Ban on 'mom' and 'dad' considered – again

[Littleboy]

Amen Brothers!
I thank god my kids are all grown-up(well out of school anyway)
I'm in the desert and right down the street i can throw a rock & it land in Ca. & in Nev.
Tri-state area, Az.
If i'm not Raptured,I'm looking to have beach front property real soon(not really)
I don't know though it looks promising?: SIN CITY(gamorrah) to the N,. 
The State caliFORNICATION(sodom)to the W.
It makes me ILL to just watch the moral & Godly fabric that holds this country together fade away!
There are some good sites where you can E-mail & petition your Con., Sens. & the President...
To Bad it always takes the wrath of God to WAKE people UP!!!
If Christians would just unite, Man, you don't even have to be a christian to know & DO whats right or wrong!
I AM so tired of people shaking their fist at God & thumbing their noses at him...
Prophesie fulfilled? It will be as the day's of Noah, Eating & Drinking, Murdering ,ECT. ECT. ECT.
I think so(I know so)
If we all could do that, maybe they would find all the millions that come up missing each year & fix things
around here, and STOP letting the minority RULE the majority, that WE Christians are are!!!

[nChrist]

Brothers and Sisters,

Attempted things like this used to be rare and they were shut down in a heartbeat as if those pushing for the change were insane and/or evil. It's only been a few years ago that behavior associated with alternative lifestyles were felonies in all states.

The evil and the insane is common now, and it's seen almost every day. YES - I would say this earth is just about ripe for the RIGHTEOUS WRATH OF GOD. However, men want more evil, and they will get more evil than they can handle before the SECOND COMING OF CHRIST. YES, I think that the time for Tribulation Period is almost here. Mankind richly deserves judgment, and that will most certainly happen at GOD'S Appointed Time.

Until then, the gutters of filth will overflow, and it will be impossible to escape the stench of mankind's making. If that time is near, we've only seen the beginning. Things are going to get much worse. As Christians, we can and should continue to share the GOSPEL of GOD'S GRACE until JESUS comes to take us home. The time has already come when many men will mock us and the GOSPEL - just as Bible Prophecy states. We will simply pity them and continue our work. I say "Pity" in a most genuine and serious way because I know where the path of the lost leads. The laughter and mockery of GOD will end one day, and it will be too late.

Love In Christ,
Tom

2 Peter 3:3-13 NASB
Know this first of all, that in the last days mockers will come with their mocking, following after their own lusts, and saying, "Where is the promise of His coming? For ever since the fathers fell asleep, all continues just as it was from the beginning of creation." For when they maintain this, it escapes their notice that by the word of God the heavens existed long ago and the earth was formed out of water and by water, through which the world at that time was destroyed, being flooded with water. But by His word the present heavens and earth are being reserved for fire, kept for the day of judgment and destruction of ungodly men. But do not let this one fact escape your notice, beloved, that with the Lord one day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years like one day. The Lord is not slow about His promise, as some count slowness, but is patient toward you, not wishing for any to perish but for all to come to repentance. But the day of the Lord will come like a thief, in which the heavens will pass away with a roar and the elements will be destroyed with intense heat, and the earth and its works will be burned up. Since all these things are to be destroyed in this way, what sort of people ought you to be in holy conduct and godliness, looking for and hastening the coming of the day of God, because of which the heavens will be destroyed by burning, and the elements will melt with intense heat! But according to His promise we are looking for new heavens and a new earth, in which righteousness dwells.

[Soldier4Christ]

Constitutional change would fix 'Mom,' 'Dad' ban 
Pro-family group says that's only way to overcome radical indoctrination bill

A California pro-family organization has concluded the only way to overturn the radical pro-homosexual indoctrination agenda imposed on public schools when Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed SB 777 – which could end up banning "Mom and Dad" references in schools – is through a state constitutional amendment.

"A detailed, well-crafted constitutional amendment would wipe out SB 777 and prevent it from ever coming back again, no matter what the politicians or judges desired," said an analysis by Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families.

He also warned it would be best if parents would simply withdraw their children from public schools. "When you can no longer protect your children, you must remove them from a threatening environment," he said. "Because the equivalent of mental molestation is coming to California public schools, CCF is recommending that California parents who love their children flee to home schools or church-operated private schools."

The legislative plan sponsored by state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, a Democrat who has brought forward similar proposals for several years, also could be overridden with a referendum, as has been proposed by Capitol Resource Institute, he noted, but anything won there would be a temporary victory.

"While the voters could reject and stop SB 777, a successful ballot referendum is a one-time deal. It only stops SB 777, but doesn't stop one or more school sexual indoctrination bills from coming back under a different bill number. Despite good intentions, a referendum – 'the power of the electors to approve or reject statutes' – simply does not prohibit the California Legislature from passing the same school sexual indoctrination bill next year, the year after, or whenever," he said.

"Of course, pro-family Californians would feel good if a pro-family issue passed on the ballot. But that good feeling would quickly sour if the Legislature, despite the people's vote, re-passed the same bad bill or multiple sexual indoctrination bills within one or two years. This is a very likely scenario, given the anti-family Democrat politicians who have tight control of the California Legislature," Thomasson said.

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"While a ballot referendum is definitely a rebuke to the California Legislature, it seems to have worked best in the past when state legislators saw themselves as true representatives of the people. But nowadays, many politicians – especially the ruling Democrats who control both houses of the Legislature – have a very high commitment to the homosexuality-bisexuality-transsexuality agenda, as well as to their 'sacred cows' of abortion, environmentalism, and unionism," he said.

