California Family Minute

Good parents strive to keep their children safe. When we can’t be with our children, we place them in the hands of those we believe will watch over them well, such as school administrators and teachers. My wife is a schoolteacher, and I am amazed at the depth of concern she has for her students, and the amount of time she gives to communicating with students’ parents.

In the past ten years, the California Legislature has stepped up its efforts to insure every public school student’s safety, passing no less than six bills related to “bullying.” These new laws mandate training programs for educators, awareness programs for students, and cooperation between schools and local police departments.

However, something created for good is now being used as a manipulative tool
by a special interest. Decreasing incidents of “bullying” is the purported motivation behind several new bills, and that message works with the
uninformed – good people care about kids’ safety. But “bullying” is now the
vehicle to bring more pro-homosexual content into schools.  In addition to
the six bills already in law specific to bullying, our current legislative
session will consider at least seven more! There is a clear agenda behind
this growing legislative theme.

Senate Bill 48 is being marketed as an anti-bullying bill. Its author is Senator Mark Leno (D-San Francisco), and Equality California and the Gay-Straight Alliance Network sponsor the bill.   If passed, SB 48 would highlight alternative sexual orientations in California’s social science curriculum, by mandating the mention of societal contributions by homosexual, bisexual, and transgendered personalities.

SB 48 passed out of the Senate Education Committee by a 6-3 party line vote, and will be considered Tuesday, April 5, by the Senate Judiciary Committee. There are five members on that committee, including Sen. Leno. The others are Noreen Evans (D-Santa Rosa), Ellen Corbett (D-San Leandro), Tom Harman (R-Costa Mesa), and Sam Blakeslee (R-San Luis Obispo).

Click here to read the letter sent by California Family Council to these committee members.

Next Tuesday’s hearing is fast approaching. You may express your opinion regarding SB 48 to the Senate Judiciary Committee via fax, phone call, letter or visit to a committee member’s Sacramento or district office. There are several steps this bill must take before it has the possibility to be signed into law. California Family Council will keep you updated along the way. Thank you for your participation!