SAVECALIFORNIA.COM NEWS RELEASE
September 21, 2009 -- For Immediate Release
Orange County Board of Education Opposes 'Harvey Milk Gay Day'
Votes 5-0 to urge Governor Schwarzenegger to again veto SB 572
Sacramento, California -- The Orange County Board of Education has voted unanimously to oppose SB 572, "Harvey Milk Gay Day," which is on the Governor's desk. SB 572 pressures California public schools to honor the values of homosexual activist Harvey Milk of San Francisco.
In its 5-0 vote on Sept. 17, the Orange County board said, "The addition of commemorative exercises reduces important classroom time in core subject areas. Instructional time is at a premium and students cannot afford to lose quality educational time."
"SB 572's agenda would interfere with our children's education and detract from our schools' academic purpose," said Dr. Ken Williams, a 14-year member of the board. "The Governor vetoed this social engineering bill last year and he should veto it again."
"'Harvey Milk Gay Day' would teach schoolchildren the very controversial values of Harvey Milk," said Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com, a statewide pro-family, pro-child organization. "Based on the historical record of Milk's sordid life, this could include teaching elementary and secondary schoolchildren that adult-child homosexual 'sex' is OK, having multiple sexual relationships at the same time is OK, and telling a very public lie is good if it 'gets you ahead.'"
"The effect of SB 572 upon children as young as kindergarten could be extreme," continued Thomasson. "There's no definition and no limit to the 'suitable commemorative exercises' that children would perform in honor of Harvey Milk. This could include gay-pride parades on campus, cross-dressing exercises, and mock gay weddings. There's nothing prohibiting this and no parental permission either. This instruction, whether taught directly or indirectly, is not what parents want or children need."
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