January 4, 2008

CWA pulls out all the stops in a desperate attempt to keep discrimination legal in CA schools.

The hate-mongers at Concerned ~~Windbags~~ Women of America are making a last ditch attempt to prevent California from putting SB 777 into place. Among other things, SB 777 provides for the following:

…..
SECTION 1. This act shall be known, and may be cited, as the
California Student Civil Rights Act.
SEC. 1.5. Section 200 of the Education Code is amended to read:
200. It is the policy of the State of California to afford all
persons in public schools, regardless of their disability, gender,
nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any
other characteristic that is contained in the definition of hate
crimes set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code, equal rights
and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state. The
purpose of this chapter is to prohibit acts that are contrary to that
policy and to provide remedies therefor.
…..

Of course the CWA chooses to object solely to the protections for the LGBT students–much the same way they choose to utilize the Bible to demonize GLBT people while ignoring myriad Biblical principles in their own hypocritical lives. To aid their followers in destroying equal rights for students the CWA produced this handy propaganda piece.

The bill prohibits any teacher from giving instruction that “promotes a discriminatory bias against any person” because of their “gender” or “sexual orientation.” This bill also prohibits any school-sponsored activities that might “promote a discriminatory bias against” these criteria.

Oh no! That means teachers can’t preach about the “evils” of homosexuality and students can’t tell “he-she” jokes. Whatever is the world coming to?

While no one condones violence or derogatory comments directed at students based on any personal characteristics, this is not the issue at hand. SB 777 is very plainly another step toward complete normalization of transgenderism, homosexuality and bisexuality through the public schools. SB 777 seeks to control the moral attitudes conveyed to our children on school campuses.

Hysteria, plain and simple. If I’m prevented from making derogatory remarks towards people who practice a particular religion that doesn’t mean that the place I’m at is “promoting” or “normalizing” religion. Likewise if schools prevent discrimination towards LGBT students that doesn’t mean that they are promoting or “normalizing” anything except non-discrimination. Students are free to hold whatever moral attitudes they choose as are all school employees. They simply are not free to act in ways that are discriminatory towards students based on those attitudes. This is what the CWA and other bigots choose not to get.

This bill is a new mandated manifestation of AB 537 and related bills passed several years ago. Those measures resulted in task force recommendations for schools that included creating positive visual images of all sexual orientations and gender identities in school common areas, encouraging school libraries to include resources about lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) historical figures, related events and concepts, and adding LGBT figures and concepts to content standards and curriculum. Another chilling recommendation encourages school districts to “reduce the adverse impact of gender segregation on transgender students” by addressing “issues related to locker rooms, restrooms, and dress code.” Will this mean unisex bathrooms? A third set of locker rooms? The acceptance of cross-dressing among students and teachers?

SB 777 does not have anything to do with bathrooms, locker rooms etc. It does not mention them at all. All of these horror stories about boys in the girls’ bathrooms, and girls showering in the boys’ locker room, are manufactured melodrama designed to get the RRRW rallied against SB 777. Read the bill. It says nothing about bathrooms or locker rooms.

Further, homosexual acts are unhealthy – especially for males. Like smoking, alcohol and drug abuse, they should be discouraged. Dangerous behavior that shortens a person’s life should never be promoted to impressionable students. Programs that require dangerous behaviors to be identified as normal and healthy, whether in curriculum, training or publications, result in confusion for children, often contradicting the moral foundation laid at home. Any such policies are a clear attempt at indoctrination of our youth.

“Homosexual acts are unhealthy” is a baseless RRRW opinion, not a fact. And again, SB 777 does not provide for the promotion of anything. All it does is prevent discrimination against students based on a wide variety of characteristics. The notion that it “promotes homosexuality” is pure fiction.

So again, the RRRW must resort to exaggerations, half-truths and blatant lies in an attempt to achieve results. Such is the ferocity of their hatred.

Posted by: Buffy

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