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California to be first state to teach LGBT history in schools

July 18, 2016

Gay_flag.svgCalifornia second graders will soon learn that some families have two moms or two dads. The State Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to adopt new K-12 curricula that incorporates LGBT history into public school classes. [The Guardian]

The vote will make California the first state in the nation to teach LGBT history in schools.

In 2011, Gov. Jerry Brown signed the Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act. The law requires educators to better incorporate the LGBT community, as well as other minority groups, into history and social science curricula. The legislation took effect in 2012, but attempts to overturn the law slowed its implementation.

Following Thursday’s vote, second grade students will now have discussions about diverse families. Fourth graders will learn about California’s role in the gay rights movement.

Additions to the fifth and eight grade curricula will include lessons on gender roles in the 18th and 19th centuries, as well as on individuals who defied them. In high school, U.S. government students will begin studying the 2015 supreme court ruling that legalized same-sex marriage nationwide. The U.S. government curriculum will also include recent court cases involving transgender bathroom laws.

The FAIR Education Act also requires educators to add lessons on historical contributions made by people with disabilities. The law prohibits textbooks or other classroom materials that reflect adversely on gays or particular religions.

LGBT groups celebrated the changes.

Opponents of the law argued parents should be the ones to decide how and and at what age to expose children to the topic of sexual orientation. Critics have also expressed concern that important historical figures would be booted from school curricula to make room for LGBT individuals.


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Sheesh! Now I hear the swingers want their contribution to history taught too…and the polygamists…and the pedophiles…and the zoophiliacs…and the …..


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LGBT history or LGBT indoctrination? So far, it sounds like indoctrination.


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Sounds like church. It’s amazing how many “leaders” describe the horrible things that will happen if you don’t toe the line, men with wings and big swords (lol) to smite you and all of the rest of the stories.


“Thus, the warrior element of government puts the people in fear for their lives, and the priestly element puts them in fear for their eternal souls. These two fears compose a powerful compound—sufficient to prop up governments everywhere on earth for several millennia.”


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It’s “A Brave New World”.


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Once again, Kalifornia leads the way in flushing this once great country down the drain. When will these idiots ever learn!


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This article is a reflection of our declining morality and the lengths that the Liberal media and Law makers will go to promote this decline, here’s an example:


“LGBT groups celebrated the changes”…”The law (Fair Education act) prohibits textbooks or other classroom materials that reflect adversely on gays or particular religions”…see what I mean? The contradiction screams”Hold On”! “Celebrate” change but “Prohibit” those views that we disagree with??? I’m confused, it’s no wonder our children are too, maybe that’s what they want.


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Ladies & Gentlemen,


Although it is disappointing to know that the California State Legislature and the state Board of Education are consumed notions of teaching ALL values are equal, rest assured that most common-sense teachers simply ignore far-flung mandates like this.


As others have indicated, the key to all of this is attending local school board meetings and making sure local trustees know how you feel about all this. They are subject to voter-approval, and they do not want the additional scrutiny.


I fail to understand why the lessons on diversity cannot simply be structured around ‘respect and dignity for all’, and left at that, leaving all the PC baloney out of it.


Reject Extreme Politics.


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The school districts are only allowed to purchase books from the state approved list and the state approved list will only have books that promote the gay lifestyle. There is nothing the local boards can do unless decide not to buy books. Then they would be out of compliance and get in trouble if they didn’t teach it.


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All we asked is that they leave the children alone and allow them to be children. I guess their answer is no.


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1) We do this to ourselves.


2) How many of us have actually showed up at a school board meeting or done ANYTHING other than complain on an unrelated media site (social or news) about this?


Remember Dietrich Bonhoeffer:

“Silence in the face of evil is itself evil: God will not hold us guiltless. Not to speak is to speak. Not to act is to act.”


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How many of us have shown up and realize most school boards are not interested in listening to the public and mostly interested in keeping their power and the control over their little kingdom.


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“God will not hold us guiltless.”


ZOMG, not that!


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Teaching 2nd graders about lesbians and 4th graders about Harvey Milk is the quackery of our times.


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