HUNTINGTON BEACH, Calif. — A school board in Orange County refused to implement a state policy that protects transgender students (search), saying the measure is immoral and promotes transsexuality. The Westminster district's five-member board voted 3-2 Thursday to reject the anti-discrimination policy during a meeting that drew hundreds of parents and teachers. Westminster is the only one of California's 1,425 school districts to refuse to endorse the 1999 state law that gives boys who consider themselves girls and girls who regard themselves as boys the right to pursue discrimination complaints. Donna Scott, a parent, said the board should obey the...