He said a statutory initiative also could work, if it was carefully written with specific detail.

Then, he said, "its language would go into the California Education Code. SB 777 would be effectively stopped. So would the Legislature, which would be prohibited from passing the same or similar bills again," he said.

But he said even that would not stop the state Supreme Court from "interpreting" the state constitution to require "equality" for homosexual, bisexual and transsexual lifestyles in public school instruction and activities.

A recall election "is a high-profile way for voters to express outrage," but wouldn't solve the problem, and while the experts still are evaluating the possibility of lawsuit, Thomasson said it doesn't appear to be the most likely option.

A constitutional amendment, however, could wipe out SB 777 and prevent it from coming back, he said.

"If written correctly, this constitutional amendment would also wipe out AB 394, the second school indoctrination bill pushing alternative sexual lifestyles on students, teachers, and parents through 'anti-harassment' training," Thomasson said. "When voters pass a well-written constitutional amendment, they achieve the greatest security for their goal.

"Essentially, the voters are establishing and 'interpreting' the state constitution ... so that the judges can't," he said.

He said it would cost about $2.5 million to gather signatures for any of the petitioning procedures.

"Therefore, if a generous soul who wanted to stop sexual indoctrination in the government school system donated $2.5 million to a campaign committee for this project, a constitutional amendment or statutory initiative would go on the 2008 ballot for the protection of six million California schoolchildren and for children not yet born. Once qualified for the ballot, additional millions would be needed to campaign to pass it, against the millions guaranteed to be spent by the liberal teachers union," he said.

In support of his call for parents to withdraw their children from public schools, he said there is no parental "opt out" provision in SB 777 about school instruction and activities, or AB 394, about "anti-harassment" policies.

"Realize that SB 777 affects all school 'instruction' (textbooks, classroom instruction, homework, videos, and other instructional materials) and every school-sponsored 'activity' (sex education classes, school assemblies, dramas, music, dances, proms, sports teams, homecoming games, etc.). To opt out of SB 777, you would have to opt out your child from the entire school day," he said.

He said the current opt-out provisions in California for parents worried about sexual indoctrination already require parents to watch their child's school "like a hawk" and request in writing their child be excused from the various classes, instruction and tests.

"Many parents don't know about a shocking ruling two years ago in California. Parents in Palmdale had objected to a sex survey given to their children in school without parental permission. In 2005, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that parents concerned about moral issues actually lose their parental rights once their child steps on school property," he said.

Already under a previous ban on discrimination in California schools, a Fresno school permitted a "confused girl" to run for prom king. And just last week in Davis, two teenage boys were made "prince and prince."

"Is this if happening under a 'no discrimination' law passed eight years ago, just think what the 'no discrimination' sledgehammer of SB 777 and AB 394 will do starting in January," Thomasson said.

He said there are a number of resources for parents who want to homeschool, including, Christian Home Educators of California, the Home School Legal Defense Association, California Homeschool Network and Home School Association of California.

Other resources are available at Alliance for Separation of School and State, Exodus Mandate, National Association of University-Model Schools, Alpha Omega Publications and Escondido Tutorials.

Capitol Resource said it has set up a website for volunteers or donations to its effort to battle SB 777.

Karen England, the chief of Capitol Resource, also said Assembly members Doug LaMalfa, R-Butte County, and Joel Anderson, R-San Diego, and agreed to serve as co-chairs.

"As a parent of four school age children, I'm completely dismayed that this destructive measure was allowed to become law," LaMalfa said.

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[Soldier4Christ]

The legislation Schwarzenegger signed earlier earned the scorn of an international organization promoting families. World Congress of Families Global Coordinator Allan Carlson said the measure is "a blatant attack on the natural family orchestrated by the alternative-lifestyles lobby."

The World Congress noted the law prohibits "instruction" or "activity" that is perceived to "promote a discriminatory bias" against "gender," including cross-dressing and sex-change operations as well as "so-called sexual orientation."

"It will prohibit anything that suggests that the natural family – a man and a woman, married, with children – is normal or typical," said Carlson. "Thus, under this latest advance toward a Brave New World of polymorphous perversion, California textbooks will no longer be able to use words like 'mother and father' and 'husband and wife,' because they suggest that heterosexuality is the norm – even though that is manifestly the case, even in California."

The organization's statement called it "unbelievable" that teachers and students who oppose same-sex marriage and suggest homosexuality isn't innate, or disapprove of cross-dressing and sex-change operations, could be disciplined as "harassers," and students may use the restrooms designated for the gender with which they identify.

While SB 777 provides protections for those promoting alternative lifestyle choices, there are no similar protections for students with traditional or conservative lifestyles and beliefs. Offenders will face the wrath of the state Department of Education, up to and including lawsuits.

"The terms 'mom and dad' or 'husband and wife' could promote discrimination against homosexuals if a same-sex couple is not also featured," said Meredith Turney, the legislative liaison for Capitol Resource.

"Parents want the assurance that when their children go to school they will learn the fundamentals of reading, writing and arithmetic – not social indoctrination regarding alternative sexual lifestyles. Now that SB 777 is law, schools will in fact become indoctrination centers for sexual experimentation," she said.

