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AB 2943 voting records of 77 unconstitutional California legislators

 

The 77 legislators who voted for AB 2943

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AB 2943, one of the worst bills pushed by Democrat legislators in 2018, was a blatant attack on your free speech, your religious freedom, and your basic rights.

On August 31, 2018, the final day of the 2017-2018 legislative session, AB 2943's main bill author, Democrat Evan Low of San Jose, pulled his bill, killing it for the year.

If you're glad that AB 2943, the worst bill of the year, is "dead," will you share with your friends this special SaveCalifornia.com report naming the 75 Democrats and 2 Republicans who voted "yes" to impose this upon Californians? Just copy and paste the link to this page on your social media, and into an email message to your personal email list. (It's that EASY!)

We've all got to ask ourselves -- is a vote for them also a vote against religious freedom, against free speech, and against basic constitutional liberties?

Why Democrat bill AB 2943 was outrageous

AB 2943 would have prohibited California adults from seeking their own self-improvement and paying their own money for professional, expert counseling to help them overcome their unwanted homosexual desires or gender confusion.

It would have also threatened with penalties any pastor, church, or para-church ministry that sold tickets to a conference or event, or sold a book or CD or download, about overcoming homosexual or transsexual addictions.

AB 2943 would have denied your constitutional rights of free speech and freedom of religion, and your pre-constitutional right to both make and be responsible for your own choices. Ask yourself -- how could a bill like this even be introduced in the United States of America?

Yet these 77 California legislators (who all raised their right hands and publicly promised to "support and defend" the Constitution and the First Amendment) still voted "yes" on AB 2943.

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Note: If you don't know who your own California state legislators are, to see if they voted YES on AB 2943, click here and enter your address to see the names of your state assemblymember and state senator. Then, scroll down to see if they're on the list below.

Here's who voted YES on AB 2943 (in alphabetical order, by last name)
Link to official voting records

25 Democrats in the California State Senate: Ayes (yes):

Allen, Atkins, Beall, Bradford, De León, Delgado, Dodd, Galgiani, Glazer, Hernandez, Hertzberg, Hill, Hueso, Jackson, Lara, Leyva, McGuire, Mitchell, Monning, Pan, Portantino, Skinner, Stern, Wieckowski, Wiener

48 Democrats and 2 Republicans on the floor of the California State Assembly: Ayes (yes):

Aguiar-Curry, Arambula, Baker, Berman, Bloom, Bonta, Burke, Caballero, Carrillo, Cervantes, Chau, Chiu, Chu, Cooley, Cooper, Daly, Eggman, Frazier, Friedman, Eduardo Garcia, Gipson, Gloria, Gonzalez Fletcher, Grayson, Holden, Irwin, Jones-Sawyer, Kalra, Kamlager-Dove, Levine, Limón, Low, Maienschein, McCarty, Medina, Muratsuchi, Nazarian, O'Donnell, Quirk-Silva, Reyes, Rodriguez, Rubio, Salas, Santiago, Mark Stone, Thurmond, Ting, Weber, Wood, Rendon

Plus 2 more Democrats in an Assembly committee: Ayes (yes): Calderon, Mullin

The official AB 2943 voting record (for and against) can be viewed on the Calif. State Legislature website.

Assembly Democrats absent or not voting were: Cristina Garcia, Adam Gray, Bill Quirk

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Full names of the above 77 legislators and their districts

Who "represents" you where you live? Are they among the 77 who supported AB 2943?

Who are these people who voted against your free speech, against your religious freedom, and against your basic right to make choices, who swore to not do that, and still say they represent you?

