Posted by : Reina in (Best For Your Family, Best For Your Kids)
A “Gay Day” Celebration coming soon to Public Schools?
Tagged Under : "Gay Day" in Public Schools
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Legislature Passes Bill for “Gay Day” Celebrations in California Public Schools August 8, 2008, SACRAMENTO (LifeSiteNews.com) - California public schools soon will be planning “gay day” celebrations every May 22 unless Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoes the legislation. Thursday the California Assembly approved AB 2567, which designates May 22 as “Harvey Milk Day.” The 43 to 26 vote occurred on party lines with Democrats for, Republicans against. Earlier this week, AB 2567 passed the California State Senate on another party line vote 22-13 - Democrats for, Republicans against. “If signed into law, AB 2567 will mean an official day commemorating homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality in California government schools…This will harm children as young as kindergarten.” For complete story click here. |
Okay, when you think you’ve heard it all. A bill to approve a “Gay Day” celebration in Public Schools? What? are the gay people heroes now? I believe in equal treatment for all, but this is going well beyond equal treatment. This is forcing the world to pay recognition to a group of people that have done nothing remarkable to earn it. And force it upon our children in the Public schools? The first thing that comes to mind is who in the world is proposing this kind of nonsense? And don’t they have anything better to do in the Senate than to come up with these ridiculous ideas? Well, I did a little research as follows:
Lead Author of AB 2567 : Assemblymember Mark Leno. Bio:
Elected to the Assembly in 2002, Assemblyman Mark Leno represents the 13th District, which encompasses the eastern portion of San Francisco. He is one of the first openly gay men ever elected to the Assembly.
He currently chairs the Assembly Appropriations Committee, which oversees all bills with a fiscal impact on the state. He also serves on the Election & Redistricting and Labor Committees, as well as the Public Safety Committee, which he chaired through 2006. Prior to his election to the Assembly, Leno served on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors from April 1998 to November 2002.
In 2007, Leno is continuing his pioneering battle for equal rights for LGBT couples and their families by introducing AB 43, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act. This historic civil rights legislation would allow same sex couples to marry in California. In 2005, Leno’s nearly identical AB 849 was the first marriage equality bill in United States history to be approved by both houses of a state legislature.
Sponsor: Equality California (EQCA)
Co-Authors: Senators Kehoe, Kuehl and Migden; Assemblymember Laird and Speaker Núñez
This legislation only proves one thing; that the LGBT (lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender) movement is not seeking equal treatment as they claim. They are seeking superior treatment, a special kind of treatment. There is no “Straight Day” celebration in the schools. Why there should be a “Gay Day” celebration?
Do you think our children should be celebrating a “Gay Day” at school? And how would you like to have to explain this “Gay Day” celebration to a Kindergartener? Well, if you live in the state of California and Governor Schwarzenegger does not veto this legislation, you just might have to. And look out everyone, legislations often voted for in California tend to spread out throughout the nation.
CALL TO ACTION: You can let Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger know how you feel about this issue:
Contact the Governor
Governor’s Office
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
State Capitol Building
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone: 916-445-2841
Fax: 916-445-4633
To send an Electronic Mail please visit:
http://www.govmail.ca.gov
Interesting how “Separation of ‘Church and State’” only applies to the Christian agenda.
“AB 43, the Religious Freedom and Civil Marriage Protection Act.” …. Strange… now Homosexuality is a “Religion?”
Umm. If the Afrcan American population can have a month why can’t Gays have a day. they have been abused and mistreated they deserve at the least one measly day.
I’m glad you made this comment Christine…about the African American Population having a month of celebration and thus, why can Gays have a day? Here is the thing, no one can choose the race that they are born into. Race is not a choice…it is inherited, and nobody should be discriminated against for the genetic code that they were born with because they had no control over it. The African American population were discriminated against something that they had no control over, and that was unfair, and if society have chosen a month to celebrate the African American culture, it does seem fair to everyone. On the contrary, being Gay or Lesbian is a choice. There is no “gay gene” that people are born with. However, discrimination against gays is also unfair. I do not support discrimination against any group of people…we are all human beings…we all have the same status in life and we all deserve the same respect. However, what I do not agree with, is to have a school day in the public school system where children from ages 4 in up are supposed to celebrate someone’s sexual preference. Parents do not send their children to school to learn about individuals sexual orientation. The school system has no business in trying to indoctrinate children on sexual orientation. Being gay or lesbian is a choice and the desires and urges can be overcome. I know of somebody who did, and he is extremely happy that he did. Here is his website: http://www.syrogers.com. Christine, I don’t know how old you’re nor whether you have children or not, and this I’m going to tell you from my heart, I have two young children, and when I look at them sleeping, I think about what I can do to spare them some trouble. How can I protect them? What is there in my hands to do to stop any kind of unnecessary pain and suffering from entering their life? I have seen, heard and observed the life of people in the homosexual lifestyle, and I can tell you for a fact that anyone in this lifestyle is miserably unsatisfied. And I don’t want my children having any part of that.