Urgent Alert!

Action Urged

Send an e-mail immediately to all California state senators urging them to oppose SB 1437, and two equally alarming bills now in the Senate. All of these bills would effectively mandate and mainstream a homosexual focus in our school curriculum and create gender confusion among many public school students. You can easily send a suggested e-mail to all state senators with just the click of your mouse through the special feature set up on our Web site. It takes just two minutes.

Brief Background

On Tuesday, April 4, SB 1437 passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee. It is one of three very shocking bills (the other two are AB 606 and AB 1056, both of which have already passed the Assembly) that are making their way though the California Legislature. For the first time, these bills will require by law that, among other things, our children's class work and curriculum must present homosexuality as normal and equal to heterosexuality and teach them that gender is not physically-determined but is merely a "social construct" that an individual can change at will. A summary of these three bills is provided below.

While there is clearly a vigorous debate occurring in our society on these and related issues, these bills would prohibit that debate from even being part of our children's education. Instead, if these bills pass, those individuals and interest groups that advocate these radical sexual orientations and minority views on norms and values will have free reign to push their social and sexual agenda unchallenged in our schools. This will directly undermine the traditional values and norms held by the majority in our society, norms and values which many parents are seeking to instill in their children.

The result will be the our schools will be converted into institutions of sexual indoctrination of our children, not educational institutions. It is completely inappropriate for our legislature to pass legislation like this that presents only these radical and minority views and imposes this sexual indoctrination on our children.

Our children are not orphans or wards of the state. We, as parents, must be the ones decide what their social and sexual education should be. In addition, by substituting indoctrination for education, these bills will mandate by law that the schools must totally ignore the findings of the social and medical sciences. For example, we know from this research that being raised by both a father and a mother is essential to the best interests of children. We know that homosexual behavior is highly risky and results in a shorter average life expectancy. Yet, if these bills pass, schools would essentially be prohibited from presenting well documented research and other factual information like this.

Please contact our state senators and let them know that parents count, that our values count and that it is not the role of the schools to indoctrinate students on these controversial issues or impose the norms and values of social minorities.

We are all in this together and I can guarantee that unless enough of us take action these bills will become law. It is up to us to protect our children from those in the legislature and others in our society who would force their agenda on our children.

These bills pose very serious threats. Please contact your senators today!! Also, please forward this alert on to your friends, family and others here in California and urge them to help us stop these potentially damaging laws.

Thank you for whatever you can do to help!

Sincerely,

Meredith Richey
President, United Families California

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Brief Summary and Analysis of the Bills

SB 1437 - Changes the State Education code "relating to prohibited instruction" and adds a radical sexual orientation indoctrination program

This bill would prohibit schools from doing anything that can in any way be considered as adversely reflecting on any individual based on their perceived "gender" or "sexual orientation." Included would be any curriculum, text books or school sponsored activities. The term "gender" is defined as "real or perceived" and "sexual orientation" is not well defined. As a result, the schools would be forced to teach school children that all forms of sexual behavior are normal and acceptable, that gender is not important in raising children, that all forms of "family" are equal and that gender is not physically defined but merely a "social construct." This will not only undermine the prevailing norms and values of society generally but also the values and religious teaching many parents are attempting to instill in their children.

Status: Passed the Senate Judiciary committee April 4th and is headed for the Senate Floor. Text of the bill here.

AB 606 - Forces school districts to include curriculum, textbooks or other materials that accept, embrace and advocate homosexuality or risk losing state money.

This bill would require local school districts to develop, implement and enforce a policy that prohibits any type of discrimination or harassment against any individual based on an individuals "actual or perceived gender identity" or their sexual orientation. The determination of how well schools are following the law is left to the total discretion of the State Superintendent of Schools who can withhold all or part of a school district's state funding if he does not believe they are in compliance with the law. The bill will also require that all school children are given material depicting homosexuality as normal. The requirements are so broad and the compliance is so subjective that this law will inevitably lead to indoctrination of all California school children that there is no difference between the sexes and that any sexual behavior is equally normal and acceptable, directly undermining the norms and values of society and many parents.

Status: Passed the Assembly and in the Senate Committee. Text of the bill here.

AB 1056 - $250,000 of state money will be directed to "Tolerance Education" pilot programs in Science/Social Science classes, while adding "sexual orientation and "perceived characteristics" to the tolerance list.

This bill, which has already passed the Assembly, would establish a pilot program in California schools to "supplement instruction" with "tolerance education." While United Families California believes in treating all with kindness and tolerance, in this approach, tolerance is reduced to unquestioningly accepting virtually any characteristic or behavior of any individual. Values are thrown to the wind. In doing so, it undermines many of the traditional teachings that society and parents are attempting to instill in children and discourages critical thinking and decision making.

Status: Passed the Assembly and in the Senate Committee. Text of the bill here.

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