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Date Posted: 07:33:05 05/07/09 Thu
Author: pastor lewis
Subject: 'Gay' day coming to California public schools?

BRAVE NEW SCHOOLS
'Gay' day coming to California public schools?
Lawmakers vote to make children honor Harvey Milk – without parent consent

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Posted: May 06, 2009
11:29 pm Eastern


By Chelsea Schilling
© 2009 WorldNetDaily



Homosexual former San Francisco leader Harvey Milk

SACRAMENTO – A California committee passed a bill proclaiming that the state's public school children will take a break from learning every year to celebrate Harvey Milk – a homosexual icon considered by some to be "a martyr for gay rights."

The California State Senate Education Committee passed SB 572 today on a 7-2 vote. The bill encourages all California public schools to "conduct suitable commemorative exercises … remembering the life of Harvey Milk and recognizing his accomplishments as well as the contributions he made to this state."

It requires no parental consent for student participation.

SB 572 states, "Perhaps more than any other modern figure, Harvey Milk's life and political career embody the rise of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights movement in California, across the nation, and throughout the world."

"If signed into law, SB 572 will mean an official day commemorating homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality in California government schools, without parental permission," said Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com, which has been generating citizen phone calls and e-mails against SB 572.

"It's absurd that government schools teach children not to smoke or use drugs, yet would teach children as young as kindergarten that homosexuality is good and healthy and maybe even for them. That's just not true. Homosexual and bisexual behavior causes up to 82 percent of all HIV transmissions in California," Thomasson said.

As WND reported last year, the same bill (numbered AB 2567) passed the Democrat-controlled Legislature, but was vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.

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A SurveyUSA poll recently found that only one out of five Californians support making Milk's birthday a statewide "day of significance."

Nonetheless, state legislators are still fighting for a yearly commemoration dubbed "Harvey Milk Day." The following lawmakers voted to establish Harvey Milk Day in California public schools:

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