25 Democrats in the California State Senate voted "yes" on AB 2943

Benjamin Allen (Democrat) of Los Angeles' Westside Cities and South Bay

Toni Atkins (Democrat, AB 2943 coauthor) of San Diego

Jim Beall (Democrat, AB 2943 coauthor) of Santa Clara County

Steven Bradford (Democrat) of south Los Angeles County (Inglewood through San Pedro)

Kevin de León (Democrat) of the downtown Los Angeles area: Boyle Heights, El Sereno, Highland Park, Eagle Rock, Glassell Park, Mt. Washington, Cypress Park, Lincoln Heights, Atwater Village, Elysian Valley, Arlington Heights, Echo Park, Silver Lake, Los Feliz, East Hollywood, Little Armenia, Thai Town, Larchmont, Koreatown, Pico-Union, Westlake-MacArthur Park, Historic Filipinotown, Chinatown, Little Tokyo, Arts District, Civic Center, City Terrace, and East Los Angeles

Vanessa Delgado (Democrat) of southeastern Los Angeles County: Artesia, Bellflower, Cerritos, Commerce, Downey, East La Mirada, Hacienda Heights, Hawaiian Gardens, La Habra Heights, Lakewood, Montebello, Norwalk, Pico Rivera, Rose Hills/North Whittier, Santa Fe Springs, South Whittier, West Whittier-Los Nietos, Whittier, Buena Park

Bill Dodd (Democrat) of Contra Costa, Napa, Solano, Sonoma and Yolo counties

Cathleen Galgiani (Democrat, AB 2943 coauthor) of San Joaquin County

Steven Glazer (Democrat) of Contra Costa County and the Alameda County communities of Pleasanton, Livermore, and Sunol

Ed Hernandez (Democrat) of east Los Angeles County: Alhambra, Arcadia, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Covina, El Monte, Industry, Irwindale, La Puente, Monterey Park, Rosemead, San Gabriel, South El Monte, Temple City, and West Covina

Robert Hertzberg (Democrat) of Los Angeles' San Fernando Valley

Jerry Hill (Democrat) of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties

Ben Hueso (Democrat) of southernmost and east San Diego County (all of Imperial County and, in San Diego County, Bonita, Chula Vista, Imperial Beach, Jamul, La Presa, National City, and San Diego)

Hannah-Beth Jackson (Democrat) of Santa Barbara County and western Ventura County

Ricardo Lara (Democrat, AB 2943 coauthor) of Los Angeles County downtown to the coast (Vernon and Paramount through Long Beach)

Connie Leyva (Democrat) of San Bernardino County and Pomona

Mike McGuire (Democrat) of the North Coast (Marin, Sonoma, Lake, Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, Del Norte counties)

Holly Mitchell (Democrat) of east Los Angeles to Culver City

Bill Monning (Democrat) of Santa Clara, Santa Cruz and Monterey counties

Richard Pan (Democrat) of Sacramento area communities of Sacramento, Arden-Arcade, Natomas, Elk Grove, Florin, Fruitridge Pocket, La Riviera, Rosemont, and West Sacramento

Anthony Portantino (Democrat) of Los Angeles County foothill communities of Sunland-Tujunga in the west to Upland in the east

Nancy Skinner (Democrat) of Alameda and Contra Costa counties

Henry Stern (Democrat) of east Los Angeles County and west Ventura County

Bob Wieckowski (Democrat) of Alameda and Santa Clara counties

Scott Wiener (Democrat, AB 2943 author) of San Francisco + Broadmoor, Colma, Daly City, and part of South San Francisco

50 Democrats and 2 Republicans in the California State Assembly voted "yes" on AB 2943

Cecilia Aguiar-Curry (Democrat) of Colusa, Lake, Napa, Solano, Sonoma, and Yolo counties

Joaquin Arambula (Democrat) of Fresno County

Catharine Baker (Republican) of Alameda and Contra Costa counties: Pleasanton, Livermore, Ulmar, Altamont, Mendenhall Springs, Dublin, San Ramon, Diablo, Lafayette, and Walnut Creek

Marc Berman (Democrat) of San Mateo and Santa Clara counties

Richard Bloom (Democrat) of Agoura Hills, Beverly Hills, Bel Air, Brentwood, Hollywood, Mid-Wilshire, Pacific Palisades, Malibu, Santa Monica, Topanga, and West Hollywood

