Mom and Dad Banned in California

“Mom and dad” as well as “husband and wife” effectively have been banned
from California schools under a bill signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger,
who with his signature also ordered public schools to allow boys to use
girls’ restrooms and locker rooms, and vice versa, if they choose.

“We are shocked and appalled that the governor has blatantly attacked
traditional family values in California,” said Karen England, executive
director of Capitol Resource Institute.

“With this decision, Gov. Schwarzenegger has told parents that their values
are irrelevant. Many parents will have no choice but to pull their children
out of the public schools that have now become sexualized indoctrination
centers.”

“Arnold Schwarzenegger has delivered young children into the hands of those
who will introduce them to alternative sexual lifestyles,” said Randy
Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, which worked to
defeat the plans. “This means children as young as five years old will be
mentally molested in school classrooms.

“Shame on Schwarzenegger and the Democrat politicians for ensuring that
every California school becomes a homosexual-bisexual-transsexual
indoctrination center,” he said.

Analysts have warned that schools across the nation will be impacted by the
decision, since textbook publishers must cater to their largest purchaser,
which often is California, and they will be unlikely to go to the expense of
having a separate edition for other states.

The bills signed by Schwarzenegger include SB777, which bans anything in
public schools that could be interpreted as negative toward homosexuality,
bisexuality and other alternative lifestyle choices.

There are no similar protections for students with traditional or
conservative lifestyles and beliefs, however.

“SB 777 will result in reverse discrimination against students with
religious and traditional family values,” said Meredith Turney, legislative
liaison for Capitol Resource Institute. “These students have lost their
voice as the direct result of Gov. Schwarzenegger’s unbelievable decision.
The terms ‘mom and dad’ or ‘husband and wife’ could promote discrimination
against homosexuals if a same-sex couple is not also featured.

“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 SB777 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.

“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.”

Also signed was AB394, which targets parents and teachers for such
indoctrination through “anti-harassment” training, CCF said.

Schwarzenegger had vetoed almost identical provisions a year ago, saying
existing state law already provided for penalties for discrimination.

“We had hoped that the governor would once again veto this outrageous
legislation, but he obviously decided to side with the out-of-touch
extremists that control the legislature. This law does not reflect the true
values of the average Californian,” said England. “True leadership means
standing up for what is true and right.”

Thomasson said SB777 prohibits any “instruction” or school-sponsored
“activity” that “promotes a discriminatory bias” against “gender” the
bill’s definition includes cross-dressing and sex changes as well as
“sexual orientation.”

“Because no textbook or instruction in California public schools currently
disparage transsexuality, bisexuality or homosexuality, the practical
effect of SB777 will be to require positive portrayals of these sexual
lifestyles at every government-operated school,” CCF noted.

Offenders will face the wrath of the state Department of Education, up to
and including lawsuits.

CCF noted that now on a banned list will be any text, reference or teaching
aid that portrays marriage as only between a man and woman, materials that
say people are born male or female (and not in between), sources that fail
to include a variety of transsexual, bisexual and homosexual historical
figures and sex education materials that fail to offer the option of sex
changes.

Further, homecoming kings now can be either male or female as can
homecoming queens, and students, whether male or female, must be allowed to
use the restroom and locker room corresponding to the sex with which they
choose to identify.

AB394 promotes the same issues through state-funded publications, postings,
curricula and handouts to students, parents and teachers.

It also creates the circumstances where a parent who says marriage is only
for a man and a woman in the presence of a lesbian teacher could be
convicted of “harassment,” and a student who believes people are born either
male or female could be reported as a “harasser” by a male teacher who wears
women’s clothes, CCF said.

Thomasson said Schwarzenegger also signed AB14, which prohibits state
funding for any program that does not support a range of alternative sexual
practices, including state-funded social services run by churches.

Affected will be daycares, preschool or after-school programs, food and
housing programs, senior services, anti-gang efforts, jobs programs and
others.

Thomasson said it also forces every hospital in California even private,
religious hospitals to adopt policies in support of transsexuality,
bisexuality and homosexuality and opens up nonprofit organizations to
lawsuits if they exclude members that engage in homosexual, bisexual or
transsexual conduct.

“It’s the height of intolerance to punish individuals, organizations,
businesses and churches that have moral standards on sexual conduct and
sexual lifestyles,” said Thomasson, in response to the signing of AB14.
“This is another insensitive law that violates people’s moral boundaries.”

The vitriol over the issue rose to new levels in its latest campaign.

As WND reported, a board member for the homosexual advocacy group Equality
California verbally attacked and threatened CRI for its opposition to the
bill earlier.

The board member sent an email and video to CRI, threatening that the group would
be buried if it continued efforts opposing the homosexual advocacy.

“The shocking hate mail we received shows that those behind this legislation
do not promote true tolerance,” said England. “Only politically correct
speech will be tolerated. Those with religious or traditional moral beliefs
will not be allowed to express their opinions in public schools.”

She also cited an informational document published by the Gay-Straight
Alliance Network and the Transgender Law Center that already is lobbying for
special treatment in the school system.

“If you want to use a restroom that matches your gender identity you
should be allowed to do so,” it advises. “Whenever students are divided up
into boys and girls, you should be allowed to join the group or participate
in the program that matches your gender identity as much as possible.”

Further, the groups advise, “If you change your name to one that better
matches your gender identity, a school needs to use that name to refer to
you.” The advocacy group also warns schools against bringing parents into
any such discussion with students.

WND has documented a number of earlier cases in which educators, including
leaders in California, have taken it upon themselves to promote a homosexual
lifestyle to children under their charge.

WND reported that California Superintendent of Public Instruction Jack O’Connell,
under whose supervision hundreds of thousands of children are being
educated, has used his state position and taxpayer-funded stationery to
praise a “gay” pride event used in the past to expose children to sexually
explicit activities.

2007 WorldNetDaily.com