England told WND that the law is not a list of banned words, including "mom" and "dad." But she said the requirement is that the law bans discriminatory bias and the effect will be to ban such terminology.

"Having 'mom' and 'dad' promotes a discriminatory bias. You have to either get rid of 'mom' and 'dad' or include everything when talking about [parental issues]," she said. "They [promoters of sexual alternative lifestyles] do consider that discriminatory."

Ray Moore, a spokesman for Exodus Mandate, which advocates Christians give up on public schools and either school their children at home or send them to Christian schools, agreed with Thomasson, and went further.

"This really is a call to conservative and Christian pro-family groups to give up this absurd idea of public school reform," he told WND. "It can't be done. The longer they talk about saving public schools, the longer they prolong this agony, when they could be setting up new schools."

He said such plans to indoctrinate children in sexual alternatives is not a surprise at all. "The pagans are simply obeying their god," he said.

He also warned that the rest of the nation could feel the impact of the decision, because California is known as a trend-setter in educational practice and policy.

"California always has been on the cutting edge of trends, sometimes good and sometimes bad," Moore said. "What happens in California sometimes can spread nationwide.

"I do know textbook publishers blow with the wind," Thomasson added, "whether they blow from Texas or California, because those are the biggest states. That's how they sell books."

He said textbook editors now have a new agenda to satisfy if they want to sell their products in California. "We could see those [new] books within a year or two."

[nChrist]

Brothers and Sisters,

Please don't take this information for granted. Like situations could be present in the schools your children attend any day now. Every parent needs to plan for options other than public schools. Homeschooling is a way that every family can afford and put some strength back in the Christian Family.

We should also be ready to support organizations that are fighting to keep the devil out of our schools. If I had my way, the law of just 20 years ago would go back on the books in full force. Behaviors associated with alternative lifestyles were a felony and rightfully in the same category as sex with animals. It was also a felony to present material involving these types of behavior to minors (under 18). It obviously was not part of any school curriculum, as that would have been insane and taboo. It's still insane, and it still needs to be taboo. It's filth designed to make our children think that is normal and accepted behavior. It's NOT and it NEVER will be. It even encourages the little ones to start experimenting with the weird abominations to GOD.

Many millions around the world are dying a slow and agonizing death that is a direct result of sexual abominations to GOD. BUT, they want more, and they want the victims to be younger. This is now a cruel and evil world. The schools can't teach children about GOD and the Bible, but they can teach children filthy sexual abominations to GOD. There is a reason why many dreaded diseases are directly associated with SEXUAL PERVERSIONS. They are not NATURAL as intended by GOD, and that's the reason why they were labeled as CRIMES AGAINST NATURE! GOD said NO to this behavior, and GOD prescribed a death sentence for it in the Old Testament. WHY DEATH SENTENCE: to end the evil and stop it from spreading like a plague. The same was true for sex with animals. GOD said NO - that it was an abomination - HE would not tolerate it. If you don't believe in GOD, maybe you will believe the millions of people dying from weird, unnatural, PERVERTED sexual acts.

Let's make this blunt and easy for everyone to understand. There will never be anything normal or acceptable about alternative lifestyles. Let's leave GOD out of the discussion once and bluntly state that alternative lifestyles involve filthy and PERVERTED acts that are likely to give the participants any number of DREADED DISEASES. It's just like sex with animals, and nobody knows which one is more PERVERTED, FILTHY, AND DANGEROUS! If they are determined to teach sex in school, THIS IS WHAT SHOULD BE TAUGHT!

[Soldier4Christ]

Lawsuit challenges ban on 'mom' and 'dad' 
'We wish we had some provision that you can't pass stupid laws'

Absent a provision in the California Constitution that would ban "stupid" laws, the non-profit Advocates for Faith and Freedom has filed a lawsuit challenging a new state law that would ban "mom" and "dad" from public schools.

WND has reported that experts fear the socially groundbreaking legislative plan, signed into law by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, will impose a radical pro-homosexual indoctrination agenda on all California public schools.

"Realize that SB 777 affects all school 'instruction' (textbooks, classroom instruction, homework, videos, and other instructional materials) and every school-sponsored 'activity' (sex education classes, school assemblies, dramas, music, dances, proms, sports teams, homecoming games, etc.). To opt out of SB 777, you would have to opt out your child from the entire school day," said Randy Thomasson, of the Campaign for Children and Families, a California-based pro-family group.

His organization has concluded a state constitutional amendment would be the best way to remove the objectionable requirements, while the Capitol Resource Institute is working on a separate effort to have voters overturn.

Robert Tyler, the general counsel for Advocates for Faith and Freedom, said the lawsuit his organization has filed challenges the law on the basis it is unconstitutionally vague and violates the privacy of all students, teachers and other people on school campuses.

SB 777 changed in state law the definition of gender to make it now mean "sex," including a person's gender identity and gender related appearance and behavior whether or not associated with the person's "assigned' sex at birth.

"In short, you are what you think you are regardless of your anatomical makeup," the advocacy group said.

"This is such a free-flowing idea that every morning you might wake up and choose a gender," Tyler told WND. "What if a football player starts the game as a male, gets hit, walks off the field and says, 'I think I'm a female.'"

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the California Education Committee, a project of California Family Council, by the Advocates for Faith and Freedom as well as lawyers for the Alliance Defense Fund.

It names Schwarzenegger, state Attorney General Edmund Brown Jr., Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell and others as defendants.

