Posted on 06/29/2009 9:25:53 AM PDT by ClassicLiberal
California lawmakers are pushing a bill to authorize an official day in honor of the late-homosexual activist Harvey Milk. The bill would require California’s public schools to “conduct suitable commemorative exercises” on Harvey Milk Day, which conservative activists see as a means to promote a homosexual agenda to a captive audience in the classroom.
“This bill is not about ‘gay rights’ or ‘stopping harassment,’” said Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com, a pro-family group. “Instead, SB 572 [Harvey Milk Day] is outright promotion of everything Harvey Milk believed in – the entire gay, lesbian, bisexual, transsexual agenda pushed upon schoolchildren as young as kindergarten, without parental permission.”
The ‘Harvey Milk Day’ bill was introduced in February by State Sen. Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), an open homosexual, backed by Equality California (EQCA), a pro-homosexual organization.
The bill subsequently passed through two committees in the California Legislature and, on June 18, passed the California State Assembly Education Committee, 6-1. It now faces a vote in the State Assembly in early July and, if it passes, must be signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger to become law.
“Harvey Milk risked everything to change the course of history and to advance civil rights for the LGBT community,” said EQCA Executive Director Geoff Kors in a June 18 statement. “There is no one more deserving of the honor than Harvey.” (LGBT stands for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender.)
“Harvey Milk is an inspiration to Californians who believe in fairness and equality. … Harvey Milk gave his life for what he believed in, and with that courage and sacrifice he gave hope to an entire generation of gay and lesbian people whose basic humanity and freedom had been denied and dishonored,” Leno said.
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This is apparently more important than getting the states finances in order...
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