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Calif. judge hears gay marriage arguments
Dec. 23, 2004 - A San Franciso judge presided over a pair of lawsuits Wednesday that seek to have California’s one-man, one-woman matrimony law declared unconstitutional. The suit originated with the actions of San Francisco's mayor ten month ago when he performed marriages for numerous homosexual couples before the court system stopped him on the grounds of California's recent initiative that defines marriage as the union of one man and one woman. That state law will be examined in this case to determine if it is constitutional. Whatever the decision of this court, observers expect the case to be appealed, rising eventually to the state Supreme Court before it is settled.
- Source:MSNBC
Calif. court halts S.F. gay marriages
Mar. 11, 2004 - The California Supreme Court ordered an immediate stop to homosexual weddings in the state, pending a review on whether or not such marriages are permitted by state law. A ruling on the matter may be expected in June or July.
- Source:MSNBC
Calif. Supreme Court Won't Stop Gay Marriages
Feb. 27, 2004 - California Attorney General Bill Lockyer asked the California Supreme Court to stop the flood of homosexual marriages while they consider the legality of the marriages. The justices declined the request, but told the city and a conservative group that opposes gay marriages to file new legal briefs by March 5.
- Source:Wekend News (Story no longer online)
- California high court refuses to halt gay marriages - MSNBC
Bush Backs Amendment Barring Gay Marriage
Feb. 24, 2004 - President Bush referred to recent decisions by judicial activists and civil disobedience in California resulting in thousands of illegal homosexual marriages. He called for an ammendment to the Federal Constitution that would prohibit such unions. He said:
- The union of man and woman is the most enduring human institution, honored and encouraged in all cultures and by every religious faith. Marriage cannot be severed from its cultural, religious or natural roots without weakening the good influence of society today.
- Source:Fox
- Bush endorses
constitutional ban on gay marriage - MSNBC
- Text of President Bush's Speech
Gay marriage issue goes to California high court
Feb. 24, 2004 - California Attorney General Bill Lockyer has been slow to move against the civil disobedience in San Francisco where more than 3,200 same-sex couples have been married since Feb. 12 even though the state has a law that defines marriage as between a man and a woman.
[Governor] Schwarzenegger ordered Lockyer on Friday to "take immediate steps" to get a court ruling to make the city stop the gay weddings.
The Attorney General says that this Friday he will ask the state Supreme Court to try to resolve the deeply divisive issue.
- Source:Mercury News (Story no longer online)
- Schwarzenegger speaks out on illegal marriages
- WorldNetDaily
- City wants 'gay' judge in marriage case - WorldNetDaily
- Calif. Attorney General Sees End to Gay Marriages - My Way
- Why we are losing the 'gay marriage' battle - Richard Ackerman - WorldNetDaily
San Francisco Weds 2,500 Gay Couples, Rulings Seen
Feb. 17, 2001 - Two judges have declined to issue temporary restraining orders against the flood of homosexual marriages in San Francisco, pending further arguments.
- About 2,500 gay and lesbian couples have been married since Mayor Gavin Newsom ordered city officials to defy state law and grant same-sex marriage licenses last Thursday.
- Source:MyWay - News (Story no longer online)
- Gays and lesbians keep marrying in San Francisco as two judges decline to intervene
California legislators pass 'homosexual marriage lite'
Sept. 4, 2003 - The California State Assembly has passed AB205 with Sentate ammendments, thereby approving the closest thing to homosexual marriage, and repudiating the will of the people, who approved Proposition 22, a 2000 ballot measure that defined marriage as a union between a man and a woman. Governor Gray Davis has said he will sign the measure.
- Source:WorldNetDaily
California Senate OKs 'virtual gay marriage'
Aug. 29, 2003 - California bill AB205, the Domestic Partner Rights and Responsibilities Act, passed a Senate vote yesterday, and now goes back to the Assembly for approval of ammendments made by the Senate.
- [Governor Gray] Davis, who faces an Oct. 7 recall election, has promised to sign the bill, but opponents call it a virtual establishment of "gay marriage," contending it dismisses the will of Californians who passed Proposition 22 in 2000, which defined marriage as only between a man and a woman.
