Here's another one.
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Get ready for 'gay' textbooks
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Posted: April 10, 2006
1:00 am Eastern
By Barbara Simpson
© 2008 WorldNetDaily.com
Heads up! They're coming at you again with the gay agenda and they're aiming at the kids – again!
What else is new, you say?
You'd be right about that.
This time, the assault is against textbooks used in all classes in the schools. That's right, if California legislators have their way, and if Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signs the bill into law, every single textbook used in schools will have to be revised to include references to the contributions of gays.
Algebra? Chemistry? Spanish? Music? Grammar? Physics? Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes and yes. And more.
Never mind appreciating a painting for its artistic value, now our children will be required to "appreciate" it for the sexuality of the artist. Now our children will be required to learn about the sexual proclivity of the scientist, the author, the teacher.
What does that have to do with anything? Nothing.
Unless, of course, you have an agenda, and the openly gay legislators in California and across the country certainly do. They're supported by Democrats, as well as any Republicans/conservatives without the courage to stand against the onslaught.
This latest bill, SB 1437, was passed last week 3-1 by the Senate Judiciary Committee. The 3 Democrats said "yes."
If you're not from California, you're probably thinking this doesn't affect you. Wrong! Pay attention, it's coming your way!
California is one of the country's biggest purchasers of textbooks – Texas and New York are others. If California mandates these changes, it will pressure the publishers to "encourage" other states to adopt them and pressure other legislatures to copy California's precedent.
Remember, textbooks are big money and publishers want to sell as many as they can.
Can you imagine what it will cost to replace all textbooks and teaching materials to meet the requirements of this law?
If you haven't noticed that matters homosexual have been making inroads into just about every venue of our lives, you've been living in a box.
Or a closet?
Well, that closet is open and the lid is off the box and, like it or not, gay activists continue their quest to make the homosexual lifestyle mainstream and to have everyone accept it – like it or not.
It's everywhere – in magazines, videos, music, advertising, television, movies, clothing – you name it. Where do you think the "Heather Has Two Mommies" kinds of books come from that are part of school and public libraries? Consider the massive pop culture support of the latest movie effort in that direction "Brokeback Mountain." Promoted as "just another love story"? Hmmm?
But the push is also taking place in our public schools with the force of law and that's what makes this a different situation.
The law requires our children to attend school. They're subjected to the curriculum presented and any objections to content or presentation are not well received. In fact, the attitude of most districts is that parental control over their children stops at the school entrance. Past that, whatever the school and the law mandates, is what they'll have.
Just in case you haven't paid attention (and asked the right questions of your local school administration) you might not have noticed that schools across the country are being required to expand sex-education classes.
Forget the birds and the bees and plumbing – now they teach explicitly about straight and gay sex, regarding each as "normal" and "accepted." They also teach about HIV and AIDS to all grades – that means K through 12.
I've yet to be convinced that a primary school child has a need to know about how sex works, much less about a disease that is contracted thru sexual activities and can kill you. Talk about kids growing up too quickly – but then, we're told "teacher knows best."
The California move is another huge step in that direction.
In Sacramento, the bill passed by the Senate Judiciary Committee was authored by Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica. She's one of six, openly gay, California legislators and actively writes and supports new laws pushing the gay agenda. Some pass, some don't, but the efforts continue. She admits this legislation has been in the works since 1995.
It requires school districts to buy textbooks highlighting positive contributions of gay and transgender people. It affects all textbooks, all instructional materials K-12 and all school sponsored activities.
It requires that classes include a history of the contributions of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people to the "economic, political and social development of California and the United States of America."
It takes the state Penal Code definition of "gender" and puts it in the education code, reading:
Gender means sex, and includes a person's gender identity and gender-related appearance and behavior whether or not stereotypically associated with a person's assigned sex at birth.
What does that mean? If you feel like a girl today, dress that way. Tomorrow, if you feel like a boy, OK.
Karen England, executive director of Capitol Resource Institute says the bill will "eliminate all 'stereotypes' of the traditional family, could potentially require gender-neutral bathrooms" and remove all references to "husband, wife, or mom and dad."
She says everything from cheerleading, sports activities and proms would be affected. How about dress codes or sex-specific sports teams? What happens to prom king and queen?
What about the preferences of parents concerning their personal moral and religious beliefs? What about parents who want the teaching of sexual orientation to be a family responsibility?
Forget it.
Kuehl supports the bill, saying it will improve the climate of discrimination and harassment of gays in schools. She claims students will achieve more academically if gay issues are discussed more openly in classes.
SB1437 now goes to the Education committee, only requires a majority vote in the Legislature and will eventually reach the governor's desk for signature or veto.
But there's a double whammy. There's anotherbill from the Assembly – AB 606 – which cuts 2/3 of state money from any school district that doesn't "adequately" (whatever that means) promote homosexuality, bisexuality and trans-sexuality in all their policies.
Talk about a full-court press.
As for the governor? At this point, Arnold isn't talking.
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