Intense assault on mild bill recognizing LGBT people's achievements
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California State Senator Sheila Kuehl's simple bill (SB 1437) to update school text books to include recognition of the contributions of LGBT people has provoked a firestorm of protest from the religious right.
To read SB 1437, click here. To read a legislative analysis of SB1437, click here.
Slavic Christians try to kill SB 1437
 Governor vetoes gay teaching measure
He says current laws guard against discrimination
Greg Lucas, San Francisco Chronicle, September 7, 2006
Sacramento -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have prohibited teaching or textbooks that negatively portray people based on sexual orientation, saying existing law already contains protections against discrimination.
The Republican governor's veto was not unexpected. He said he would reject the bill in its initial form when it required textbooks to include the political and cultural contributions of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Continue.
Equality California Criticizes Governor's Veto Of Bias-Free Curriculum Act
Equality California, September 6, 2006
Sacramento, CA – Earlier today, Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed Senate Bill 1437, the Bias-Free Curriculum Act, authored by Senator Shelia Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) and sponsored by Equality California (EQCA). A simple nondiscrimination measure, SB 1437 would have extended existing laws prohibiting discrimination on the bases of race, sex, disability, nationality, and religion in textbooks, instructional materials, and school sponsored activities to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Continue.
 Pro-Family Groups Hail Veto of California's Sexual Indoctrination Bills
Traditional Values Crowd Applauds Gov. Schwarzenegger's Termination of 'Triple Threat' Legislation
By Fred Jackson and Chad Groening, AgapePress, September 29, 2006
Pro-family groups in California and across the United States are celebrating Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Thursday veto of two pro-homosexual bills. The bills were two of three pieces of legislation regarded by pro-family leaders as "sexual indoctrination bills," which would have, among other things, mandated pro-homosexual policy and curriculum changes in the state's schools. Continue.
Role reversal
Sacramento’s Slavic Christians fled persecution back home, but some are befuddled by their new country’s tolerance of gays
By Rachel Gregg, Sacramento News & Review, July 13, 2006
Over the last few months, the loudest voice against gay rights in Sacramento has been that of Sacramento’s Slavic Christian community. Outside of area high schools and on the steps of the Capitol, hundreds of Slavic families, many recent immigrants, have been gathering to protest what is considered a shameful secret in their home countries.
The irony is that they fled those countries after being persecuted for their own religious beliefs. Continue
Sex, politics and textbooks
California’s first openly gay legislator alters her controversial bill on schoolbooks and sexual orientation
By Stephen James, Sacramento News & Review, August 3, 2006
As originally written, Senator Sheila Kuehl’s Senate Bill 1437 would have modified textbooks to include the sexual orientation of certain historical figures, like Billie Jean King. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger likely would have vetoed the bill. Continue
California assembly scales back gay-inclusive textbook bill
AP, Advocate.com, August 8, 2006
The California assembly on Monday gutted a bill that would have required state textbooks to include the historical contributions of gay people, amending it to say only that school material should not be discriminatory toward gays. Lawmakers voted 56–2 to delete the provision at the request of the bill's author, Sen.Sheila Kuehl, who had feared a gubernatorial veto.
Her bill instead would prohibit any negative portrayal of gay people in textbooks and other instructional material, expanding current antidiscrimination laws that apply to minorities. "I'm not really someone who wants to plop something down on his desk for him to veto," said Kuehl, a Democrat from Santa Monica. "I want a signature." Continue
Anti-gay crusader joins with Russian evangelicals
By Malcolm Maclachlan, Capitol Weekly, May 25th, 2006
A longtime foe of gay causes has allied himself with a network of Slavic
evangelical churches that claim thousands of members in the Sacramento area.
The association and an increasingly active political stance by these
churches has provided foot soldiers for anti-gay rallies at the Capitol and
local high schools.
Dick Otterstad has stood outside a Wal-Mart in a Santa Claus suit to demand
the use of the phrase "Merry Christmas" and has picketed the house of
Michael Newdow, the Roseville-area atheist who wants to have the words
"under God" removed from the Pledge of Allegiance. He claims a political
agenda calling not just for a ban on gay marriage but also the reinstatement
of anti-sodomy laws and the abolition of public schools. Continue
Traditional Values Coaltion Action Alert
Email received August 7, 2006
This amendment is nothing more than a cheap political shell-game to tempt Governor Schwarzenegger to sign this despicable bill, which would openly advocate the promotion of the homosexual/transgender lifestyle while banning all religious viewpoints to the contrary! Continue
As Kuehl Scrambles, Pro-Family Californians Look Forward to Governor Schwarzenegger Vetoing SB 1437
Amended bill is still bad, requiring all California public schools to promote transsexual, bisexual, homosexual lifestyles to children as young as kindergarten
News release and action alert, Campaign for Children and Families, August 7, 2006
Sacramento, California – Campaign for Children and Families (CCF), a leading statewide pro-family organization, is calling upon Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger to keep his promise to veto SB 1437 and other bills that directly or indirectly push sexual lifestyles upon schoolchildren. Continue
Intense assault on mild bill on respect for LGBT people
Governor vetoes gay teaching measure
He says current laws guard against discrimination
Greg Lucas, San Francisco Chronicle, September 7, 2006
Sacramento -- Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a bill Wednesday that would have prohibited teaching or textbooks that negatively portray people based on sexual orientation, saying existing law already contains protections against discrimination.