- Source:WorldNetDaily
Davis to OK rights for same-sex couples
Aug. 18, 2003 - If the California Senate passes a domestic partners bill, which has already been approved by the Assembly, Governor Gray Davis says he will sign it. The bill has been long-awaited by California's 100,000 homosexual couples (one-sixth of the nation's total). Front-runner in the California recall effort, Lt. Gov. Cruz Bustamante, has also pledged support for the bill. Republican top-contender, Arnold Schwarzenegger, is a self-described supporter of gay rights but he has not yet taken a position on the bill.
- Randy Thomasson, executive director of Campaign for California Families, says that the measure is essentially a homosexual marriage bill.
- He said it would be challenged in court under Proposition 22, the ballot measure approved by California voters in 2000 that prohibited state recognition of same-sex marriage.
- Source:San Francisco Chronicle
California Assembly Passes 'Gay Marriage' Bill
June 7, 2003 - The California Assembly has passed AB205, which says,
- "registered domestic partners shall have the same rights, protections, and benefits, and shall be subject to the same responsibilities, obligations, and duties under law as are granted to and imposed upon spouses."
According to Randy Thomasson, executive director of the Campaign for California Families, the bill effectively reverses Proposition 22, the Protection of Marriage Initiative, passed three years ago by 61 percent of California voters. Proposition 22 said that marriage was the union of one man and one woman.
- Source:Crosswalk
“Domestic Partner” Bill Threatens Seventh-day Adventist [and Other Churches]
- Aug. 28, 2002 - You can sign a petition to try to stop this bill, which has passed the state Senate narrowly, and now goes to the Assembly. The measure requires institutions such as Christian Schools and hospitals that do business with the state to provide the full range of employee benefits to “domestic partners.
- Source:SDA Church-State site (Story no longer online)
Homosexual Lobby Wins Big In California
- Aug. 5, 2002 - Two bills that assist the homosexual cause are expected to be approved by the Senate and signed into law soon in California. AB 1080 provides that any business entering into a contract with the state of California would be required to offer domestic-partner benefits equal to those offered to married spouses.
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AB 2651 would require all foster parents would be required to attend "sensitivity training," and will force them to affirm the sexual choices of the children in their care.
- Homosexual couples would be given priority as potential foster parents, while parents with religious convictions could be eliminated from the system...
- Source:Omegaletter - Jack Kinsella
Lawmakers 'sanction' use of district-approved 'porn'
- Jan. 25, 2002 - More information about Legislative bill AB 1326: This bill was introduced by California Assemblyman Dennis Mountjoy, from Monrovia. It was dismissed without discussion by the Assembly Education Committee last week. The bill would have stopped the kind of promotion of gay and lesbian activity observed in the Los Angeles Unified School District. The LAUSD uses sexually explicit materials promoting homosexuality under the guise of conforming to the new California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000. The objectionable material includes instructions on homosexual sodomy and a glorified account of lesbian pedophilia. It publishes a recommended reading list for children including "Young, Gay & Proud," "One Teenager In 10: Writings by Gay & Lesbian Youth" and "Homophobia as Child Abuse."
- Source:WorldNetDaily
Democrats Kill Bill Prohibiting The Promotion of Homosexuality in Public Schools
- Jan. 18, 2002 - Pro-Family organizations argued in favo r of a California bill (AB1326) that would have prohibited the promotion of homosexuality in public schools. The Assembly Education Committee heard evidence that some current materials in California schools actually promote homosexual “licking,” “fisting,” and directs children to homosexual porn sites on the Internet.
- The Democrat majority on the Committee killed the bill without discussion.
- Source:Campaign for California Families (Story no longer online)
Cautious Victory: California "Homosexual Marriage" Bill Removed
- Jan. 16, 2001 - Capitol Resource Institute announces that AB 1338 has been pulled from the Assembly Judiciary Committee. Christians must remain on guard because it could be reintroduced at any time.
- This bill attempts to legalize "civil unions" in California. According to Paul Koetz (the author of the bill), AB 1338 will affect over 1500 laws that currently apply only to marriage and will give homosexual couples the same status as married couples.
Reclaiming California Community By Community
- Jan. 16, 2001 - Information from Pastor's Information Research Council: Excellent newsletter, and information about their conference on Feb. 17th, 2001 in Highland, CA. (Story no longer online)
Mainstreaming deviancy in California
- Jan 15, 2002 - Article by Patrick Buchannan about Callifornia bill AB 1338, which would extend all the benefits of marriage to homosexual "civil unions." In this state, 61 percent of the electorate approved Proposition 22 in 2000, which affirmed that marriage is a union between one man and one woman? Yet today, apathetic Californians are about to allow a huge set-back for morality by letting their legislators pass this bill.