The plan, which is set to take effect on Jan. 11, 2008, "recklessly abandons the traditional understanding of biological sex in favor of an elusive definition that is unconstitutionally vague," the lawsuit said.

"This lawsuit facially challenges the redefinition fo the term 'gender' as it will be impossible for school administrators and educators to know whether they themselves are violating the nondiscrimination provisions of the Education Code or the Penal Code," it said.

"Additionally, the special treatment intended for a select few students through the enforcement of Senate Bill 777 will result in the violation of the privacy rights of the remainder of students not targeted for special treatment under Senate Bill 777."

The new law demands, "No teacher shall give instruction nor shall any school district sponsor any activity that promotes a discriminatory bias because of a characteristic [including perceived gender.]"

"The terms 'mom and dad' or 'husband and wife' could promote discrimination against homosexuals if a same-sex couple is not also featured," said Meredith Turney, the legislative liaison for Capitol Resource.

"Parents want the assurance that when their children go to school they will learn the fundamentals of reading, writing and arithmetic – not social indoctrination regarding alternative sexual lifestyles. Now that SB 777 is law, schools will in fact become indoctrination centers for sexual experimentation," she said.

Karen England, chief of the CRI, told WND that the law is not a list of banned words, including "mom" and "dad." But she said the requirement is that the law bans discriminatory bias and the effect will be to ban such terminology.

"Having 'mom' and 'dad' promotes a discriminatory bias. You have to either get rid of 'mom' and 'dad' or include everything when talking about [parental issues]," she said. "They [promoters of sexual alternative lifestyles] do consider that discriminatory."

"This social experiment defies common sense," said Tyler. "We wish we had some sort of provision like that in the constitution, that you can't pass stupid laws."

"Parents sending their children to public schools are trusting that school officials will protect their children's safety," said Ron Prentice, chief executive officers of California Family Council. "It defies logic that schools will be required by law to ignore one's anatomy. The goal of SB 777 is not to create a gender neutral environment, but to disregard the traditional family, and its beliefs, and respect for a mom and dad raising the kids."

Thomasson believes a constitutional amendment is the only solution. "A detailed, well-crafted constitutional amendment would wipe out SB 777 and prevent it from ever coming back again, no matter what the politicians or judges desired," he said.

He also warned it would be best if parents would simply withdraw their children from public schools. "When you can no longer protect your children, you must remove them from a threatening environment," he said. "Because the equivalent of mental molestation is coming to California public schools, CCF is recommending that California parents who love their children flee to home schools or church-operated private schools."

The legislative plan had been carried by state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, a Democrat who has brought forward similar proposals for several years. Capitol Resource Institute believes it could be defeated by referendum, and that campaign already is well under way.

The legislation Schwarzenegger signed earlier earned the scorn of an international organization promoting families. World Congress of Families Global Coordinator Allan Carlson said the measure is "a blatant attack on the natural family orchestrated by the alternative-lifestyles lobby."

The World Congress noted the law prohibits "instruction" or "activity" that is perceived to "promote a discriminatory bias" against "gender," including cross-dressing and sex-change operations as well as "so-called sexual orientation."

"It will prohibit anything that suggests that the natural family – a man and a woman, married, with children – is normal or typical," said Carlson. "Thus, under this latest advance toward a Brave New World of polymorphous perversion, California textbooks will no longer be able to use words like 'mother and father' and 'husband and wife,' because they suggest that heterosexuality is the norm – even though that is manifestly the case, even in California."

The organization's statement called it "unbelievable" that teachers and students who oppose same-sex marriage and suggest homosexuality isn't innate, or disapprove of cross-dressing and sex-change operations, could be disciplined as "harassers," and students may use the restrooms designated for the gender with which they identify.

While SB 777 provides protections for those promoting alternative lifestyle choices, there are no similar protections for students with traditio nal or conservative lifestyles and beliefs. Offenders will face the wrath of the state Department of Education, up to and including lawsuits.

[Soldier4Christ]

Homosexodus! Students flee forced 'gay' agenda
California parents start reacting to new 'education' requirements


Parents in California have started reacting to the state's newly mandated homosexual indoctrination program by pulling their children out of classes, and state Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O'Connell is warning districts they'll lose money if that happens.

A spokeswoman for a ministry called Considering Homeschooling said she already has seen an overwhelming increase in requests for information about homeschooling.

As a result, spokeswoman Denise Kanter told WND that her group is sending out 5,000 DVD packages to churches around the state that include basic "how-to" information to provide parents a direction to turn when they choose to protect their children from the new school agenda.

The new law demands, "No teacher shall give instruction nor shall any school district sponsor any activity that promotes a discriminatory bias because of a characteristic [including perceived gender.]"

"With the passing of SB 777, a Christian parent cannot, in good conscience, send their child to a public school where their child will be taught or coerced into a lifestyle or belief system that is contrary to the faith they hold dear," Kanter told WND.

"Fortunately, SB 777 has caught the attention of many churches and pastors here in California, and as they should, they are calling on their congregants to take their children out. To help in this endeavor, our ministry has sent and will continue to send out free packages directly to churches containing information on how they can encourage their congregants to homeschool their children, as well as how to create in-church parent led schools," she said.

"We hope our resources will encourage Christians to focus on the importance of not leaving Christ out of a child's education," she said.