Rob Bonta (Democrat) of Alameda, Oakland, and San Leandro

Autumn Burke (Democrat) of Los Angeles County: Del Aire, El Segundo, Gardena, Hawthorne, Inglewood, Lawndale, Lennox, Venice, Westchester, Marina del Rey, West Athens, and Westmont

Anna Caballero (Democrat) of Monterery County and southern Santa Clara County: Greenfield, Gonzales, King City, Salinas, Soledad, Hollister, San Juan Bautista, Gilroy, Morgan Hill, and Watsonville

Ian Calderon (Democrat) of Avocado Heights, East La Mirada, Hacienda Heights, Industry, La Habra Heights, La Mirada, La Puente, Norwalk, Santa Fe Springs, South El Monte, South San Jose Hills, South Whittier, West Whittier-Los Nietos, and Whittier

Wendy Carrillo (Democrat) of City Terrace, East Los Angeles, Chinatown, Cypress Park, Eagle Rock, Echo Park, Edendale, Glassell Park, Highland Park, Montecito Heights, Silver Lake, El Sereno, Lincoln Heights, and Monterey Hills

Sabrina Cervantes (Democrat, AB 2943 coauthor) of Corona, Eastvale, El Cerrito, Home Gardens, Jurupa Valley, Norco, and Riverside

Ed Chau (Democrat) of Alhambra, Arcadia, El Monte, Montebello, Monterey Park, Rosemead, San Gabriel, San Marino, South El Monte, and Temple City

David Chiu (Democrat) of San Francisco

Kansen Chu (Democrat) of Fremont, Newark, Milpitas, San Jose, and Santa Clara

Ken Cooley (Democrat) of east Sacramento County (Arden-Arcade, Carmichael, Citrus Heights, Foothill Farms, Gold River, La Riviera, Rancho Cordova, Rancho Murieta, Rosemont, Vineyard, and Wilton

Jim Cooper (Democrat) of South Sacramento, Elk Grove, Galt, and Lodi

Tom Daly (Democrat) of Anaheim and Santa Ana

Susan Eggman (Democrat, AB 2943 coauthor) of Stockton, Tracy, and east San Joaquin County

Jim Frazier (Democrat) of the northeast San Francisco Bay Area: Antioch, Brentwood, Oakley, Pittsburg, Isleton, Fairfield, Rio Vista, Suisun City, and Vacaville

Laura Friedman (Democrat) of Burbank, Glendale, La Cañada Flintridge, La Crescenta-Montrose, Hollywood Hills, East Hollywood, Little Armenia, Franklin Hills, Los Feliz, Silver Lake, and Atwater Village

Jesse Gabriel (Democrat) of Canoga Park, Encino, Northridge, Reseda, West Hills, Winnetka, Woodland Hills, Tarzana, Calabasas, Hidden Hills, and Bell Canyon

Eduardo Garcia (Democrat) of Imperial County and the Riverside County communities of Bermuda Dunes, Blythe, Cathedral City, Coachella, Desert Center, Desert Hot Springs, Indio, Mecca, Thermal, and Thousand Palms

Mike Gipson (Democrat) of Carson, Compton, East Rancho Dominguez, Long Beach, Broadway-Manchester, Harbor Gateway, Watts, Wilmington, Rancho Dominguez, West Rancho Dominguez, and Willowbrook

Todd Gloria (Democrat, AB 2943 coauthor) of Coronado, Del Mar, Imperial Beach, Balboa Park, Downtown San Diego, Hillcrest, Kensington, La Jolla, Mission Beach, Mission Hills, North Park, Ocean Beach, Pacific Beach, Point Loma, Torrey Pines, University City, University Heights, and Solana Beach

Lorena Gonzalez Fletcher (Democrat) of Chula Vista, National City, Barrio Logan, City Heights, Golden Hill, Otay Mesa, and San Ysidro

Timothy Grayson (Democrat) of Clayton, Concord, Martinez, Pittsburg, Pleasant Hill, Walnut Creek, Benicia, and Vallejo