- Source:WorldNetDaily
Californians: Ask Governor Davis to Veto Homosexual Couples Bill
- Oct. 8, 2001 - The state legislature has passed AB25, which grants 12 special legal rights to homosexual couples. This dangerous bill is a clear effort to thwart the will of the California people who voted overwhelmingly last year in support of traditional marriage through Proposition 22. We all need to ask the governor to veto this bill.
See the following sites for contact information:
- Center for Reclaiming America
Don't Ignore The Other War (The Cultural War)
- Sept. 17, 2001 - Typically, when the nation is distracted by major news stories, anti-Christian lawmakers make great progress with their agendas.
- From Capitol Resource Institute, we have this reminder about the progress of AB 25 - a domestic parners bill that will expand benefits to them now reserved for married couples.
- It is no secret that gay activists are incrementally trying to overturn the will of the people in passing Prop. 22 last year. If AB 25 becomes law, the next step will be the passage of AB 1338 (civil unions) next year." Contact Gov. Gray Davis and urge him to veto AB 25 to protect traditional marriage. (contact info below)
- Action Needed to Stop AB 25 -- The bill is now on Governor Gray Davis' desk. He can do one of three things: Sign the bill into law, do nothing and allow it to become law, or veto the bill. Please call and tell him to veto the bill.
- Sacramento: 916-445-2841
- San Francisco: 415-703-2218
- San Diego: 619-525-4641
- Fresno: 559-445-5295
- Riverside: 909-680-6860
- Source: Capitol Resource Institute (Story no longer online)
California's Homosexual Agenda Bills
- June 11, 2001 - Review of the current flood of bills being considered by the California legislature. Little by little, these carefully worded measures undermine the will of the people who passed Prop. 22 a year ago against homosexual marriage.
- Source: Capital Resource (Story no longer online)
More benefits for California homosexuals
- Mar. 26, 2001 - Julie Foster reveals the next step of the powerful homosexual agenda in the California Legislature. Undaunted by the will of the people, expressed in Proposition 22 (California Protection of Marriage Initiative), the Democrat-controlled legislature is in the process of expanding benefits for homosexuals that would make such relationships "legally indistinguishable" from heterosexual marriages. The two measures are Assembly Bills AB 25 and AB 1338
- Introduced on Feb. 23 by freshman Democrat
Paul Koretz of West Hollywood, AB 1338 is
modeled after Vermont's civil union law, which
made headlines almost 18 months ago. Section
1(a) of the bill spells out the measure's intent in
no uncertain terms:
- "It is the intent of the Legislature that there shall
be no distinction between the rights, privileges,
and responsibilities of the parties to a marriage
and those of the parties to a civil union, that
marriages and civil unions shall be deemed
legally indistinguishable, and that the parties to
a civil union have all of the same benefits,
protections, and responsibilities under law,
whether derived from statute, administrative or
court rule, policy, common law, or any other
source of civil law, as are granted to spouses in
a marriage.
- "It is the further intent of the Legislature that
this act shall be construed broadly to equalize
civil union and civil marriage under all
applicable laws of any jurisdiction that may
affect or govern the rights of married persons in
every other state, the District of Columbia, the
United States, and any foreign country, to the
fullest extent of applicable law, including the
Constitution of the United States and the
California Constitution, to the end that no party
to a civil union shall be treated any differently
than a married person as to his or her rights,
benefits, and responsibilities under the laws of
every jurisdiction that recognizes and accords
rights, benefits, and responsibilities to a person
who has been married or whose marriage had
been recognized under California law."
- Source: WorldNetDaily
Bill Seeks To Ratify Same-Sex Unions
- Mar. 2, 2001 - California Assemblyman Paul Koretz, D- West Hollywood, has introduced a bill similar to Vermont's controversial law, making homosexual unions "legally indistinguishable" from heterosexual marriage.
- While Koretz said he believes the bill, introduced
last week, will comply with last year's Proposition
22 -- which banned gay marriage and passed with
62 percent of the vote -- state Sen. William "Pete"
Knight, R-Palmdale, the author of that initiative,
blasted Koretz's bill.
- "It appears Assemblyman Koretz is trying to
circumvent Proposition 22," Knight said. "It may be
illegal. If that doesn't undermine marriage, I don't
know what does."
- The bill is called the California Family Protection Act.