WND columnist Olivia St. John reported California's "raging ideological" battle prompted students to pack up their backpacks and stage a two-day boycott to protest the plan that has the state "force-feeding children perverse material and videos vile enough to garner at R-rating in the local miltiplex."

"Evidently, some are beginning to wake up to the fact that their children are no longer receiving true education, but are being clandestinely recruited into sick social movements threatening to tear families apart at the seams," she wrote.

"When it comes to actively promoting sin to public school children, the homosexuals are light years ahead of adulterers, fornicators and substance abusers, who haven't yet implemented student-run organizations to convince children that such lifestyle choices are normal," she continued.

In California, parents told the Inland Valley Press Enterprise they were pulling their children from public school classrooms in protest of the law.

Donna Myers, whose three daughters were attending Norte Vista High in Riverside, said the new law has no application to reading, writing and arithmetic.

"We have rights, too. Enough is enough," she told the newspaper.

And Betty Voltz also told the newspaper her son and daughter were boycotting the public district.

"They don't allow religion in school but they're going to allow homosexuality in schools. That makes no sense," she said.

Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, said there is reason for alarm. He said the new law effectively requires school instruction and school activities to portray homosexuality, bisexuality and transsexuality to the six million children in public schools in a positive light.

He said he's gotten hundreds of contacts from concerned parents, and is encouraging families to leave the public school system entirely.

All of this has O'Connell alarmed.

"We must encourage students to stay in school and resist calls for a protest and walkout over SB 777," he wrote in a notice to all "county and district superintendents."

"What I find most troubling is that possible student absences may lead to missed opportunities for them to learn and that this lost time may not be recaptured," he said.

"Additionally, there may be fiscal consequences to school districts for funds lost due to student absences," he threatened.

His also said the bill "simplifies and clarifies existing civil rights protections for California students."

Meredith Turney, the legislative liaison for Capitol Resource Institute, reacted to that in a column.

"Mr. O'Connell, the bill's author Sen. Sheila Kuehl and Gov. Schwarzenegger have all maintained the party line that SB 777 merely 'streamlines' existing anti-discrimination laws. However, these attempts to discredit the public outcry against SB 777's policies are disingenuous and misleading. In fact, SB 777 goes far beyond implementing anti-discrimination and harassment policies for public schools."

Turney said that already was accomplished by a 2000 plan by the same lawmaker.

"The new law states that 'No teacher shall give instruction nor shall a school district sponsor any activity that promotes a discriminatory bias because of' … (homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexual or transgender status). Including instruction and activities in the anti-discrimination law goes much further than 'streamlining.' This incremental and deceitful approach to achieving their goals is a favorite and effective tactic of liberals. Expanding the law is not 'streamlining' the law," Turney wrote.

"Mr. O'Connell's doublespeak reveals his – and his peers' – arrogant attitude toward their 'gullible' constituents. In fact, parents are not stupid and they recognize that their authority is being undermined by such subversive school policies. This is nothing less than an attempt to confuse the public about the true intention of SB 777," she said.

"The terms 'mom and dad' or 'husband and wife' could promote discrimination against homosexuals if a same-sex couple is not also featured," said Turney.

"Parents want the assurance that when their children go to school they will learn the fundamentals of reading, writing and arithmetic – not social indoctrination regarding alternative sexual lifestyles. Now that SB 777 is law, schools will in fact become indoctrination centers for sexual experimentation," she said.

Karen England, chief of the CRI, which has set up a separate website to organize opposition to SB 777, has told WND that the law is not a list of banned words, including "mom" and "dad." But she said the requirement is that the law bans discriminatory bias and the effect will be to ban such terminology.

"Having 'mom' and 'dad' promotes a discriminatory bias. You have to either get rid of 'mom' and 'dad' or include everything when talking about [parental issues]," she said. "They [promoters of sexual alternative lifestyles] do consider that discriminatory."

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[Soldier4Christ]

Kuehl told the Inland newspaper such opposition from "right-wing groups' are publicity stunts. "They are essentially whipping up a phony crisis," the Santa Monica Democrat, who lives an openly homosexual lifestyle, said.

As WND has reported, the non-profit Advocates for Faith and Freedom has filed a lawsuit challenging a SB 777.

Robert Tyler, the general counsel for Advocates for Faith and Freedom, said the lawsuit his organization has filed challenges the law on the basis it is unconstitutionally vague and violates the privacy of all students, teachers and other people on school campuses.

SB 777 changed in state law the definition of gender to make it now mean "sex," including a person's gender identity and gender related appearance and behavior whether or not associated with the person's "assigned' sex at birth.

"In short, you are what you think you are regardless of your anatomical makeup," the advocacy group said.

"This is such a free-flowing idea that every morning you might wake up and choose a gender," Tyler told WND. "What if a football player starts the game as a male, gets hit, walks off the field and says, 'I think I'm a female.'"

The lawsuit was filed on behalf of the California Education Committee, a project of California Family Council, by the Advocates for Faith and Freedom as well as lawyers for the Alliance Defense Fund.

It names Schwarzenegger, state Attorney General Edmund Brown Jr., O'Connell and others as defendants.

The plan, which is set to take effect on Jan. 11, 2008, "recklessly abandons the traditional understanding of biological sex in favor of an elusive definition that is unconstitutionally vague," the lawsuit said.

"This lawsuit facially challenges the redefinition of the term 'gender' as it will be impossible for school administrators and educators to know whether they themselves are violating the nondiscrimination provisions of the Education Code or the Penal Code," it said.