Chris Holden (Democrat) of Altadena, Claremont, East Pasadena, La Verne, Monrovia, Pasadena, San Dimas, Sierra Madre, South Pasadena, Rancho Cucamonga, San Antonio Heights, and Upland

Jacqui Irwin (Democrat) of Camarillo, Moorpark, Newbury Park, Oak Park, Oxnard, Port Hueneme, Thousand Oaks, and Westlake Village

Reggie Jones-Sawyer (Democrat) of Exposition Park, Florence, Florence-Graham, Huntington Park, Historic South Central, University Park, Vermont Square, Vermont-Slauson

Ash Kalra (Democrat) of San Jose

Sydney Kamlager-Dove (Democrat) of Culver City, Baldwin Hills, Century City, Crenshaw, Leimert Park, Mar Vista, Mid-City, UCLA, West Los Angeles, Westwood, Inglewood, Ladera Heights, and View Park-Windsor Hills

Marc Levine (Democrat) of Marin County and the Sonoma County communities of Cotati, Petaluma, Santa Rosa, Sebastopol, and Sonoma

Monique Limón (Democrat) of Buellton, Carpinteria. Goleta, Santa Barbara, Solvang, Fillmore, Ojai, Oxnard, Santa Paula, and Ventura

Evan Low (Democrat, AB 2943 coauthor) of Campbell, Cupertino, Los Gatos, Monte Sereno, San Jose, and Saratoga

Brian Maienschein (Republican) of of Kearny Mesa, Miramar, Mira Mesa, Scripps Ranch, Carmel Valley, Rancho Peñasquitos, Poway, Fairbanks Ranch, Black Mountain Ranch, 45 Ranch, Rancho Santa Fe, Rancho Bernardo, Del Dios, and San Pasqual Valley

Kevin McCarty (Democrat) of Sacramento, West Sacramento, Rio Lina, Elverta, and Antelope

Jose Medina (Democrat) of Riverside, Moreno Valley, Perris, Highgrove, and Mead Valley

Kevin Mullin (Democrat) of San Mateo County

Al Muratsuchi (Democrat) of the Los Angeles Beach Cities: Alondra Park, Gardena, Hermosa Beach, Lomita, Harbor City, Harbor Gateway, Manhattan Beach, Palos Verdes Estates, Rancho Palos Verdes, Redondo Beach, Rolling Hills, Rolling Hills Estates. Torrance, and West Carson

Adrin Nazarian (Democrat) of Hollywood Hills, Lake Balboa, North Hills, Panorama City, Sherman Oaks, Studio City, Universal City, Toluca Lake, Valley Glen, Valley Village, and Van Nuys

Patrick O'Donnell (Democrat) of Long Beach, San Pedro, Signal Hill, and Catalina Island

Sharon Quirk-Silva (Democrat) of Fullerton, Buena Park, Cypress, Anaheim, La Palma, Stanton

Anthony Rendon (Democrat) of southest Los Angeles County: Bell, Cudahy, Hawaiian Gardens, Lakewood, North Long Beach, Lynwood, Maywood, Paramount, and South Gate

Eloise Gómez Reyes (Democrat) of San Bernardino, Rialto, Colton, Fontana, Bloomington, Grand Terrace, and Muscoy

Luz Rivas (Democrat) of San Fernando, Arleta, Pacoima, North Hollywood, Mission Hills, Sylmar, Lake View Terrace, and Sunland-Tujunga

Freddie Rodriguez (Democrat) of Pomona, Ontario, Chino, and Montclair

Blanca Rubio (Democrat) of West Covina, El Monte, Azusa, Baldwin Park, Bradbury, Glendora, Irwindale, and Monrovia

Rudy Salas (Democrat) of Kings County and the Kern County communities of Arvin, Bakersfield, Delano, Lamont, McFarland, Shafter, and Wasco

Miguel Santiago (Democrat) of downtown Los Angeles (Boyle Heights, Civic Center, Koreatown, Little Tokyo, Pico-Union, Vernon, Westlake, Vernon, and Huntington Park)