- Source:San Francisco Chronicle (Story no longer online)
Students 'opting out' of homosexual class
- Jan. 3, 2001 - California students may obtain help in the process of opting out of new classes that teach that homosexuality is normal, The new curriculum is a result of two laws passed last year.
- The Pacific Justice Institute provides a form for this purpose that cites four sections of the state's education code that allow parents to "opt" their children out of participation in programs and instruction generated as a result of the new laws, as well as previously existing programs.
- Pacific Justice Institute is also offering free emergency legal counsel to all parents having questions about the issue.
- Source: WorldNetDaily - Julie Foster (Story no longer online)
California schools' new homosexual curriculum
- Dec. 26, 2000 - Two new California bills will begin the process of changing the content of school curriculum, eliminating "discriminatory attitudes and practices" toward homosexuals and instituting unspecified "tolerance" programs.
- Assembly bills 1785 and 1931 were both passed
in the Democrat-run legislature by a one-vote
margin. While the latter went into effect
immediately upon receiving a signature by
Gov. Gray Davis on Sept. 30, the former goes
into effect on Jan. 1.
- Source: WorldNetDaily - Julie Foster (Story no longer online)
Proposition 22 Approved by Voters!
- CALIFORNIA PROTECTION of MARRIAGE INITIATIVE - March 7, 2000 - Primary Ballot
- Entire text of the initiative: “Only marriage between a man and a woman Is valid or recognized in California.”
- California Protection of Marriage Campaign - Yes on 22
- California Protection of Marriage Initiative Fact Sheet- From Dr. Laura
Calif. governor signs landmark gay rights laws
- Oct. 3, 1999 - Governor Gray Davis signed three [of the five pending] pro-homosexual bills allowing a statewide registry for domestic partnerships, adding sexual orientation as a basis against discrimination in employment or housing, and granting special protection for homosexual students and teachers in California public schools.
- "I refuse to allow hatred and ignorance to taint our
schools, our classrooms and our children," Davis said in
remarks prepared for delivery Saturday at a gay rights
dinner in Los Angeles.
A spokesman for the Human Rights Campaign, the nation's largest gay and lesbian political group said:
- "This is definitely the most important piece of legislation
affecting gay and lesbian students to have passed in this
country."
Source: ABC News (Story no longer online)
Urgent: Ask California Governor Davis not to sign homosexual bills!
- Sept. 16, 1999 - Five pro-homosexual bills have passed the California legislature on slim margins, and now go to Governor Gray Davis for signing. Recent indications are that the governor does not want to be labeled "liberal," so it is worthwhile to phone his office to oppose these bills. Source: Capitol Resource Institute (phone numbers listed).
- AB 26 , Migden
- Topic: Domestic partners.
This bill would create same-sex “domestic partners” registries in all 58
counties. AB 26 awards official government status and quasi-marriage
benefits to same-sex couples. The bill would also require taxpayers to
fund spousal-equivalent recognition and benefits for “partners” of state
employees if state and local government agencies include “domestic
partner” in their definition of “family member.” The bill requires
hospitals to allow “partners” to visit each other, but this is irrelevant
since hospitals already have very open visitation policies.
- AB 537 , Kuehl
- Topic: Putting “Sexual Orientation” into the Public Schools
AB 537 (Kuehl) would insert “sexual orientation” (found in Penal Code
Section 422.6) into the Education Code which governs more than five
million children in California public schools. The bill does not define
“sexual orientation,” so the sky is the limit. Because the bill bars
discrimination in “any program or activity conducted by an education
institution,” this means school districts could not refuse to hire and
could not dismiss a teacher who is inclined toward homosexuality,
bisexuality, transvestitism, or transsexualism. Because Boy Scouts are
not exempt from Section 200 of the Education Code, this part of the bill
could be used to bar Boy Scouts from accessing campus facilities.
Because the bill is vague in its protection of private religious schools
and colleges, it is opposed by the Association of Christian Schools
International. Finally, AB 537 is unnecessary to prohibit violence,
harassment and intimidation of homosexuals in the schools because
current law already prohibits this conduct in the Penal, Civil, and
Education Codes.
- AB 1001 , Villaraigosa
- Topic: Tax-Funded Investigations and Fines Against Citizens of
Conscience, and Promoting Homosexuality in the Public Schools.
