Should 'Mom' and 'Dad' be banished by California?

Question

"Mom and Dad" as well as "husband and wife" effectively have been banned from California schools under a bill signed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, who with his signature also ordered public schools to allow boys to use girls restrooms and locker rooms, and vice versa, if they choose.

Read this article; http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58130

California textbooks will no longer be able to use words like 'mother and father' and 'husband and wife,' because they suggest that heterosexuality is the norm – even though that is manifestly the case, even in California."
If you don't believe this has happend then do the research yourself.

Answer 1

Can you provide us with a credible source and not just one that has an anti-gay/lesbian/transgender agenda? Here's the actual text of the bill or as much as I could cut and past, and not just some BS propaganda...

SENATE BILL No. 777
Introduced by Senator Kuehl
February 23, 2007
An act to amend Sections 200, 220, 235, 260, 51500, 51501, 60044,
66250, 66251, and 66270 of, to amend and renumber Sections 210.1
and 220.5, to add Sections 210.1, 210.7, 212.1, 212.3, 212.6, 219,
66260.5, 66260.7, 66261.5, 66261.7, 66262.7, and 66269 to, and to
repeal and add Sections 212 and 66262 of, the Education Code, relating
to education.
legislative counsel’s digest
SB 777, as introduced, Kuehl. Discrimination.
Existing law states that it is the policy of the state to afford equal
rights and opportunities to all persons in the public or private elementary
and secondary schools and postsecondary educational institutions of
the state regardless of their sex, ethnic group identification, race, national
origin, religion, or mental or physical disability and prohibits a person
from being subjected to discrimination on those bases.
Existing law prohibits a teacher from giving instruction, and a school
district from sponsoring any activity, that reflects adversely upon persons
because of their race, sex, color, creed, handicap, national origin, or
ancestry.
Existing law prohibits the State Board of Education and the governing
board of a school district from adopting for use in the public schools
any instructional materials that reflect adversely upon persons because
of their race, sex, color, creed, handicap, national origin, or ancestry.
This bill would revise the list of prohibited bases of discrimination
and the kinds of prohibited instruction, activities, and instructional
materials and instead, would refer to disability, gender, nationality, race
or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic
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contained in the definition of hate crimes that is contained in the Penal
Code. The bill would define disability, gender, nationality, race or
ethnicity, religion, and sexual orientation for this purpose.
Vote: majority. Appropriation: no. Fiscal committee: no.
State-mandated local program: no.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. Section 200 of the Education Code is amended
to read:
200. It is the policy of the State of California to afford all
persons in public schools, regardless of their sex, ethnic group
identification, race, national origin, religion, mental or physical
disability, or regardless of any actual or perceived disability,
gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation,
or any other characteristic that is contained in the definition of
hate crimes set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal Code, equal
rights and opportunities in the educational institutions of the state.
The purpose of this chapter is to prohibit acts which are contrary
to that policy and to provide remedies therefor.
SEC. 2. Section 210.1 is added to the Education Code, to read:
210.1. “Disability” includes mental and physical disability.
SEC. 3. Section 210.1 of the Education Code is amended and
renumbered to read:
210.1.
210.3. “Educational institution” means a public or private
preschool, elementary, or secondary school or institution; the
governing board of a school district; or any combination of school
districts or counties recognized as the administrative agency for
public elementary or secondary schools.
SEC. 4. Section 210.7 is added to the Education Code, to read:
210.7. “Gender” means sex, and includes a person’s gender
identity and gender related appearance and behavior whether or
not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at
birth.
SEC. 5. Section 212 of the Education Code is repealed.
212. “Sex” means the biological condition or quality of being
a male or female human being.
SEC. 6. Section 212 is added to the Education Code, to read:
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212. “Nationality” includes citizenship, country of origin, and
national origin.
SEC. 7. Section 212.1 is added to the Education Code, to read:
212.1. “Race or ethnicity” includes ancestry, color, and ethnic
background.
SEC. 8. Section 212.3 is added to the Education Code, to read:
212.3. “Religion” includes all aspects of religious belief,
observance, and practice and includes agnosticism and atheism.
SEC. 9. Section 212.6 is added to the Education Code, to read:
212.6. “Sexual orientation” means heterosexuality,
homosexuality, or bisexuality.
SEC. 10. Section 219 is added to the Education Code, to read:
219. Disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion,
sexual orientation, or any other characteristic contained in the
definition of hate crimes set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal
Code includes a perception that the person has any of those
characteristics or that the person is associated with a person who
has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.
SEC. 11. Section 220 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
220. No person shall be subjected to discrimination on the basis
of sex, ethnic group identification, race, national origin, religion,
color, mental or physical disability, or any actual or perceived
disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual
orientation, or any other characteristic that is contained in the
definition of hate crimes set forth in Section 422.55 of the Penal
Code in any program or activity conducted by an educational
institution that receives, or benefits from, state financial assistance
or enrolls pupils who receive state student financial aid.
SEC. 12. Section 220.5 of the Education Code is amended and
renumbered to read:
220.5.
221. This article shall not apply to an educational institution
which that is controlled by a religious organization if the
application would not be consistent with the religious tenets of
that organization.
SEC. 13. Section 235 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
235. There shall be no racial, sex, or ethnic discrimination on
the basis of the characteristics listed in Section 220 in any aspect
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of the operation of alternative schools, charter schools, or the
Demonstration Scholarship Program or charter schools.
SEC. 14. Section 260 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
260. The governing board of a school district shall have the
primary responsibility for ensuring that school district programs
and activities are free from discrimination based on ethnic group
identification, religion, age, sex, color, or physical or mental
disability, the characteristics listed in Section 220 and for
monitoring compliance with any and all rules and regulations
promulgated pursuant to Section 11138 of the Government Code.
SEC. 15. Section 51500 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
51500. No teacher shall give instruction nor shall a school
district sponsor any activity which that reflects adversely upon
persons because of their race, sex, color, creed, handicap, national
origin, or ancestry a characteristic listed in Section 220.
SEC. 16. Section 51501 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
51501. No textbook, or other instructional materials shall be
adopted by the state board State Board or by any governing board
for use in the public schools which that contains any matter
reflecting adversely upon persons because of their race, sex, color,
creed, handicap, national origin, or ancestry a characteristic listed
in Section 220.
SEC. 17. 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 that, in its
determination, contains:
(a) Any matter reflecting adversely upon persons because of
their race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, handicap,
or occupation a characteristic listed in Section 220.
(b) Any sectarian or denominational doctrine or propaganda
contrary to law.
SEC. 18. Section 66250 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
66250. This chapter shall be known, and may be cited, as the
Sex Equity in Higher Education Act.
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SEC. 19. Section 66251 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
66251. It is the policy of the State of California to afford all
persons, regardless of their sex, ethnic group identification, race,
national origin, religion, mental or physical disability, or regardless
of disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual
orientation, or any other any basis that is contained in the
prohibition of hate crimes set forth in subdivision (a) of Section
422.6 of the Penal Code, equal rights and opportunities in the
postsecondary institutions of the state. The purpose of this chapter
is to prohibit acts that are contrary to that policy and to provide
remedies therefor.
SEC. 20. Section 66260.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
66260.5. “Disability” includes mental and physical disability.
SEC. 21. Section 66260.7 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
66260.7. “Gender” means sex, and includes a person’s gender
identity and gender related appearance and behavior whether or
not stereotypically associated with the person’s assigned sex at
birth.
SEC. 22. Section 66261.5 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
66261.5. “Nationality” includes citizenship, country of origin,
and national origin.
SEC. 23. Section 66261.7 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
66261.7. “Race or ethnicity” includes ancestry, color, and
ethnic background.
SEC. 24. Section 66262 of the Education Code is repealed.
66262. “Sex” has the same meaning as defined in Section 212.
SEC. 25. Section 66262 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
66262. “Religion” includes all aspects of religious belief,
observance, and practice and includes agnosticism and atheism.
SEC. 26. Section 66262.7 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
66262.7. “Sexual orientation” means heterosexuality,
homosexuality, or bisexuality.
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SEC. 27. Section 66269 is added to the Education Code, to
read:
66269. Disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity,
religion, sexual orientation, or any other characteristic contained
in the definition of hate crimes set forth in Section 422.55 of the
Penal Code includes a perception that the person has any of those
characteristics or that the person is associated with a person who
has, or is perceived to have, any of those characteristics.
SEC. 28. Section 66270 of the Education Code is amended to
read:
66270. No person shall be subjected to discrimination on the
basis of sex, ethnic group identification, race, national origin,
religion, color, or mental or physical disability, or any basis
disability, gender, nationality, race or ethnicity, religion, sexual
orientation, or any other characteristic that is contained in the
prohibition of hate crimes set forth in subdivision (a) of Section
422.6 of the Penal Code in any program or activity conducted by
any postsecondary educational institution that receives, or benefits
from, state financial assistance or enrolls students who receive
state student financial aid.
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Answer 2

