Pro-Family Leader Calls California's Pro-Homosexual Textbook Bill 'Outrageous'

by Jenni Parker
April 6, 2006

(AgapePress) - - A pro-homosexual bill that pro-family forces are describing as one of the most outrageous pieces of legislation to come through the California legislature this year has been approved by the state's Senate Judiciary Committee.

Senate Bill 1437 would require California schools' textbooks to highlight the positive contributions of homosexual and transgender individuals to society and would prevent school textbooks, teaching materials, school-sponsored activities, and instruction from reflecting adversely upon persons based on their sexual orientation or actual or perceived gender.

If SB 1437 passes, the bill could potentially require gender-neutral bathrooms in the state's schools. It could also result in a mandate to remove all references to "husband" and "wife" or "mom and dad" as the norm from all school textbooks.

In a Christian Newswire report, Capital Resource Institute (CRI) executive director Karen England explained why she feels the bill is so outrageous. The California Senate legislation is "the most extreme effort thus far to transform our public schools into institutions that disregard all notions of the traditional family unit," she observed.

This legislation "seeks to eliminate all 'stereotypes' of the traditional family so that young children are brainwashed into believing that families with mom and dads are irrelevant," England said. "Under SB 1437 school districts would likely be prohibited from having a 'prom king and queen' because that would show bias based on gender and sexual orientation."

Also, the CRI spokeswoman points out, since school-sponsored activities include everything from cheerleading and sports to school social events, the bill would also likely force school districts to do away with dress codes and to accommodate transsexuals on girl-specific or boy-specific athletic teams.

CRI is committed to opposing any legislation that uses children as "social experiments" even as it tramples upon long-standing traditional family values. If passed, SB 1437 promises to exercise broad and sweeping impact on California schools and to adversely affect children and families, England warns.

This legislation "disregards the religious and moral convictions of students," the CRI executive director adds. If it becomes law across the state of California, she predicts that it will result in reverse discrimination as well.