gomorrah is great, and because their sin is very grievous;
I will go down now, and see whether they have done altogether according to the cry of it, which is come unto me; and if not, I will know.
[...]
Genesis 19:
But before they lay down, the men of the city, even the men of Sodom, compassed the house round, both old and young, all the people from every quarter:
And they called unto Lot, and said unto him, Where are the men which came in to thee this night? bring them out unto us, that we may know them.
And Lot went out at the door unto them, and shut the door after him,
And said, I pray you, brethren, do not so wickedly.
Behold now, I have two daughters which have not known man; let me, I pray you, bring them out unto you, and do ye to them as is good in your eyes: only unto these men do nothing; for therefore came they under the shadow of my roof.
And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge: now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
Deuteronomy 4:
Speak not thou in thine heart, after that the LORD thy God hath cast them out from before thee, saying, For my righteousness the LORD hath brought me in to possess this land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD doth drive them out from before thee.
Not for thy righteousness, or for the uprightness of thine heart, dost thou go to possess their land: but for the wickedness of these nations the LORD thy God doth drive them out from before thee, and that he may perform the word which the LORD sware unto thy fathers, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob.
What's this about Sodom and Gomorrah being about greed? Isn't that where the word "sodomy" comes from? A "sodomite" is not a greedy person. Ha!
Who is selectively interpereting the Bible? Me, who is just telling you literally what the text says? Or you, who are interjecting an opinion into the text? Personally, I would trust a 100% literal reading of the text over anyone's opinion on the text any day.
(By the way, the inference I got from your post was that "Greed, NOT lust, was the reason God destroyed Sodom and Gomorrah," to which I replied [based on an _honest_ readong of the text, linked to a very detailed explanation of such] "That is bunk.")
:) ttt
Also in Deuteronomy, it is a sin to wear clothing made of different fabrics. And it is wrong not to have a fence built on top of your roof (sounds crazy, but look it up, it's there).
You love to point out certain sins in the Bible. But you also ignore others and forgive greater sins without a second thought. For example, IT IS AGAINST the TEN COMMANDMENTS to comment adultery, which is forgiven every single day.
Bible hypocrites like you love to quote the Bible, but at the same time, you ignore what is said in other parts of the Bible. Do you know what it says in the Bible about eunuchs? Go look it up, it may surprise you.
You are as bad as those you preach against, because you believe everything is said in church, without one questioning it.
In your own way your as mind-numbed and brainwashed as most leftist liberals.
HINT: Christians are NOT bound by Mosaic law, according to the New Testament (Romans, in particular, if I remember correctly - Someone else will correct me if I am wrong wrt. which book it is in). Therefore, your arguments here HOLD NO WATER.
You love to point out certain sins in the Bible. But you also ignore others and forgive greater sins without a second thought. For example, IT IS AGAINST the TEN COMMANDMENTS to comment adultery, which is forgiven every single day.
Hey, IDIOT! Where do you get the idea that I don't hate adultery? As a matter of record, I absolutely hate ALL sins - Sodomy, adultery, pederasty, paedophilia, beastiality, lying, drunkenness, ETC. (You, however, being a single-issue hack [that is, bashing Christianity], will probably skim over that last sentence. Go back and read it again.)
Bible hypocrites like you love to quote the Bible, but at the same time, you ignore what is said in other parts of the Bible. Do you know what it says in the Bible about eunuchs? Go look it up, it may surprise you.
Once again, your ignorance of Christian doctrine is astounding. How do you brush your teeth without electrocuting yourself?
You are as bad as those you preach against, because you believe everything is said in church, without one questioning it. In your own way your as mind-numbed and brainwashed as most leftist liberals.
Oh, so I am to reject 2,000 years of Christian teaching, JUST because you say so? Puh-lease. Christian doctrine has withstood the test of time. Your arguments, however old they may be at this point (hint: You're not the first "genius" to come up with them, but the arguments are still much younger than Christianity), have not.
Good day.
;) ttt
Your insinuation that you (a) know me, and (b) you KNOW, even though you DON'T KNOW ME, that I ignore the Ten Commandments, is asinine. As a strict evangelical, I absolutely abide by them.
Take your slander and hyperbole elsewhere. I have no use for such idiotic commentary.
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bump the puke alert!
Are you a homosexual?
....did I mention anything about friends, relatives or neighbors? 1. I don't have any friends that are gay. 2. my gay grandniece (who was turned on to the gay life because she had a gay babysitter that molested her at a very young age), has AIDS and my very BUTCH neighbor, is on her third girlfriend in less than three years.
....are we having fun yet?
....you want to support this bill, theres a lie, you are everything you say you are not! As far as lies go, most people on these threads would rather gay people "live" a lie rather than be who they are because they think gay people shouldn't be able to live their lives openly, the way everyone else does.
....you see O.P.E.N.L.Y. is the key word here.
You want to openly kiss, fondel and fornicate in front of everyone. Does everyone else do that? You want to view our children naked in school showers. You want to expose our children as young as 5 to your perverted actions, before their sexual hormones kick in to be hetrosexual
....to be who they are, YOU ARE WHAT GOD MADE YOU....but Nooooooo , he made you are women, you want to be a man.........
....he made you a man,.......Noooooo you say , I am a woman
I will fight you to my death before I'll let you instill you perverted views into my grandchild or any other innocent child and if I should die before that happens, I will fight you from beyond ........have a good nights sleep.
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