Thomasson endorses the idea of pulling children out of public schools, and believes a constitutional amendment is the best solution. CRI is working on a referendum.

[nChrist]

It should be considered as a REAL crisis of the worst kind when public schools are promoting abnormal and dangerous lifestyles that we already know are responsible for millions of deaths every year and an untold number of dread diseases that will eventually lead to death. The above is just a HEALTH statement of fact that doesn't even address moral issues. The HEALTH issues alone should be enough to keep this filthy garbage out of our public schools.

Let's forget about moral and religious issues just this once and make a statement for all parents. Public schools should not be endorsing, defending, or promoting ANY ACTIVITY that leads to disease and/or death. Parents without any religion at all should be just as demanding that things like this WILL NOT be done in public schools. For the same quite logical reasons, the promotion or defense of tobacco, alcohol, and drugs should not be tolerated in public schools. WHY? Many millions of people around the world are suffering with dreaded diseases because of these activities, and millions are dying with these dreaded diseases EVERY YEAR! DOES IT GET ANY MORE SIMPLE THAN THIS?

[HisDaughter]

If the only way to get through their chicken-sized brains is to hit them in the pocketbook...so be it.

"What I find most troubling is that possible student absences may lead to missed opportunities for them to learn and that this lost time may not be recaptured," he said.

"Additionally, there may be fiscal consequences to school districts for funds lost due to student absences," he threatened.

Opportunities to learn what?  If it's pagan, heathenistic garbage the kids will be better off staying home watching cartoons!

[Soldier4Christ]

If the only way to get through their chicken-sized brains is to hit them in the pocketbook...so be it.

Opportunities to learn what?  If it's pagan, heathenistic garbage the kids will be better off staying home watching cartoons!

The precise point. Children are not being educated any longer in schools, they are being indoctrinated in garbage.

[Soldier4Christ]

Stripped bare: 'Gay' school plot unveiled
'Infuse LGBTQ curriculum into history, social science, and literature classes'


On the heels of Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger's signature on S.B. 777, which opponents describe as a homosexual indoctrination plan for education districts, a pro-homosexual lobbying organization in California has launched its campaign to infuse a "gay" influence into public school curricula.

The Gay Straight Alliance recently forwarded an e-mail to its California chapters with information on how to make sure homosexuality is taught in the state's schools, and warned that having students and parents simply "tolerate" homosexuality simply is not enough.

"In many schools, learning about LGBTQ issues takes the form of very necessary tolerance education where students are educated about the importance of not discriminating against each other," according to GSA documents. "Tolerance education is an important first step, but we need to push further.

"Infuse LGBTQ curriculum into history, social science, and literature classes," is the organization's plan.

Karen England, a spokeswoman for Capital Resource Institute who publicized the GSA campaign and is a primary organizer behind the Save Our Kids plan to put the issue before voters and ask them to reject it, said this is exactly what she expected of those who wish to promote the homosexual lifestyle.

"The homosexual lobby is active and ambitious. They already have GSA units in many California schools that will oversee the implementation of SB 777," England said. "As evidenced in the GSA e-mail, their agenda is inclusion in school instruction and activities, regardless of their public assertions of 'streamlining' anti-discrimination policies in the law."

She said the GSA "guide" to be used tells students "that insisting on LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer) history in school instruction 'helps to create schools where students feel safer and more supported.'"

"Utilizing the slogan 'Let's Set the Record Straight: History Isn't', students are given several action steps to take in accomplishing their 'curriculum campaign' goal. These include monitoring classroom instruction to see if LGBTQ individuals are discussed or 'made invisible'; taking over class to present LGBTQ history lessons and contacting textbook companies to change curriculum," England noted.

She said no child should be subjected to discrimination, "but incorporating discussions of an instruction about controversial lifestyles in the classroom does not accomplish this goal. Instead, it undermines parental authority over children's moral upbringing."

The documentation promotes a classroom discussion of Sylvia Rivera, a "Latina transwoman," and suggests, "It's time to take action!"

"Are your teachers teaching about the historical achievements of LGBTQ individuals? Are these issues included in your textbooks?..." the organization wrote. "Take over class! … Lead a discussion about LGBTQ history or present a lesson of your own."

England said with the pending implementation of S.B. 777, soon such messages will come not from independent advocacy groups such as GSA, but from the state's superintendent of Public Instruction, Jack O'Connell.

"That will be the mandate if our referendum isn't successful," she told WND. "It won't be just some San Francisco school. It will be the San Francisco curriculum and values forced on school districts in California."

She called the agenda "highly offensive" to most Californians, in fact, "most Americans."

"Religious background or not, you don't want these controversial issues discussed in a classroom," she said.

She said the Save Our Kids campaign is on track, with more than enough petitions in circulation to collect the signatures needed to present the plan to voters.

But she said petition signature collectors now need to be getting the pages of signatures back to the campaign office to be processed and submitted to the state.

She described the citizen response so far as incredible.

"We have people who are saying, 'Not with my kids, not with my grandkids,'" she said. "Citizens who have never done anything [politically] are setting up tables outside of grocery stores."

The homosexual promotions suggested a "gay/lesbian teacher as role model," promoted the life stories of celebrity homosexuals, and suggests study of "The Kinsey Report," which in 1948 explored "same-sex sexual behavior."

