Is this new law really true?

Question

http://www.worldnetdaily.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=58130

about baning the word "mom and dad" in california? is the law active? am not sure if it really is, because almost everyone knows about it at my school in AZ. I have lots of friends in CA but they haven't even heard of it. I'll be moving back to CA next month.
Any advices u guys can give me about this law?
the site is up above, post it there so you guys can know what i am talking about.

Answer 1

I did a search and found a number of sites carrying this same or variations on the same story. However, I did not find on the 1st 10 pages any reputable source. By source, I mean a source like the NY Times, Washington Post, San Jose Mercury News, Sacramento Bee, San Diego Union Tribune. I would have expected to see what I would call a reputable source listed early on. I tend to believe something in the NY Times, but tend to discount things in places I've never heard of. Of the several entries I examined in detail of the 100 I scanned, they ALL referred back to the source you provided. I could find no other original source. Just because I could not corroborate your source does not mean it isn't true, just that I could not confirm it to be true through an outside source. Like on Mythbusters, I can not say this is confirmed nor can I say it is busted, so it falls under plausible. The thing is, there is a conflict in the dates. This article you refer to is from October, but I found blog entries from as much as 6 months before this relating to the same thing, legislation in CA changing references to the contribution of the gay community to history. Strange...

Answer 2

Yes, it is true, but you don't seem to understand the entirety of the law. It replaces the words "mother" and "father" on certain forms & papers to say "Parent 1" and "Parent 2". This makes it easier to deal with same-sex parents AND step-parents. For example, a child's mother dies and the father remarries. The new wife is not actually the child's mother...but, in an emergency she can make decisions for the child. With "Parent 1," etc. her name can be placed on the forms at the child's school. This makes it MUCH easier for the family AND the school, especially during an emergency.

By the way, most of that article is false. That article, and many others, are not well-informed.

Answer 3

I just took a brief look at it, but I highly doubt it to be true. Seems very unlikely to me.

A piece of advice: not everything you see and hear on TV and the internet are true. Use your common sense for goodness sake, letting boys use girls restrooms and vice-versa, gimme a break. They wouldn't even let me take the boys gym class when I was in high school (the boys got way cooler sports then the girls did), let alone use the same change room.

Answer 4

I see nothing wrong with the word "parents".

Until gay and lesbian couples get the same rights as other Americans, to be treated equally and with the same marital freedoms, then rights will have to be legislated locally.

Those religious nuts and whackos who rail against these unions and against them having the right to adopt children have led to this law. It should not be necessary.

Children learn from their parents....and when these whackos kids go to school, they bring the same prejudices they find at home and use those prejudices against any who seem different from themselves.

It's a good thing for this law to be passed. It will lessen the discrimination against children who have been adopted by same-sex couples.

Answer 5

"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. ... 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 contained in the definition of hate crimes that is contained in the Penal Code. "

Answer 6

That is absolutely ridiculous. My children will call me what they damned well please. What a load of horsesh*t. Seems pretty unlikely to me. But then again, I homeschool for exactly this sort of reason.

Answer 7

i like Schwarzenegger, he is trying to legalize marijuana also.