This bill would award official minority status to homosexuality and
bisexuality by elevating “sexual orientation” to the same level as race
and ethnicity in the powerful Fair Employment and Housing Act
(FEHA). This means tax-funded investigations and combined fines and
damages up to $50,000 or more against property owners, business
owners, the Boy Scouts, Bible bookstores, religious radio stations, and
even some churches, that are opposed to homosexuality. Also, by
declaring “sexual orientation” to be an official “civil right,” children in
public schools would be taught to approve of homosexuality and the
homosexual political movement (see Education Code, Section 51226.3).
- AB 1670 , Committee on Judiciary
- Topic: (California Civil Rights Amendments of 1999) Tax-Funded
Investigations and Fines Against Citizens of Conscience, and
Promoting Homosexuality in the Public Schools.
- Similar to AB 1001, AB 1670 would use indirect means to insert “sexual
orientation” into FEHA and the two bills would have similar impact upon
schoolchildren and citizens of conscience. AB 1670 declares as a civil
right “any other basis prohibited by Section 51 of the Civil Code.” This
is a simple matter of connecting the dots. California courts have used
judicial fiat to make case law placing “sexual orientation” into Civil Code
51, otherwise known as the Unruh Civil Rights Act. Thus, the courts
have inserted sexual orientation (homosexuality and bisexuality) into
Civil Code 51, and AB 1670 inserts Civil Code 51 into FEHA in regards to
housing. This bill would result in tax-funded investigations and fines
against citizens of conscience, and the promotion of homosexuality and
bisexuality to children in public schools under the guise of civil rights.
- In addition, AB 1670 would allow state investigations, and fines and
damages of $150,000 against persons of conscience who refuse to
support homosexuality in the area of housing and rental property. The
bill would fund expert witness fees, which would pay for gay activists to
persecute citizens in court. AB 1670 would also subject workplace
supervisors to vague harassment laws. In addition, by indirectly
declaring “sexual orientation” to be a civil right, the courts would be
handed another tool that could be used against citizens of conscience.
- SB 75 , Murray
- Topic: Domestic partnership: registration, termination, and rights
thereof.
This bill essentially accomplishes the same result as AB 26 by creating a
statewide “domestic partners” registry. SB 75 would also change the law
to equate “domestic partners” with married spouse in the areas of wills
and conservatorships.
- (Story no longer online)
Will Homosexuals Win In The California Assembly Tomorrow While Christians Sleep?
- Sept. 7, 1999 - With just a few hours of opportunity left for Christians to contact their legislators, key bills which grant special rights to homosexuals and curtail the freedoms of Bible-believing Christians, may be approved in the California Assembly. Call or Email your Assemblymember and ask them to vote NO on the following bills which pertain to homosexuality: AB 26, AB 537, AB 1001 and AB 1670. Do it now. Tomorrow may be too late. For more information see: Capitol Resource Institute.
Several Homosexual Bills Approved- Go to Opposite House for Consideration
- June 4, 1999 - Several of the most dangerous bills passed by ONE VOTE, and now go the opposite house for discussion. There is hope for those who will help educate our lawmakers before the next round of votes.
- Also:Homosexual "Rights" Closer In California Source: Maranatha Christian Journal.
- Read this material and take action! Keep informed by going to Capitol Resource Institute's site. (Story no longer online)
AB222 Defeated in California Assembly
- June 4, 1999 - AB222 (See articles below for information about this pro-homosexual bill) was defeated this morning in the Assembly. The vote was 40 Ayes and 38 Nays. They needed 41 Ayes, so the vote failed by one single vote, and supporters are encouraged to keep pushing for this legislation. Reconsideration was granted which means that the bill can be voted on again sometime in January of 2000.
- The Vote:
- Ayes:
- Democrats: Alquist, Aroner, Calderon, Cardenas, Cedillo, Corbett, Davis, Ducheny, Dutra, Firebaugh, Floyd, Gallegos, Hertzberg, Honda, Jackson, Keeley, Knox, Kuehl, Lempert, Longville, Lowenthal,
Mazzoni, Migden, Nakano, Papan, Romero, Scott, Shelley, Steinberg, Strom-Martin, Thomson, Torlakson, Villaraigosa, Vincent, Wayne, Wesson, Wiggins, Wildman and Wright
- Green Party: Bock
- Nays:
- Democrats: Cardoza, Correa, Florez, Havice, Machado, Reyes, Soto, Washington
- Republicans: Aanestad, Ackerman, Ashburn, Baldwin, Bates, Battin, Baugh, Briggs, Campbell, Cox, Dickerson,
Frusetta, Granlund, House, Kaloogian, Leach, Leonard, Maddox, Maldonado, Margett, McClintock, Olberg, Oller,
Robert Pacheco, Rod Pacheco, Pescetti, Runner, Strickland, Thompson, and Zettel
- (Story no longer online)
Many Homosexual Bills Approved by California Assembly
- June 3, 1999 According to Capitol Resources Institute, the following list shows that the homosexual agenda is gaining momentum!