Mark Stone (Democrat) of Santa Cruz, Capitola, Scotts Valley, Carmel, Del Rey Oaks, Marina, Monterey, Pacific Grove, Sand City, Seaside, and part of San Jose

Tony Thurmond (Democrat) of Oakland, Albany, Berkeley, Emeryville, Piedmont, El Cerrito, Hercules, Pinole, Richmond, San Pablo, El Sobrante, and Kensington

Phil Ting (Democrat) of San Francisco, South San Francisco, Broadmoor, Colma, Daly City

Shirley Weber (Democrat) of Bonita, Chula Vista, La Mesa, Lemon Grove, National City, and San Diego (College Area, Encanto, Linda Vista, Mission Vally, Paradise Hills)

Jim Wood (Democrat) of the North Coast: Sonoma, Mendocino, Humboldt, Trinity, and Del Norte counties

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"Freedom of speech is a principal pillar of a free government; when this support is taken away, the constitution of a free society is dissolved, and tyranny is erected on its ruins." -- U.S. Founding Father Benjamin Franklin in 1737

 

Oppose AB 282 legalizing murder for profit in California

 

Oppose AB 282, which makes it legal to pressure suicide

Bill Status: SIGNED

On September 5, 2018, AB 282 legalizing murder by suicide was signed without comment by Democrat Governor Jerry Brown.

Bill History:

On August 20, this dangerous bill passed the Democrat-controlled State Assembly. Voting yes were 52 Democrats (all but 3 non-voting Democrats) + 2 Republicans (Catharine Baker of Contra Costa/Alameda counties and Brian Maienschein of San Diego/north San Diego County). 

On August 6, this pro-euthanasia bill passed the California State Senate. All 25 Democrats voted yes, while 9 Republicans voted no and 5 others did not vote: Noes: Bates, Chang, Gaines, Moorlach, Morrell, Nguyen, Stone, Vidak, Wilk; No Votes Recorded: Anderson, Berryhill, Cannella, Fuller, Nielsen. 

In 2015, Democrat politicians in Sacramento legalized “assisted suicide.” There is no requirement for a witness at death, and no requirement to self-administer. What’s more, it permits forgery of a final attestation form and a false cause of death on a death certificate. 

The Democrat-sponsored AB 282 (authored by Jones-Sawyer) will:
 
» Exempt from criminal prosecution "aiding, advising, or encouraging" physician-assisted suicide. In other words, a bad doctor or nurse can pressure you to die.
 
» Allow someone who could financially benefit from your death to actually sign an order giving you suicide pills. This allows murder for profit.
 
» Expressly exempts from criminal prosecution "aiding, advising, or encouraging" physician-assisted suicide.
 
Here's what the Life Legal Defense Foundation (LLDF) says about AB 282:
 
The California legislature is considering legislation that would decriminalize "aiding, advising, and encouraging" physician-assisted suicide.
 
The bill’s authors allege that the bill is merely a “technical clean-up” to the Penal Code after the implementation of the "End of Life Option Act" in 2016.
 
In reality, AB 282 allows actions that the authors of the End of Life Option Act promised the public would not be permitted — namely placing pressure on vulnerable patients to prematurely end their lives.
 
Medical literature indicates that up to 77% of people diagnosed with a terminal illness suffer from major depression. A study published in the Journal of Clinical Psychology found a “statistically significant association between clinical depression and the desire for hastened death.” Under ABA 282, terminally ill patients—many of whom are suffering from depression, anxiety, and other mental health conditions—will be aided, advised, or encouraged to request and ingest a lethal prescription. Decriminalizing behavior that leads someone to be talked into committing suicide violates the State's obligation to protect people from self-harm.
 
The End of Life Option Act also permits a person who stands to benefit from the patient's death (such as a health care facility owner or beneficiary) to sign a patient’s request for aid-in-dying drugs. AB 282 would allow an "interested witness" to legally aid, advise, and encourage a patient to commit suicide—and sign off on the method of suicide—while gaining financially from the patient’s death.  
  