I read the bill too, never mentions the words 'mother' 'father' 'husband' or 'wife' or 'restroom'

Whoever wrote the article you cited was on some pretty powerful hallucinogenics

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Edit:

I was a little flip, above. There is a profound difference between bias and discrimination against a group or just being factual in a textbook. The bill outlaws discrimination base on 'disability, sex, religion, etc.' Therefore, by your article's reasoning a textbook could never mention, sex, disability or religion.

Your article would have us believe that a history book could never mention why the Pilgrims came to America, that Franklin Roosevelt was disabled, or that George Bush is a man and he is in fact married to a woman named Laura.

The article you cite fails to distinguish between identification (basically factual: George and Laura Bush, husband and wife) and discrimination (anyone who is 'gay' should be ......).

As a lawyer and having read the bill, I really don't think it will have the effect the article you cite claims, and if it did, the legislature and Schwarzenegger would immediately redraw the law. :)

Answer 3

I study the invoice too, never mentions the words 'mom' 'father' 'husband' or 'spouse' or 'restroom' Whoever wrote the object you noted replaced into on some notably efficient hallucinogenics ........................................... Edit: i replaced right into a splash turn, above. there's a profound difference between bias and discrimination against a team or in simple terms being actual in a textbook. The invoice outlaws discrimination base on 'incapacity, intercourse, faith, etc.' subsequently, via your article's reasoning a textbook ought to never point out, intercourse, incapacity or faith. Your article might have us have faith that a historic previous e book ought to never point out why the Pilgrims got here to u.s., that Franklin Roosevelt replaced into disabled, or that George Bush is a guy and he's in certainty married to a woman named Laura. the object you cite fails to distinguish between id (fairly actual: George and Laura Bush, husband and spouse) and discrimination (absolutely everyone who's 'gay' could be ......). As a legal professional and having study the invoice, i for my area do no longer think of it could have the end result the object you cite claims, and if it did, the legislature and Schwarzenegger might right this moment redraw the regulation. :)

Answer 4

Is everyone on here blind of course it does not say that straight up, you have to read deeper. When the time comes gay groups, and exteme left groups will interpit this law to suit there radical agenda. Just read Section 4 on Gender. These people are as smart as they are a threat, of course they will not say in black in white mom and dad are banned but they wrote the bill so it could be inferred that way.

Answer 5

You are drawing a ridiculous, extreme and alarmist conclusion from the actual text and intent of the law, as does the website you linked to.

Answer 6

I read the text of SB577 and it sure doesn't say what the article you cited SAYS it says. And your "translation" of the article takes the stupidity one step further.

Answer 7

That's nonsense. You should go into politics with your gift for distorting the facts.

Answer 8

Man, that link is messed up.
Those fundies will twist anything to promote their agenda.
Hilarious.

Answer 9

I wonder how many people will be raped because of this?


Sounds like a bad idea to me third world here we come.

Answer 10

I wonder how you can be mentally molested.

Answer 11

WTF is this!!! This is absurd. I am very glad that I don't live in California and I have just lost all of my respect for Mr. Schwarzenegger.