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Updated on June 3 at 4:00pm
Homosexual Bills
AB 26 - Passed Assembly, in Senate
AB 107 - Passed Assembly, in Senate
AB 222 - Assembly Floor
AB 246 - Passed Assembly, in Senate
AB 513 - Assembly Appropriations
AB 525 - Assembly Floor
AB 1001 - Passed Assembly, in Senate
AB 1670 - Assembly Floor
SB 75 - Passed Senate, in Assembly
SB 118 - Passed Senate, in Assembly
SB 1173 - Senate Appropriations
Last Chance to Voice Your Opposition to Homosexual Bill AB222!
- This bill will be voted on in the California Assembly tomorrow, June 4th. The following four Assemblypersons are considered swing votes. Call their offices or send FAXes to let them know how you feel.
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Assemblyman Lou
Correa (D-Anaheim)
Phone: (916) 319-2069
Fax: (916) 319-2169
- Assemblymember
Sue Reyes (D-Fresno)
Phone: (916) 319-2031
Fax: (916) 319-2131
- Assemblyman Carl
Washington,
(D-Compton)
Phone: (916) 319-2052
Fax: (916) 319-2152
- Assemblyman Dennis
Cardoza, (D-Merced)
Phone: (916) 319-2026
Fax: (916) 319-2126
AB222 Ammended
- June 2, 1999 - Some deletions were made to the proposed law, probably making it acceptable to some borderline legislators, but still providing for special protection for "actual or perceived heterosexuality, homosexuality, or bisexuality." The following sections were deleted from the bill:
- SEC. 14. Section 51500 of the Education Code is amended to read:
- 51500. No teacher shall give instruction nor shall a school
district sponsor any activity that reflects adversely upon persons
because of any of the following characteristics, whether actual or
perceived: race, sex, sexual orientation, color, creed, disability,
national origin, or ancestry.
- SEC. 15. Section 51501 of the Education Code is amended to read:
- 51501. No textbook or other instructional materials shall be
adopted by the state board or by any governing board for use in the
public schools which contains any matter reflecting adversely upon
persons on the basis of any of the following characteristics, whether
actual or perceived: race, sex, sexual orientation, color, creed,
disability, national origin, or ancestry.
- SEC. 16. Section 60044 of the Education Code is amended to read:
- 60044. No instructional materials shall be adopted by any
governing board for use in the schools which, in its determination,
contains:
- (a) Any matter reflecting adversely upon persons on the basis of
any of the following characteristics, whether actual or perceived:
race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, sexual
orientation, disability, or occupation.
- (b) Any sectarian or denominational doctrine or propaganda
contrary to law.
- (Story no longer online)
Soto To Oppose Gay Rights Bill
- May 28, 1999 - Assemblywoman Nell Soto, who represents Pomona and surrounding cities, abstained from voting when the bill was in committee, but, after studying it carefully, and hearing from both sides, she has decided to vote against AB 222.
- The Daily Bulletin quoted Rebecca Nieto, her chief of staff that ultimately Soto relied on her conscience.
- "She has studied it long and been fair. She believes anti-discrimination laws are adequate at this time."
Time To Weigh In On Homosexual Bill AB 222
- May 26, 1999 - AB 222 will come to vote on the California Assembly floor within the next few days. There are supposedly 40 supporters of the bill at the present time, and they need 41. There are several who may go either direction. Do not underestimate the value of your phone, FAX or email input to your own legislators AND to those who are considered to be swing votes.
It might be best to contact the legislators who are special targets of the author of the bill. See Action Alerts from Sheila Kuehl's office at the bill's website.
- Check with your own Assemblyperson and Senator to see how they are planning to vote. Let them know that you realize they think this is a civil rights issue, that you are also opposed to discrimination against anyone because of their beliefs, but that if this bill becomes law, it will be the Bible-believing Christians who will lose their First Ammendment rights to even lovingly oppose homosexual behavior even though we are required to do so by our Sacred Scriptures. The Homosexual life-style will be taught as normal, and it will be against the law for anyone in the schools setting to disagree with it.
