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... The problem arises when you actually get down to the methods they advocate to ensure their view of equality and their methods of obtaining it. We are all individuals. We all live our lives based on our life experiences, economic status, education level, religious values, family values and the character traits we developed as a result. We all have differing opinions on different subjects. We all have the right, or should have; to live our lives as free thinking individuals, as long as our actions are legal, moral, non-perverse and contribute to society as a whole. We should have...

LOS ANGELES - Democrats aren't amused by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (news - web sites)'s use of the mocking term "girlie men" to describe some lawmakers, although a spokesman for the governor said no apology would be forthcoming. Schwarzenegger dished out the insult at a rally Saturday as he claimed Democrats were delaying the budget by catering to special interests. Democrats protested that the remark was sexist and homophobic. "If they don't have the guts to come up here in front of you and say, 'I don't want to represent you, I want to represent those special interests, the unions, the...

UT Seeks to End Racial Tensions LAST UPDATE: 1/21/2004 8:25:28 AM Posted By: Walker Robinson HOUSTON (AP) -- A University of Texas panel seeking to end racial tensions on campus has recommended the university require sensitivity training for campus police and hire an administrator to promote campus diversity. The 15-member task force, made up of students, faculty and staff, was appointed by UT President Larry Faulkner last March to identify solutions after minority students complained about numerous racial incidents on campus. In it's 37-page report released Tuesday, the panel suggested naming a vice president for diversity and equity whose...

BLUFF CITY (AP) -- The Confederate battle flag has been banned from display at Sullivan East High School. Principal Mary Rouse declined to comment about her decision.But Sullivan County Schools Director John O'Dell said she was within her rights.O'Dell said some Sullivan East students were not comfortable with the presence of the flag.Students, teachers and administrators in the school system are now undergoing sensitivity training.The Justice Department mandated the training after two black former students sued over racial harassment.

I would like to take this opportunity to personally thank Gov. Davis and the Democratic-controlled state legislature in California for forcing decent, hardworking, traditional Christian families like ours out of the state-regulated foster care system. By recently signing a bill (AB 458) that would require all foster care parents to enlist in state-mandated transsexual, homosexual, bisexual “sensitivity training” instruction, the legislature has collectively singled out and offended, quite possibly, many more households than they may have bargained for. Cutting through the spin, the purpose of the bill is to indoctrinate prospective foster parent applicants and current foster caretakers into how...

Prospective foster parents in California will be required to undergo "sensitivity" training toward homosexuals, bisexuals and transsexuals if a bill that passed the state Assembly yesterday becomes law. The legislation, approved 46-28 in a party-line vote, also would require foster parent agencies to support homosexuals, bisexuals and transsexuals as foster parents. It now goes to the state Senate. California Democratic Assemblywoman Judy Chu The bill's sponsor, Democrat Judy Chu of Monterey Park, said AB 458 makes it "clear that it is unacceptable to insult, to assault, to do some name calling against a foster child," the Associated Press reported. It...

Bill by Monterey Park Assemblywoman Would Teach Foster Children to Embrace Homosexual Lifestyle!! Sacramento - Controversial legislation to teach homosexuality throughout the foster care system has been introduced in the California State Legislature. AB 2651 by Democrat Assemblywoman Judy Chu of Monterey Park would indoctrinate foster children to embrace and experiment with homosexual behavior. The bill requires all foster children to receive information about "sexual orientation," and forces foster care staff and foster parents into "sensitivity" training so they can support "foster care youth coming out as gay or lesbian." AB 2651 also prohibits foster care staff from choosing not...

<p>BARNEGAT -- A woman with blurred vision struggles while filling out a form at town hall.</p> <p>She sometimes puts down the wrong information because she can't see a question clearly.</p> <p>The person who handed her the form snaps: "You're taking a long time. You need to hurry up."</p>