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Wal-Mart, long pummeled by the political left, is taking additional flak from the right. A conservative activist group is trying to recruit one million families who will refuse to shop at Wal-Mart or Sam's Club on the Friday and Saturday after Thanksgiving, traditionally two of the busiest shopping days of the year. The American Family Association is furious with Wal-Mart for reaching out to homosexual advocacy groups that support same-sex marriage. The criticism began when Wal-Mart announced it would join the National Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce. And now Wal-Mart has made a deal with the Washington DC Center...

'Gay Month' At Schools Irks Some Parents POSTED: 4:03 pm EDT September 26, 2006 The Philadelphia School District has designated October as Lesbian And Gay History Month, which has some parents upset. Parents became aware of the designation when the district sent out more than 200,000 calendars. The calendars also listed September as Hispanic Heritage Month, February as African-American History Month as Philadelphia School District and May as Asian Pacific-American Month. The district told NBC 10 that were no scheduled events or activities planned to mark the ocaasion. But some parents were upset after receiving the calendars. "Gay and Lesbian...

BATAVIA, N.Y. (AP) _ Five parents who asked to transfer their children out of Batavia High School classes with a transsexual teacher have been denied, according to city schools Superintendent Richard Stutzman. The written requests did not meet the guidelines set out by the district, Stutzman said Tuesday without providing specifics. "That's all between the school, the teacher, the parents," he said.......... .

SACRAMENTO Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have barred textbooks from using language that would be discriminatory to gays, saying the state's education laws already prevent discrimination. The bill's author, state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, called the veto "inexplicable." Kuehl's bill initially would have required California's social science textbooks to include the historical contributions of homosexuals, but the state Assembly amended it at her request in an effort to avoid a veto from the Republican governor. The final version of SB 1437 would have prohibited any negative portrayal of homosexuals in textbooks and other instructional material, expanding current...