- (Story no longer online)
A Critical Analysis of California Assembly Bill 222
- May 5, 1999 - Warning from the United States Justice Foundation that if this bill passes, all perversions will be protected under the civil rights guise of "sexual preference," including bestiality, pedophilia, and others. In addition, sacred texts, now allowed as literature, but not to teach religion, such as the Bible, The Torah, and The Koran, could be banned because they teach that homosexuality is wrong.
Source: Dr Laura Letters and FAXes (Story no longer online)
Orange County Board Of Education Opposed to AB 222
- April 22, 1999 - OCBE Resolution #07-99 states:
- ...LET IT FURTHER BE RESOLVED, that the Orange County Board of Education adopts this Resolution in opposition to AB222, and instructs the Secretary of this Board to deliver this Resolution to Assemblywoman Kuehl, the leaders of the state legislature of both political parties, governor's office, and State Department of Education.
Sliding 'sexual orientation' into education
- April 9, 1999 - WorldNetDaily article about AB 222. Brad Dacus of Pacific Justice Institute says he will fight the bill in court if it is approved by the California state legislature. (Story no longer online)
WARNING! Homosexual Bill (AB 222) Approved in Committee
- April 8, 1999 - This bill, which will grant special rights for homosexuals and bisexuals (and make it illegal to speak against this behavior in public and private schools) passed in the Assembly Education Committee (10-7). Nell Soto abstained. Now the measure will go to the Assembly floor. Will Bible believing Christians raise their voices sufficiently to defeat this, or will we just watch, while Biblical values are trampled?
Southern California Homosexual Agenda Alert!
- April 6 - A press conference will be held in front of Philadelphia Elementary School, 600 Philadelphia, in Pomona at 11:45 a.m. this morning to protest the 7 pro-homosexual bills being processed in the state government at this time. Concerned citizens were alerted by a full page ad in the Daily Bulletin to request Assemblywoman Nell Soto to vote against the measures. (Story no longer online)
California Homosexual Agenda
- MARCH, 1999 - Focus on the Family alerts California citizens:
- The homosexual agenda is raging in the California legislature, but
there is hope if concerned citizens do their part and get involved.
Anti-family legislators have introduced bills to push homosexuality
on all parts of society and penalize citizens who are morally
opposed to homosexual behavior. Committee votes will begin in
late March or early April on the following bills:
AB=Assembly Bill, SB=Senate Bill
(Sponsor name in parenthesis)
AB 222 (Kuehl) and SB 1260 (Hayden):
Promoting Homosexuality and Bisexuality to Schoolchildren
AB 222 would result in homosexual curriculum and promotion of
homosexual “marriage” to students in K-12 public schools, public
colleges and universities. Quotas for homosexual instructors
would be indirectly pursued, and federal “hate crime” funds would
be used to punish schools that resist the gay agenda.
If AB 222 passes, religious schools who do not comply could be
banned from interscholastic sports leagues, and students at
religious colleges could be prohibited from receiving state
financial aid.
A second bill, SB 1260, would require homosexual curriculum to
be taught to schoolchildren as young as kindergarten, including
mandated sessions on “homophobia.”
AB 1001 (Villaraigosa):
Tax-funded Investigations and Fines Against Citizens Who
Oppose Homosexuality
AB 1001 awards official minority status for homosexuality and
bisexuality, putting “sexual orientation” on the same level as race
and ethnicity in the powerful Fair Employment and Housing Act
(FEHA). This could result in tax-funded investigations and
$25,000 fines against property owners, business owners, Bible
bookstores, religious radio stations, and even some churches
that oppose homosexuality. Also, because this bill declares
homosexuality or bisexuality to be an official “civil right,” if
passed, children in public schools will be taught all about the
homosexual political movement.
Homosexual Marriage “Partnership” Bills
Four bills would create homosexual-marriage “partnerships” to
award official government status and marriage benefits to
homosexuals; AB 26 (Migden), AB 107 (Knox), SB 75 (Murray),
and SB 118 (Hayden). These “domestic partners” bills would
undermine the sacred institution of marriage and promote
same-sex “marriage” (95% of “domestic partners” are
homosexuals). If these bills pass, it will be more difficult to legally
protect California from homosexual “marriage” and its
accompanying negative consequences.
- (Story no longer online)
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