The Republican governor's veto was not unexpected. He said he would reject the bill in its initial form when it required textbooks to include the political and cultural contributions of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people. Continue.
Equality California Criticizes Governor's Veto Of Bias-Free Curriculum Act
Equality California, September 6, 2006
Sacramento, CA – Earlier today, Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed Senate Bill 1437, the Bias-Free Curriculum Act, authored by Senator Shelia Kuehl (D-Santa Monica) and sponsored by Equality California (EQCA). A simple nondiscrimination measure, SB 1437 would have extended existing laws prohibiting discrimination on the bases of race, sex, disability, nationality, and religion in textbooks, instructional materials, and school sponsored activities to include sexual orientation and gender identity. Continue.
Pro-Family Groups Hail Veto of California's Sexual Indoctrination Bills
Traditional Values Crowd Applauds Gov. Schwarzenegger's Termination of 'Triple Threat' Legislation
By Fred Jackson and Chad Groening, AgapePress, September 29, 2006
Pro-family groups in California and across the United States are celebrating Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's Thursday veto of two pro-homosexual bills. The bills were two of three pieces of legislation regarded by pro-family leaders as "sexual indoctrination bills," which would have, among other things, mandated pro-homosexual policy and curriculum changes in the state's schools. Continue.
Strong Christocrat reaction to mild anti-discrimination bill
Traditional Values Coalition issues hysterical "action alert" to California list
TVC email "Action Alert," April 7, 2006
The TradItional Values Coalition issued an urgent warning to its California supporters: "BLATANT HOMOSEXUAL TEACHINGS ONE STEP CLOSER TO BEING IMPLEMENTED IN ALL CALIFORNIA SCHOOLS!!" It urged supporters to contact their state legislators to prevent imminent passage of SB 1437. In reality, the bill bars educators from derogatory references to LGBT people. TVC's email says, "SB 1437 cleverly accomplishes two major goals of radical homosexual activists: It gives pro-homosexual teachers free reign to teach whatever they want about the alleged positive aspects of homosexuality— and it silences all
opposition to it. Teachers would be free to promote homosexuality but banned from discussing any negative consequences." To see a PDF version of the email, click here.
To read SB 1437, click here. To read a legislative analysis of SB1437, click here.
California Senate Committee OKs bill to add gays, lesbians to textbooks
Hotly debated measure heads to state Senate
By Greg Lucas, The Sacramento Bee, May 4, 2006
"Kuehl's measure has attracted national attention because California represents about 12 percent of the nation's textbook market.
"State law already prohibits discrimination based on race, color and gender, among other things, in textbooks. The bill would bar textbooks from discriminating against gays.
"It also orders school boards to use instructional material that reflects the "sexual diversity" of society and include the contributions of people who are gay, lesbian, bisexual or transgender." Continue
Gay school bill in trouble
Spokesman says the governor plans to veto curriculum measure, but Kuehl insists it can still pass.
By Andy Furillo and Judy Lin, The Sacramento Bee, May 25, 2006
In an unusual move, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger announced he would veto a bill to revise California's school curriculum to include the contributions of gays and lesbians to the state and nation. The state Assembly has not even considered the bill, which has passed the Senate. Click for the report.
Students, teachers protest Kuehl bill
By Leroy Standish, The Daily Press (Victorville, Calif.), April 18, 2006
APPLE VALLEY - A dozen protesters, predominantly students and teachers from the private Valley Christian Schools, stood outside Apple Valley Town Hall Monday opposing controversial legislation that would put a "gay-friendly" spin in public school textbooks. Continue
California's proposed textbooks would advance homosexual teaching in public schools
Lori Arnold, Christian Examiner, May 1, 2006
According to Eagle Forum spokesperson Orlean Koehle California Senate Bill 1436 will mandate teaching kindergartners about the contributions of gay, lesbian, and transgendered people.Click here for the article
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