Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (Courtesy Sacramento Bee)
Posted on 05/25/2006 2:51:02 PM PDT by Conservative Coulter Fan
Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (Courtesy Sacramento Bee) |
Breaking a policy of not commenting on pending bills, a spokesman for Arnold Schwarzenegger says the California governor will veto at least one of three controversial education measures related to sexual orientation.
The governor opposes a measure passed by the Senate and pending in the Assembly that would remove "sex-specific" terms such as "mom" and "dad" from textbooks and would require students to learn about the contributions homosexuals have made to society, the Sacramento Bee reported.
SB 1437 passed the Senate May 11 with a 22-15 vote.
"The governor believes that school curriculum should include all important historical figures, regardless of orientation," said Schwarzenegger's director of communications, Adam Mendelsohn, according to the Bee. "However, he does not support the Legislature micromanaging curriculum."
Democratic state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, the openly lesbian author of the measure Schwarzenegger plans to veto, expressed disbelief that the governor already has made up his mind on a bill that still hadn't been vetted by one house of the Legislature, the Sacramento paper said.
"He hasn't made up his mind, I don't care what some underling might have said," insisted Kuehl, who said she had not spoken with the governor yet about the bill.
Kuehl plans to initiate a conversation when the measure gets to the Assembly floor.
"For them to take a position on it, I think is precipitous," she said. "There's nothing controversial about it. The right wing has drummed up a lot of old fears. Once people understand what it really does, the response is usually OK."
Seth Kilbourn, political director for the homosexual-rights group Equality California, called the governor's indication of opposition "disappointing."
Kilbourn doesn't see any political benefit in the governor rejecting the bill, with June being "Gay Pride Month."
"This would not be the best time for him to be doing that if he wanted to appear more friendly," Kilbourn told the Sacramento paper. "He's passed more pieces of legislation benefiting the GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered) community – except for gay marriage – than any other governor."
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What is this country coming to? Rush always says it leans Conservative but it apeears to be getting more and more leftist and weird!
One thing to keep in mind in November:
Angelides and Westley would NOT veto these bills...
Even if Arnold is the GOP candidate in November, you have to hold your nose and vote for him or many, many, many bad laws (including Driver's Licenses for Illegal Aliens) will pass the state legislature and be signed by the Governor.
My cousin said that in Canada there is a clear-cut indicator of the orientation of males:
"Did you play hockey or did you go into figure skating?"
Albert Einstein, Benjamin Franklin, Henry Ford, Alexander Hamilton, Sir Isaac Newton, Stephan Hawkins, Ronald Reagan, ect. al. I don't care about what they preferred sexually, it's none of our business. I care about what they did, what they invented and how they impacted the world.
Unfortunately, the schools can't manage to teach the important stuff; but they can find funds and time to waste on the PC crap. Then we'll sit and wonder why India and China are delivering brighter students than we are. Intellectually speaking, America is now the border-line retard in the Global classroom. And we can thank policies like this for putting us there.
Correct me if I am wrong, but is Governator the only male in the Kalifornia government who is hetero?
It sure seems so.
He got pregnant in one of his movies!
Scott Hamilton's straight. Married with kids. So are a lot of other male figure skaters.
I know it's hard to accept because so many of them dress and act in a way that would make Liberace look like Rock Hudson (heh), but that's the way life sometimes can be....
No thats just California, The land of fruits and nuts
(There's nothing controversial about it.)
Yeah, let's not even have a discussion about it because she says so! Notice that there's no quotes of anyone who agrees with the governator in the article. A well balanced article as usual from the MSM.
And the home of Free Republic, don't forget.....
The fact that a majority of our lawmakers approve of this, and it hangs on the veto of one man, tells us that this battle is all but lost.
Half my grandkids are out of the public schools, and I'm working on getting the rest out. Why would anyone let their kids be educated by people with that much contempt for their values, its beyond me.
That this even has to be said as an explanation of why proposed legislation will be vetoed, just shows how insane the California government has become. "RINO" or not, Arnold is Horatio at the Bridge on crazy stuff like this.
And the state where my grandaughter will be raised. Thank God,Mom & Dad are as straight and Conservative as they come.
Ugly Zelda strikes again.
and now: 
Are your grandchildren home schooled? Or private? My children are just starting public. K and 1st grade. I am already dealing with things I cannot even believe. This week, cant play tug o war. It is too dangerous. Can you believe it. I am sick and sad for my children. I am looking into home schooling and/or private but the cost is extreme. One plus however is I am a stay home mom!!! I love it.
More on the supposed pending California Veto. I say don't count your chickens until they hatch -keep up the opposition...
Thanks
The text of the bill:
BILL NUMBER: SB 1437 AMENDED
BILL TEXT
AMENDED IN SENATE MAY 1, 2006
AMENDED IN SENATE MARCH 28, 2006
INTRODUCED BY Senator Kuehl
( Coauthors: Senators Bowen,
Kehoe, and Migden )
( Coauthors: Assembly Members
Goldberg, Laird, Leno, Pavley,
and Yee )
FEBRUARY 22, 2006
An act to amend Sections 51204.5, 51500, 51501, 60040, and 60044
of the Education Code, relating to prohibited instruction.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1437, as amended, Kuehl School instruction: prohibition of
discriminatory content.
Existing law prohibits instruction or school sponsored activities
that reflect adversely upon persons because of their race, sex,
color, creed, handicap, national origin, or ancestry. Existing law
prohibits the State Board of Education and the governing board of any
school district from adopting textbooks or other instructional
materials that contain any matter that reflects adversely upon
persons because of their race, sex, color, creed, handicap, national
origin, or ancestry.
This bill would revise the list of characteristics included in
these provisions to include race or ethnicity, gender, disability,
nationality, sexual orientation, and religion.