Protect natural gender counseling: Oppose AB 2943

 

Oppose AB 2943 -- Let people choose their own counselor

Bill Status: This unconstitutional bill was SHELVED on 8/31/18.

"Californians who love liberty are thrilled that this dangerous, unfair, and unconstitutional bill has been dropped," said Randy Thomasson, President of SaveCalifornia.com in response to AB 2943 being pulled by its author. "We thank every patriotic citizen who took action to oppose AB 2943, an un-American bill that should never have been introduced." See Randy's full statement.

Bill History:

On August 16, AB 2943 passed the California State Senate (nearly all Democrats for, most Republicans against) and has been sent back to the Assembly floor for a "concurrence vote." See the Aug. 16 CBN News story.

On July 2, this unconstitutional bill was sent to the Senate floor without a hearing and without any amendments (this was done via Senate Rule 28.8). On June 12, this anti-freedom, anti-choice bill passed the Senate Judiciary Committee (which has 5 Democrats and 2 Republicans) -- see the AP story. In April, the bill passed the California State Assembly (news story). Voting yes were 48 Democrats and 2 Republicans (Catharine Baker and Brian Maienschein).

FACTS ABOUT AB 2943:

Authored by 8 homosexual-activist Democrats, AB 2943 would, for all practical purposes, prohibit California adults from choosing to obtain professional, expert counseling to help them overcome their unwanted homosexual desires or gender confusion.

AB 2943 would accomplish this by attempting to expel from California moral counselors who offer to help adults overcome unwanted "LGBT" feelings.

The bill's digest reads, "This bill would include, as an unlawful practice prohibited under the Consumer Legal Remedies Act, advertising, offering for sale, or selling services constituting sexual orientation change efforts, as defined, to an individual."

In addition, AB 2943 would censor the religious speech of churches, para-church ministries, and pastors if they hold a conference or event or sell a book about overcoming same-sex desires.

The bill's text is very broad: "Sexual orientation change efforts” means any practices that seek to change an individual’s sexual orientation. This includes efforts to change behaviors or gender expressions, or to eliminate or reduce sexual or romantic attractions or feelings toward individuals of the same sex.

As Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) explains:

At its core, AB 2943 outlaws speech, whether offered by a licensed counselor, a best-selling author, or even a minister or religious leader. It targets a specific message—that an adult who is experiencing unwanted same-sex attraction or gender identity confusion can find help to address those issues—for censorship. The breadth of this censorship is staggering. Under AB 2943:

• A licensed counselor could not help a married mother of three who is experiencing unwanted attraction to a close female friend or confusion over her gender identity overcome those feelings;

• A religious ministry could not hold a conference on maintaining sexual purity if the conference encourages attendees to avoid homosexual behavior;

• A bookstore (including online bookstores like Amazon) could not sell many recently published books challenging gender identity ideology and advocating that these beliefs should be rejected by society; and

• A pastor paid to speak at an event addressing current social topics could not encourage attendees that they can prevail over same-sex desires or feelings that they were born the wrong sex.

In these scenarios, there is a transaction (the counselor’s payment; the conference attendance fees; the cost of the book; and the pastor’s speaking fee) that triggers AB 2943. And under the bill, a person or organization who is paid by a consumer for goods or services cannot engage in any practice—including pure speech—that tells someone that they can overcome unwanted same-sex attraction or gender identity confusion.

AB 2943 comes six years after California's Democrat legislators passed a law forbidding parents from getting counseling for their molested children to help them overcome sexual confusion.

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I stand for all those who feel that the government no longer understands 
the individual and no longer respects individual rights. 

 

Oppose AB 2153 -- Indoctrination of school teachers

 

Oppose AB 2153 -- Forces indoctrination of teachers, students

Bill Status: VETOED

This non-academic, sexual-indoctrination bill was vetoed by Gov. Jerry Brown on September 17, 2018, and announced by the Governor's office on September 30, 2018.

See the SaveCalifornia.com statement issued to the media.

