[Ohioan]

Apart from the fact that this appears to be a vile, utterly indefensible effort to brainwash impressionable aged children into rejecting their family values--something that no public school has a legitimate right to do--it opens up, or should open up a demand that the State mandate a deep study of the wisdom of the Founding Fathers.

Does California require high school students to show a deep familiarity with Washington's Farewell Address; with the writings of Madison & Hamilton in the Federalist Papers; with Jefferson's Notes On The State Of Virginia, and if not, why not?!

Does it even offer a study--much less a mandated study--just offer a study, of the history of normal marriage between normal, God Fearing men & women; a study of how traditional marriage is supposed to work, with a division of responsibility between the sexes, etc.. Is there anything about this "mandate," that is not only utterly bizarre and perverse, but other than a demonstration of a total absence of any sense of proportion--any sense that the supporters are not at least approaching a text book definition of a dysfunctional mentality, if not outright insanity? Anything at all?

[Morpheus2009]

Does California require high school students to show a deep familiarity with Washington’s Farewell Address; with the writings of Madison & Hamilton in the Federalist Papers; with Jefferson’s Notes On The State Of Virginia, and if not, why not?!

Sad part is, plenty of honest discussion on this specific material is on the decline in who knows how many places. However, this material is important.