California State Assembly Passes SB 1437 to Indoctrinate School Children
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SACRAMENTO, Ca., Aug. 21 /Christian Newswire/ -- SB 1437 passes California State Assembly, outraging parents and grandparents who demand that Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger veto raft of sexual indoctrination bills.

Sacramento, California - The Democrat-controlled California State Assembly today passed SB 1437, one of four bills that would sexually indoctrinate schoolchildren and college students. SB 1437 would alter K-12 public education textbooks, instructional materials, and school-sponsored activities to positively reference transsexuality, transvestitism, bisexuality, and homosexuality, including homosexual "marriage."  The Assembly floor vote was 46-31 (five more than needed to achieve a 41-vote majority). SB 1437 now goes to the state Senate for a concurrence vote.

Immediately before the debate, a Republican-offered amendment requiring schools to acquire parental permission before sexual curriculum was taught to their own children failed on a 26-48 vote. During the 36-minute debate on SB 1437, seven Republican spoke against the bill (Haynes, DeVore, La Suer, Huff, La Malfa, Spitzer, and Mountjoy), while six Democrats spoke in favor it (Nunez, Goldberg, Frommer, Saldana, Ruskin, and Levine).

In his opening remarks, Democrat Fabian Nunez, the Assembly Speaker and the bill's floor jockey, openly said the real purpose of SB 1437 is to outlaw traditional perspectives on marriage and family in the state school system. "The way that you correct a wrong is by outlawing. 'Cause if you don't outlaw it, then people's biases tend to take over and dominate the perspective and the point of view," Nunez said.

And, in his close, Nunez admitted that SB 1437 will promote lesbianism to young girls. "If somebody wants to teach kids in kindergarten that Jack and Jill ran up a hill, this bill doesn't prohibit that. But it does say that if somebody wants to say that if Jill and Jill ran up the hill and somehow that's wrong -- then this bill says that that is not acceptable," said Nunez.

"We call upon Governor Schwarzenegger to keep his promise to veto SB 1437, which micromanages public schools by forcing them to promote a gaggle of sexual lifestyles that disturb parents and confuse kids," said Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, a leading statewide pro-family organization which has been fighting against SB 1437 all year.

"If Schwarzenegger abandons children by signing any of these school indoctrination bills, pro-family voters will abandon him," predicted Thomasson. A detailed analysis of SB 1437 and similar bills is posted at www.savecalifornia.com.

Pro-Homosexual Legislation Nearing Approval in Golden State
If Successful, Says Activist, Schools Become 'Indoctrination Centers,' Trampling on Religious Freedom

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By Allie Martin and Jody Brown
August 21, 2006

(AgapePress) - California lawmakers could vote today on a bill that, if approved, would force all public school teachers to give a biased message about homosexuality to students as young as five years old. Pro-family activists in the Golden State are being encouraged to voice their opposition to the measure, one of two pro-homosexual education bills that have been working their way through the legislative process in Sacramento.

Under SB 1437, all instructional materials, school-sponsored activities, and textbooks would be required to portray cross-dressing, sex-change operations, and homosexuality and bisexuality in a positive manner. In short, it would forbid public schools from teaching anything that portrays homosexuals in a negative light.

Randy Thomasson with the Campaign for Children and Families (CCF) says the bill is another step in the effort by homosexual activists and their supporters to infiltrate public schools. "We don't need sexual indoctrination centers," he says in reference to schools under the legislation, should it become law. "We need real schools that teach real academics and leave this values stuff to parents to teach at home."

Another bill, SB 1441, is already on Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger's desk. It would forbid recipients of government funding from portraying homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality in a negative light. According to Thomasson, this measure would create conflict between church and state because it would require faith-based organizations -- should they wish to remain eligible for certain funds -- to contradict deeply held beliefs. The CCF leader recalls one state legislator who supports SB 1441 as saying religious institutions would have to "work that out."

Thomasson claims that puts such institutions in a tough spot. "[T]here's no way to 'work that out' except by religious colleges abandoning their biblical standards on sexuality," he states. "We call upon Governor Schwarzenegger to veto SB 1441 to keep the big nose of government out of religion ... [to] veto this religion-squashing bill."

For either or both bills to have any chance of being vetoes, Thomasson says state lawmakers must hear from concerned Christians. "Sitting on the sidelines is being part of the problem," he says, clearly implying that too many believers have been silent as the bills were being debated and considered. "You actually have to pick up the phone and make a difference."

And lest those outside the Golden State think their states are immune from the influence of the outcome of these bills, Thomasson issues a solemn warning: "As California goes, so goes the nation -- so don't think this doesn't affect you."