Bill History:

AB 2153 passed the State Assembly on August 29 (all 55 Democrats voted yes, including 4 "Republicans," Catharine Baker, Rocky Chávez, Jordan Cunningham, and Brian Maienschein). Two days earlier, on August 27, AB 2153 passed the State Senate (joining all 26 Democrats were 8 "Republicans," Pat Bates, Anthony Cannella, Ling Ling Chang, Ted Gaines, Janet Nguyen, Jeff Stone, Andy Vidak, Scott Wilk). See all the votes.

If AB 2153 would have been signed by Governor Brown, it probably wouldn't have gone into effect for a year. AB 2153 was amended August 17 to be "implemented only upon an appropriation in the annual Budget Act or other statute for these purposes," so it might have been delayed until next year's state budget included it.

SaveCalifornia.com urges you to oppose AB 2153, which would indoctrinate every California public school teacher to endure in-service training "for the support of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and questioning (LGBTQ) pupils, as well as strategies to increase support for LGBTQ pupils." In other words, teach children a sexual lie and help train up aggressive homosexual and transsexual activists right there on campus.

You see, liberal lawmakers want every teacher to forcibly indoctrinate children as young as kindergarten to unquestionably support these lifestyles, while disparaging anyone who lovingly presents science proving these are unnatural and unhealthy behaviors.

So while nearly 3/4 of 8th graders in California public schools cannot read, write, or compute at a proficient level, government-school union bosses and Democrat state legislators are instead fixat,ed on finding more ways to indoctrinate every child.

 
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"California public schools have become sexual indoctrination centers
that mess with children’s minds behind their parents' backs."
Randy Thomasson, founder and president of SaveCalifornia.com
 

 

Protect California homeschoolers from AB 2926 and AB 2756

 

Homeschoolers protected -- AB 2926 / AB 2756 stopped

Status of bills: Rejoice that AB 2926 and AB 2756 were stopped in the Assembly Education Committee. Pressure from nearly 1,000 homeschoolers who came to the State Capitol to fill the committee room, on top of the hundreds of opposition phone calls each committee member had received, made a decisive impact on this "swing issue" (more Democrats are joining Republicans in supporting homeschooling). 

At the April 25 committee meeting, AB 2756 (Medina) died for lack of a second (If a committee member says "I'm going to move the bill" but no committee member says "I second it," no vote can commence -- no "second," no vote). The official record reads "Held without recommendation." Likewise, overwhelming opposition from homeschoolers resulted in the second bill, AB 2926, being pulled. The official record reads "Hearing canceled at the request of author."

BACKGROUND

AB 2926 attacked the freedoms of homeschooling families by threatening vast, new burdensome requirements through the creation of a State Department of Education committee. The subversive goal of this bill was to eliminate the current exempt classification for homeschoolers, thus permitting the State of California to regulate and investigate homeschoolers in any way they wanted. Read this expert analysis 

AB 2756 further invaded the privacy of homeschooling families by publicizing the parents' names and home address, making these prominently noticed by the anti-family "Child Protective Services" and setting the stage for State control of homeschooling. The "fire marshall inspection" language had already been removed, yet AB 2756 still allowed the official "educrats" of the State Education Department to zero in on and plan future regulations of who they don't like -- homeschooling families. See this analysis 

In Meyer v. Nebraska,1 the Court invalidated a state law which prohibited foreign language instruction for school children because the law did not "promote" education but rather "arbitrarily and unreasonably" interfered with "the natural duty of the parent to give his children education suitable to their station in life..." 2 The court chastened the legislature for attempting "materially to interfere with the power of parents to control the education of their own."This decision clearly affirmed that the Constitution protects the preferences of the parent in education over those of the State. In the same decision, the Supreme Court also recognized that the right of the parents to delegate their authority to a teacher in order to instruct their children was protected within the liberty of the Fourteenth Amendment. Furthermore, the Court emphasized, "The Fourteenth Amendment guarantees the right of the individual ... to establish a home and bring up children, to worship God according to his own conscience."

 

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