[Vision2020] Same sex couples

Mon May 8 09:42:55 PDT 2006

Saundra,Here is the text of the Senate Bill, along with an article.  There
are many other articles on the web discussing the merits and demerits of
this bill for those who are interested.DickBILL NUMBER: SB 1437	INTRODUCED
	BILL TEXT

INTRODUCED BY   Senator Kuehl

                        FEBRUARY 22, 2006

   An act to amend Sections 51500, 51501, and 60044 of the Education
Code, relating to prohibited instruction.

	LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST

   SB 1437, as introduced, Kuehl  School instruction: prohibition of
discriminatory content.
   Existing law prohibits instruction or school sponsored activities
that reflect adversely upon persons because of their race, sex,
color, creed, handicap, national origin, or ancestry. Existing law
prohibits the State Board of Education and the governing board of any
school district from adopting textbooks or other instructional
materials that contain any matter that reflects adversely upon
persons because of their race, sex, color, creed, handicap, national
origin, or ancestry.
   This bill would revise the list of characteristics included in
these provisions to include race or ethnicity, gender, disability,
nationality, sexual orientation, and religion.
   Existing law prohibits a governing board from adopting
instructional materials that contain any matter reflecting adversely
upon persons because of their race, color, creed, national origin,
ancestry, sex, handicap, or occupation, or that contain any sectarian
or denominational doctrine or propaganda contrary to law.
   This bill would revise the list of characteristics included in
this provision to include race or ethnicity, gender, disability,
nationality, sexual orientation, religion, and occupation.
   This bill also would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to
those provisions of existing law.
   Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.

THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:

  SECTION 1.  Section 51500 of the Education Code is amended to read:

   51500.  No teacher shall give instruction nor shall a school
district sponsor any activity  which   that
 reflects adversely upon persons because of their race  or
ethnicity  ,  sex, color, creed, handicap, national
origin, or ancestry   gender, disability, nationality,
sexual orientation, or religion  .
  SEC. 2.  Section 51501 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   51501.  No textbook  ,  or other instructional
materials shall be adopted by the state board or by any governing
board for use in the public schools  which
that  contains any matter reflecting adversely upon persons
because of their race or ethnicity  ,  sex, color,
creed, handicap, national origin, or ancestry   gender,
disability, nationality, sexual orientation, or religion .
  SEC. 3.  Section 60044 of the Education Code is amended to read:
   60044.  No instructional materials shall be adopted by any
governing board for use in the schools  which
that  , in its determination, contains:
   (a) Any matter reflecting adversely upon persons because of their
race  or ethnicity  , color, creed, national origin,
ancestry, sex, handicap,   gender,
disability, nationality, sexual orientation, religion,  or
occupation.
   (b) Any sectarian or denominational doctrine or propaganda
contrary to law.

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BRAVE NEW SCHOOLS
Bill to ban 'mom, dad'
from texts advances
California law would remove sex-specific terms
from books, mandate pro-homosexual lessons

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Posted: May 4, 2006
1:00 a.m. Eastern

© 2006 WorldNetDaily.com

A bill requiring students to learn about the contributions homosexuals have
made to society and that would remove sex-specific terms such as "mom" and
"dad" from textbooks has passed another hurdle on the way to becoming the
law of the land in California.

Having already been approved by the state's Senate Judiciary Committee, SB
1437, which would mandate grades 1-12 buy books "accurately" portraying "the
sexual diversity of our society," got the nod yesterday of the Senate
Education Committee.

The bill also requires students hear history lessons on "the contributions
of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender to the economic,
political, and social development of California and the United States of
America."

"This bill is the most extreme effort thus far to transform our public
schools into institutions of indoctrination that disregard all notions of
the traditional family unit," said Karen England, executive director of
Capitol Resource Institute. "SB 1437 seeks to eliminate all 'stereotypes' of
the traditional family so that young children are brainwashed into believing
that families with moms and dads are irrelevant."

SB 1437 not only affects textbooks and instructional materials for
kindergarten and grades 1-12, it also affects all school-sponsored
activities.

"School-sponsored activities include everything from cheerleading and sports
activities to the prom," said England. "Under SB 1437 school districts would
likely be prohibited from having a 'prom king and queen' because that would
show bias based on gender and sexual orientation."

England also says the bill would likely do away with dress codes and would
force the accommodation of transsexuals on girl-specific or boy-specific
sports teams.

England says the measure amounts to unneeded social experimentation.

"SB 1437 disregards the religious and moral convictions of parents and
students and will result in reverse discrimination," she said.

Sponsored by Democratic Sen. Sheila Kuehl - a lesbian actress best known for
playing Zelda in "The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis" in the 1960s - the
legislation would add "gender" (actual or perceived) and "sexual
orientation" to the law that prohibits California public schools from having
textbooks, teaching materials, instruction or "school-sponsored activities"
that reflect adversely upon people based on characteristics like race, creed
and handicap.

      Sen. Sheila Kuehl

"We've been working since 1995 to try to improve the climate in schools for
gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender kids, as well as those kids who are
just thought to be gay, because there is an enormous amount of harassment
and discrimination at stake," Kuehl explained. "Teaching materials mostly
contain negative or adverse views of us, and that's when they mention us at
all."

