California Family Minute

January 30, 2012

New Legislative Bill Would Finance Indoctrination

by Rebecca Burgoyne,
CFC Research Analyst

Every day in traffic, Californians see vanity license plates that promote a cause or convey information about a car’s driver. In addition to personalized plates like CUNHVN (see you in heaven) and H82COOK (hate to cook), the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) also offers nearly a dozen special-interest license plates that raise funds for various organizations. For example, to express pride in our country’s military, a special veterans’ plate benefits veterans groups; environmental plates benefit the California Tahoe Conservancy, the Yosemite Fund, and the California Coastal Commission; a special 9-11 memorial plate raises money to fund scholarships for the children of those lost in the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks and helps California law enforcement fight terrorist threats. 

If a bill introduced last week passes the Legislature, it would add another specialty plate. AB 1539 (Hayashi, D-Hayward) would require the DMV, in consultation with the California Department of Education (CDE), to design and make available license plates that promote the state’s policy that prohibits “discrimination, harassment, intimidation, and bullying based on actual or perceived characteristics and disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or association with a person or group with one or more of these actual or perceived characteristics.” Proceeds would be used by the CDE to fund state or local anti-bullying programs administered by the department or through grants to local school districts. 

Focus on the Family has developed TrueTolerance.org, a Web site devoted to helping parents understand the dangers behind the “safe schools,” tolerance, and anti-bullying programs in many schools. The site allows parents and concerned citizens to educate themselves and their local school boards with facts – and a model anti-bullying policy (developed by the Alliance Defense Fund) to ensure that the anti-bullying message in our schools is fair and not linked with a hidden pro-homosexual message. 

As you educate yourself about what is happening in your public schools, don’t forget to learn about the threats coming from the California Legislature, which promotes a heavily pro-homosexual agenda for our schools. Turn to www.californiafamily.org for the latest on bills like AB 1539 that threaten our families and our children.

SB 810 Single-Payer Health Care (Leno, D-San Francisco)
Passed Senate Health Committee 5-3
Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 6-2
Failed Senate Passage 19-15 (needs 21 votes for passage)
Reconsideration granted; may be heard any time 

On the Senate floor
SB 810 Single-Payer Health Care (Leno, D-San Francisco)
Passed Senate Health Committee 5-3
Passed Senate Appropriations Committee 6-2
Failed Senate Passage 19-15 (needs 21 votes for passage)
Reconsideration granted; may be heard any time