Existing law prohibits a governing board from adopting
instructional materials that contain any matter reflecting adversely
upon persons because of their race, color, creed, national origin,
ancestry, sex, handicap, or occupation, or that contain any sectarian
or denominational doctrine or propaganda contrary to law.
This bill would revise the list of characteristics included in
this provision to include race or ethnicity, gender, disability,
nationality, sexual orientation, religion, and occupation.
This bill also would make technical, nonsubstantive changes to
those provisions of existing law.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA DO ENACT AS FOLLOWS:
SECTION 1. Section 51204.5 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
51204.5. Instruction in social sciences shall include the early
history of California and a an
age-appropriate study of the role and contributions of both men
and women, Black Americans, American Indians, Mexicans, Asians,
Pacific Island people Islanders , and
other ethnic groups, and people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or
transgender, to the economic, political, and social development of
California and the United States of America, with particular emphasis
on portraying the role of these groups in contemporary society.
SEC. 2. Section 51500 of the Education Code is amended to read:
51500. No teacher shall give instruction nor shall a school
district sponsor any activity that reflects adversely upon persons
because of their race or ethnicity, gender, disability, nationality,
sexual orientation, or religion , as those terms are defined in
Section 422.56 of the Penal Code .
SEC. 3. Section 51501 of the Education Code is amended to read:
51501. No textbook or other instructional materials shall be
adopted by the state board or by any governing board for use in the
public schools that contains any matter reflecting adversely upon
persons because of their race or ethnicity, gender, disability,
nationality, sexual orientation, or religion , as those terms
are defined in Section 422.56 of the Penal Code .
SEC. 4. Section 60040 of the Education Code is amended to read:
60040. When adopting instructional materials for use in the
schools, governing boards shall include only instructional materials
which, in their determination, accurately portray in an
age-appropriate manner the cultural, racial , gender,
and sexual orientation diversity of our society,
including:
(a) The contributions of both men and women in all types of roles,
including professional, vocational, and executive roles.
(b) The role and contributions of Native Americans, African
Americans, Mexican Americans, Asian Americans, European Americans,
and members of other ethnic and cultural groups to the total
development of California and the United States.
(c) The contributions of people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or
transgender to the total development of California and the United
States.
(d) The role and contributions of the entrepreneur and labor in
the total development of California and the United States.
SEC. 5. Section 60044 of the Education Code is amended to read:
60044. No instructional materials shall be adopted by any
governing board for use in the schools that, in its determination,
contains:
(a) Any matter reflecting adversely upon persons because of their
race or ethnicity, gender, disability, nationality, sexual
orientation, religion, or religion, as those
terms are defined in Section 422.56 of the Penal Code or
occupation.
(b) Any sectarian or denominational doctrine or propaganda
contrary to law.
"This would not be the best time for him to be doing that if he wanted to appear more friendly,"
There is such as thing as being TOO friendly, to these commies.
Glad Arnold plans to veto it, but my fervent hope is that that veto cannot be overridden.
Actually, my daughter did try her hand briefly at homeschooling, when they were young. The experience was interesting, as she had other younger kids who insisted in joining in. But it was a big job for her, and she eventually gave it up, and started the kids in public school.
After a number of years of public school, we finally felt forced to get at least the older ones out, and we put them into one of the several church-sponsored schools in our area. Their price per month is quite modest, but with several kids, it still adds up to quite a lot. So, its tough.
But the kids have really blossomed since they've been there. I wondered if we were making a mistake, for all the usual reasons you will hear. You wonder if the curriculum will be as good, you wonder if its a good idea to "shelter" them.
Shortly before making the decision I became acquainted with a number of teenagers from one of the other church schools in the area, and I was surprised at how well-adjusted they seemed, happy, without much of the usual teenage baggage you expect in a teen. Good kids, very active, very engaged.
So we made the jump. And after a couple of years there, I can say the same thing about our kids now. They are like night and day from when they were over at the public school. Not a lot of the teen drama we think of as normal. None of our kids are einsteins, but they are learning much better, they don't have the kinds of distractions you find in the normal "west side story" school setting. And, importantly, the principles we hold dear are a given, they aren't mocked or undermined at every turn.
They are active in sports, fit, doing reasonably well academically, they relate easily with adults as well as with kids their own age. And they know how to pray.
I'm looking at my nephews and nieces, and the younger grandkids, and wishing I could do for them what we've done for these. You can see the difference.
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1638377/posts
Important warning to home schoolers.
The mad don't know that they are mad, or how they appear to normal people.
Wow! Common sense from the governor's office. I'm happily surprised.
"He hasn't made up his mind, I don't care what some underling might have said," insisted Kuehl, who said she had not spoken with the governor yet about the bill.
It ain't over 'til it's over? I hope she is wrong.
The right wing has drummed up a lot of old fears. Once people understand what it really does, the response is usually OK."
Wrong, Zelda. We read it and we're appalled. Please don't call the electorate ignorant. It's insulting (especially coming from a Rat!)
Seth Kilbourn, political director for the homosexual-rights group Equality California... doesn't see any political benefit in the governor rejecting the bill, with June being "Gay Pride Month." - "This would not be the best time for him to be doing that if he wanted to appear more friendly," Kilbourn told the Sacramento paper. "He's passed more pieces of legislation benefiting the GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered) community – except for gay marriage – than any other governor."
Where was his common sense then? I hope he doesn't back down, but he has been unusually generous to the GLBTers. That "Civil Rights Act" he signed was atrocious.
Worth repeating!
Where are you out of? Areyou kidding me with these ideas?
Santa Maria and no.
There is a shadow government of marxists that control the courts,schools,and above all, the media and use those 3 powerful positions to force a gay left wing agenda on the gullible, young, and stupid.
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