It also advocates teaching "the truth about historical figures."

"We will never know how he (Abraham Lincoln) might identity his own sexual orientation if he were alive today…" the group states. "It is good for young people of all sexual orientations and gender identities to know that some of the legends in their history books were more complex than those books make them seem."

Brad Dacus, president of Pacific Justice Institute, said, "It is within our reach to defeat SB 777 – the most blatant attempt yet to mandate pro-homosexual and transgender propaganda in schools. We urge all friends of liberty to send CRFI their completed petitions as soon as possible."

WND previously has reported on an increasing number of students leaving public schools because of the planned agenda, and O'Connell has warned districts they'll lose money if that happens.

A spokeswoman for a ministry called Considering Homeschooling said she already has seen an overwhelming increase in requests for information about homeschooling.

As a result, spokeswoman Denise Kanter told WND that her group is sending out 5,000 DVD packages to churches around the state that include basic "how-to" information to provide parents a direction to turn when they choose to protect their children from the new school agenda.

The new law demands, "No teacher shall give instruction nor shall any school district sponsor any activity that promotes a discriminatory bias because of a characteristic [including perceived gender.]"

"With the passing of SB 777, a Christian parent cannot, in good conscience, send their child to a public school where their child will be taught or coerced into a lifestyle or belief system that is contrary to the faith they hold dear," Kanter told WND.

In California, several parents told the Inland Valley Press Enterprise they were pulling their children from public school classrooms in protest of the law.

"We have rights, too. Enough is enough," Donna Myeres said.

Randy Thomasson, president of the Campaign for Children and Families, said there is reason for alarm. He said the new law effectively requires school instruction and school activities to portray homosexuality, bisexuality and transsexuality to the six million children in public schools in a positive light.

He said he's gotten hundreds of contacts from concerned parents, and is encouraging families to leave the public school system entirely.

All of this has O'Connell alarmed.

In a notice to school superintendents, he said, "There may be fiscal consequences to school districts for funds lost due to student absences."

Meredith Turney, the legislative liaison for Capitol Resource Institute, reacted to that in a column.

"Mr. O'Connell, the bill's author Sen. Sheila Kuehl and Gov. Schwarzenegger have all maintained the party line that SB 777 merely 'streamlines' existing anti-discrimination laws. However, these attempts to discredit the public outcry against SB 777's policies are disingenuous and misleading. In fact, SB 777 goes far beyond implementing anti-discrimination and harassment policies for public schools."

"The terms 'mom and dad' or 'husband and wife' could promote discrimination against homosexuals if a same-sex couple is not also featured," said Turney.

"Parents want the assurance that when their children go to school they will learn the fundamentals of reading, writing and arithmetic – not social indoctrination regarding alternative sexual lifestyles. Now that SB 777 is law, schools will in fact become indoctrination centers for sexual experimentation," she said.

As WND has reported, the non-profit Advocates for Faith and Freedom has filed a lawsuit challenging a SB 777.

Robert Tyler, the general counsel, said the lawsuit his organization has filed challenges the law on the basis it is unconstitutionally vague and violates the privacy of all students, teachers and other people on school campuses.

[nChrist]

If I had children or grandchildren in California, they would already be out of public schools if it was my choice. Regardless of this new law, I would be concerned with what weird and perverted garbage some people would try to sneak into the public schools without the parent's knowledge. This is not an acceptable risk.

California is a state where decent people have been unable to find anyone willing to address nudity and gay sex acts in front of children on the streets of San Francisco during a recent gay pride parade. An unknown but large number of public officials and police officers were present to see these acts and did nothing. These same decent people took videos of the event and are still trying to find someone willing to take ANY kind of action. So far, they haven't been able to find anyone willing to even verbally condemn this type of behavior in public. I would conclude that this state isn't responsible enough to be educating children. Homeschooling is a very reasonable option that should be exercised by every parent in the state with any common sense.

[Soldier4Christ]

Revealed: 'Gay' plans
to target 2-year-olds 
5th-grade students could be handed
'Coping With Sexual Orientation'

Children as young as two years of age are in the bull's-eye of coming changes in California's school curriculum, which "gay rights" advocates now admit will alter the very foundation of information presented to public school classrooms.

A list of school resources, sponsored by a homosexual-advocacy group called Safe Schools Coalition, suggests that for those who are only two years old, there's "Felicia's Favorite Story," which tells how she was "adopted by her two mothers."

The list also promotes a book called "Are You a Girl or a Boy?" by Karleen Jiminez, a resource for children ages 4-8 when advocating homosexuality, bisexuality, transgenderism and other alternative lifestyle choices.

It's described as "A sweet book about a gender-different kid."

Other resources being promoted in light of California's adoption of SB 777 as state law include books authored by officials for Planned Parenthood and the Gay Lesbian Straight Education Network.

One book, called "Tackling Gay Issues in School," is for kindergarten through grade 12, and offers a "rationale (for the inclusion of les/bi/gay/trans issues in school)." It features recommended "extracurricular" activities for classes.

The promotion of such materials has coincided with the recent admission by Equality California, a homosexual advocacy group that worked to have SB 777 passed by lawmakers and signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, that the bill really does edit all school curricula in California.

For months while California lawmakers discussed Senate Bill 777, opponents worried about its usefulness in censoring public school curricula to include a pro-homosexual bias. Supporters, however, steadfastly maintained that it only clarified anti-discrimination laws already on the books. They still hold that stance, with statements this week from both Schwarzenegger's office and Equality California.