"In textbooks, it's as if there's no gay people in California at all, so
forget about it," she added.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Saundra Lund" <sslund at adelphia.net>
To: "'rvrcowboy'" <rvrcowboy at clearwire.net>
Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 8:36 AM
Subject: RE: Re: [Vision2020] Same sex couples

> Thank you -- I look forward to it.
>
> Saundra Lund
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: rvrcowboy [mailto:rvrcowboy at clearwire.net]
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 8:14 AM
> To: Saundra Lund
> Subject: Re: Re: [Vision2020] Same sex couples
>
> Saundra,
>
> I will send more information soon.  I do not recall the SB # at the
> moment....
>
> Dick
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Saundra Lund" <sslund at adelphia.net>
> To: "'James Reynolds'" <chapandmaize at hotmail.com>; <vision2020 at moscow.com>
> Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 8:10 AM
> Subject: RE: Re: [Vision2020] Same sex couples
>
>
> > Visionaries:
> >
> > I'm interested in learning more about Dick Sherwin's claim:
> > "Right now, for example, there is a Senate Bill up for vote in
California
> > that will make it illegal to even mention the words "mom" or "dad" or
> > "mother" or "father" in a school text book because the gay lobby in that
> > state considers such terms to be sexist. "
> >
> > Can anyone provide more information?  I'd not heard or read anything
about
> > this, and a quick check with friends & family in CA reveals they've not
> > heard anything about it, either.  I've further been unsuccessful at
> finding
> > any pending CA Senate bill that would accomplish what Mr. Sherwin
claims.
> >
> > I did find SB 1437 re:  prohibition of discriminatory content in school
> > instruction, but that's a far, far different thing than what Mr. Sherwin
> > claims.
> >
> > (As an aside, I see that some real whack jobs introduced a bill that
would
> > allow pharmacists to refuse -- with impunity -- to dispense legally
> > prescribed drugs on the basis of "ethical, moral, or religious grounds."
> > Thankfully, it looks like that piece of legislation is going down.)
> >
> > So, can anyone provide more information about Mr. Sherwin's (outrageous)
> > claim or is this simply yet another attempt at misinformation?
> >
> >
> > TIA,
> > Saundra Lund
> > Moscow, ID
> >
> > The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good people to
do
> > nothing.
> > - Edmund Burke
> >
> > ***** Original material contained herein is Copyright 2006, Saundra
Lund.
> > Do not copy, forward, excerpt, or reproduce outside the Vision 2020
forum
> > without the express written permission of the author.*****
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: vision2020-bounces at moscow.com
[mailto:vision2020-bounces at moscow.com]
> > On Behalf Of James Reynolds
> > Sent: Monday, May 08, 2006 7:09 AM
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: RE: Re: [Vision2020] Same sex couples
> >
> > Dick,
> >
> >
> >
> > As usual you spew about nothing. Why don't you grow some masculinity and
> > just answer a question? What is it you have against gays? What harm do
> they
> > cause you.
> >
> >
> >
> > You might have heard about this little Bible theme.... Judge not so you
> not
> > be judged. Once you gay-bashers opened the gates of hate with your
> > persecution (including killings) you opened yourselves up to whatever
> comes
> > your way. You don't need to pretend that you gay-bashers are being
> attacked
> > by anyone, you are only suffering counter moves from an enemy you
created.
> >
> >
> >
> > Whine away Dick but the world is not after you.
> >
> >
> >
> > Little boy James
> >
> >
> >
> > ________________________________
> >
> > From: rvrcowboy at clearwire.net
> > To: chapandmaize at hotmail.com
> > Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Same sex couples
> > Date: Fri, 5 May 2006 17:37:08 -0700
> >
> >
> > James,
> >
> > You need to grow up.  Do you really believe all your accusations of
> > hate and nastiness are only one sided?  You need to get real.
> >
> > Right now, for example, there is a Senate Bill up for vote in
> > California that will make it illegal to even mention the words "mom" or
> > "dad" or "mother" or "father" in a school text book because the gay
lobby
> in
> > that state considers such terms to be sexist.  Do you really believe
such
> > nonsense is sane?
> >
> > Dick
> >
> > ----- Original Message ----- 
> > From: James Reynolds <mailto:chapandmaize at hotmail.com>
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Sent: Friday, May 05, 2006 2:07 PM
> > Subject: [Vision2020] Same sex couples
> >
> >
> > I have been reading the lists concerning this subject and I
> > have to admit that I can not yet understand the position of the anti-gay
> > folk. I would like to ask one question to them.
> >
> >
> >
> > What harm goes to you or your family if there are same sexed
> > couples?
> >
> >
> >
> > I have been trying to think of what you are really all about
> > but I cannot make sense of it. If there is no harm to you anti-gay folk
> > because of the same sex couples then your motivation becomes some sort
of
> > disgusting busy-body, nosey, hateful bit of nastiness. Why don't you
just
> > mind your own business and enjoy life more. There is no need for you to
> > insinuate your face into others personal matters.
> >
> >
> >
> > Like the bible story goes....You who have no sin, cast the
> > first stone. How about it Dick, Tony are you two so confident in your
own
> > glorious selves that you think you can pass judgment on others and throw
> > that first stone? It looks to me like you anti-gay folk are the ones in
> the
> > wrong boat here. How can you profess to be God?
> >
> >
> >
> > James
> >
> >
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> >
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