Sabrina Lockhart, a spokeswoman for the governor, insisted it is a "technical bill" intended to clarify anti-discriminations laws.

"It simply takes anti-discrimination language used in other areas of [state law] such as employment and puts that in the education code," she said.

And Ali Bay of Equality California told WND the new law "doesn't require that any specific curriculum be included in California's classrooms."

Technically it is correct that the law doesn't "require inclusion." But opponents say it does now ban anything that can be "perceived" as being discriminatory, up to and including references to "mom" and "dad" or "husband" and "wife."

"The terms 'mom and dad' or 'husband and wife' could promote discrimination against homosexuals if a same-sex couple is not also featured," said Meredith Turney, the legislative liaison for Capitol Resource Institute.

"Parents want the assurance that when their children go to school they will learn the fundamentals of reading, writing and arithmetic – not social indoctrination regarding alternative sexual lifestyles. Now that SB 777 is law, schools will in fact become indoctrination centers for sexual experimentation," she said.

The new law demands, "No teacher shall give instruction nor shall any school district sponsor any activity that promotes a discriminatory bias because of a characteristic [including perceived gender.]"

And Karen England, a spokeswoman for Capital Resource who is a primary organizer behind the Save Our Kids plan to put the issue before voters and ask them to reject it, noted that even Equality California's own materials are assuring constituents the law will ban curriculum that fails to meet the pro-homosexual standard cited.

"All along, Capitol Resource Family Impact has maintained that the true agenda behind SB 777 is to infuse school curriculum with pro-homosexual, and other controversial lifestyles, propaganda. The proponents of the bill countered that this was not true and the law would merely 'streamline' anti-discrimination laws for schools. Based on our 20-year experience with the homosexual lobby, we know that a common tactic is to maintain innocence and then utilize vague language to push a radical agenda. We expected the same of SB 777 and we are already witnessing the same pattern," England said.

"Last week the sponsor of SB 777, homosexual rights group Equality California, released their 2007 legislative scorecard. The scorecard featured a description of the each of the bills the group sponsored or considered homosexual-friendly," she said.

"For the first time, the group admitted that SB 777 'prohibits curriculum that is discriminatorily biased against LGBT people.' Understand that the entire time the group was pushing this bill through the legislature, they vehemently denied that it would affect curriculum. After the bill had passed, they now reveal their true agenda," England said.

The report card specifically said SB 777 "prohibits curriculum that is discriminatorily biased against LGBT people and other protected groups."

"In fact, SB 777 will affect curriculum and public education programs. The proponents lied to lawmakers and to the public," England said.

"One website features curriculum programs for teachers to use in introducing 'homosexual history' to their students as young as 5," she said.

Among titles now being recommended for use in public schools is "A Family Counting Book," intended specifically for those students in pre-kindergarten who are yet learning to count, she noted.

The recommended resources address "lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender issues that schools are encouraged to have in their collection. All of these are suitable for classroom and library use to address the prescribed learning outcomes … or any effort to make your school a (sic) affirming space for all students, staff, and families," according to the website.

Another "resource" is about "A 10-year-old [who] asks her lesbian grandmother a heartwarming question," "What's a lesbian?"

Others feature stories about a boy who makes a card for his mother "and her partner" for Mother's Day, and another for "pre-kindergarten" is a coloring book called "Beach Party with Alexis" which is described as "a super story with people of color and gay/lesbian parents."

For older children, such as those in fifth grade, there's a book called "Coping With … Your Sexual Orientation" and it is "especially designed for the public school system."

For those as young as age 3, there's "The Different Dragon," which "shows how the wonderful curiosity and care of a little boy, along with some help from one of his moms, leads to magical and unexpected places …"

There also are offered several elementary school "lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender" lesson plans, produced by the Buena Vista Lesbian and Gay Parents Group, among others.

Rounding out the multimedia offerings are videos such as "Different and the Same," a series of nine videos which is described as good, but not great because none of the videos specifically condemns "homophobia."

GLSEN also has produced another resource, "Tackling Gay Issues in Schools," substantiating the "rationale" for including such teachings in California classrooms.

WND already has reported how the Gay Straight Alliance has forwarded instructions to its California chapters with information on how to make sure homosexuality is taught in public schools, and its warning having students and parents simply "tolerate" homosexuality is not enough.

"Tolerance education is an important first step, but we need to push further," the instructions said. "Infuse LGBTQ curriculum into history, social science, and literature classes," is the organization's plan.

WND also has reported how thousands of requests for information about homeschooling and Christian school are bombarding organizations that support those efforts.

A spokeswoman for a ministry called Considering Homeschooling said she already has seen an overwhelming increase in requests for information about homeschooling.

As a result, spokeswoman Denise Kanter told WND that her group is sending out 5,000 DVD packages to churches around the state that include basic "how-to" information to provide parents a direction to turn when they choose to protect their children from the new school agenda.

Another group's website, Discover Christian Schools, has been getting almost 4,000 visits per day as parents seek alternatives, co-founder Harold Naylor Jr. said.

Besides the referendum being pursued by England's organization, WND also has reported on work by the non-profit Advocates for Faith and Freedom to file a lawsuit challenging a SB 777.

[Brother Jerry]

You ever have one of those days where you just feel ill?
I get that feeling everytime I read something like this.