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Democrat legislators attack parents — again

Wednesday, April 12, 2023, 11:28 am | Randy Thomasson

Watch the debate where 4 Republicans spoke against and 8 Democrats spoke in support of AB 665 (starts 1:25:26, ends 1:51:28)

When the 80-member California State Assembly returned from its 10-day, taxpayer-funded “Spring Recess,” the bill the Democrats made sure to pass was eliminating parental consent for “mental health counseling” for their own child.

I want to publicly commend the four Republicans who stood up to expose the wrong of this bill. They were James Gallagher, Joe Patterson, Devon Mathis, and Tom Lackey. Yet AB 665 still passed after twice as many Democrats stood up to essentially say children know better than parents.

See the updated analysis of AB 665 at our Legislation Center

Yet this blatantly anti-family bill could have lost more votes if all, or nearly all, of the Republicans had stood to say something. I wish more Republicans had stood up to say:

  • “Why not allow children ages 11, 10, 9, 8, or 7 to consent?”
  • “Under your bill, is there any way a parent can prevent their 12-year-old child from being removed and placed into a ‘residential shelter’?”
  • “If a child independently consents to be placed in a ‘residential shelter,’ will the child’s parent be notified?”
  • “What legal safeguards are there to prevent non-family adults manipulating or coercing children to ‘consent’?”
  • “If parents are legally responsible for their own children, it’s wrong to separate their rights from their responsibility — this bill erases parents.”

It wasn’t just a failure that more Democrats spoke than Republicans, but that half of the 18-member Assembly Republican Caucus actually abstained on voting: Phillip Chen, Laurie Davies, Bill Essayli, Heath Flora, Josh Hoover, Jim Patterson, Kate Sanchez, Marie Waldron, and Greg Wallis. This is a significant lack of conviction!

PLEASE FOLLOW-UP WITH THE REPUBLICANS:

1. Thank the 4 Republicans who spoke for parents and against AB 655. Ask them to keep exposing the Democrats on the floor: James Gallagher (916-319-2003), Joe Patterson (916-319-2005), Devon Mathis (916-319-2033), and Tom Lackey (916-319-2034).

2. Call the 14 Republicans who were silent on AB 665. Tell them they need to speak up to expose anti-family bills (their voices are worth more than their votes): Juan Alanis (916-319-2022), Phillip Chen (916-319-2059), Megan Dahle (916-319-2001), Laurie Davies (916-319-2074), Diane Dixon (916-319-2072), Bill Essayli (916-319-2063), Vince Fong (916-319-2032), Heath Flora (916-319-2009), Josh Hoover (916-319-2007), Jim Patterson (916-319-2008), Kate Sanchez (916-319-2071), Tri Ta (916-319-2070), Marie Waldron (916-319-2075), and Greg Wallis (916-319-2047).

The way of the wicked is like darkness;
They do not know what makes them stumble.
Proverbs 4:19

He devises wickedness on his bed;
He sets himself in a way that is not good;
He does not abhor evil.
Psalm 36:4

There is a way that seems right to a man,
But its end is the way of death.
Proverbs 16:25

Good and bad Republicans

Tuesday, March 21, 2023, 3:27 pm | Randy Thomasson

I have long advocated against voting for “any Republican.” Because when you compare a liberal Democrat to a liberal Republican, ONLY the “Republican” can destroy the Republican Party from within.

And that’s what’s happening in California, as wrongly-motivated Republican officeholders and leaders partner with evil. Because when one’s motives are money, position, power, and false significance, it’s all too easy be self-centered and “sell out” to the highest bidder.

What is a good Republican?

SaveCalifornia.com reported to you last month about the Republican-majority city council of Huntington Beach no longer flying the “LGBTQIA+ pride” flag. Because their new ordinance only permits government and military flags on city property. This is highly commendable and a role-model for Republican city councils throughout California.

And nationally, it’s encouraging that, so far, 8 states have prohibited or restricted transsexual surgeries or procedures for minors. Florida just joined Alabama, Arizona, Arkansas, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Mississippi, where state legislatures have a Republican majority. Republicans who voted yes are real Republicans!

What is a bad Republican?

Even when Republicans are the minority, they should speak up to sway key Democrat legislators and to educate the public. Yet, sadly, that’s not the M.O. of “Republicans” in Sacramento:

1. Silent Republican assemblymembers: Last year, several high-profile anti-family bills narrowly passed the Assembly floor when zero Republicans spoke to expose them. This was despite their offices receiving expert talking points about these truly awful bills.

2. Freshman Republicans selling out in Sacramento: And here in 2023, of the 8 freshmen Republican assemblymembers, several have already voted against family values. Voting yes on child mutilation and eliminating a parent’s right to know (AB 223) were Republicans Diane Dixon and Bill Essayli, while Republican Kate Sanchez voted no. Voting yes to accuse sincerely-religious law enforcement candidates of “biased conduct” (AB 443), when their social media follows a “hate group” (which Leftists call pro-family organizations in favor of Creator God’s design for marriage, sex, and family) were Republicans Juan Alanis and Tom Lackey. Coauthoring ACA 5 to put “marriage equality” on the ballot was Republican Greg Wallis. So far, half of the new Republicans – the RINOs — are selling out!

3. Anti-family, then “pro-family,” then anti-family: On Sunday, March 12, at the California Republican Party convention, 70% of the delegates voted to fully embrace (permanently charter) the “LGBTQIA+”- agenda “Log Cabin Republicans” (founded in 1977 to advocate for homosexual teachers). Eyewitnesses saw Assemblyman Bill Essayli of Riverside County stand and speak in support of honoring and embracing this anti-family group.

The following day, Monday, March 13, Essayli held a district news conference to publicize his amended bill, AB 1314, to require public schools to inform parents in writing if a child “identifies” as “transgender.” Yet the very next day, Tuesday, March 14, Essayli voted yes in committee for the Democrats’ AB 223 to push aside parents by requiring secrecy for minors seeking a legal change of “gender identity.” So he’s against secret “transitions” at school, but OK with them in court?

By advocating for the “LGBTQIA+” agenda at the GOP convention and in committee, Essayli has shown his true colors. His legislation to notify parents of their child’s “transgender” identity won’t survive a Democrat-run committee, but his vote for secret “transitions” in court will likely pass the Democrat-controlled Legislature. “Republican games” like this are sickening, aren’t they?

“No one can serve two masters; for either he will hate the one and love the other, or else he will be loyal to the one and despise the other. You cannot serve God and mammon.”
Jesus Christ, Savior of the world and God in the flesh, in Matthew 6:24

MAM’MON, noun Riches; wealth; or the god of riches.
Noah Webster, American Dictionary of the English Language, 1828

No more ‘mandatory’ Covid shots for kids? Q&A

Friday, February 3, 2023, 6:25 pm | Randy Thomasson

Are you glad Covid lies keep being exposed? Do you want your medical freedom back? Do you want kids protected from the “Covid vaccine” that’s injuring and killing so many?

As intrigue swirls in Washington, D.C. and Sacramento, here are top questions and answers for California parents concerned about mandatory “Covid vaccines” for kids:

Q: Is the threat of a “Covid vaccine” mandate for California schoolchildren OVER?

A: Probably yes. Democrat politicians, steeped in pride, hate admitting they’re wrong. So sometimes, instead of announcing a policy change, they will “speak” through a third-party.

This seems to have occurred this week in a Feb. 1 EdVoice story, “California ends plans for kids’ Covid vaccine mandate.” The article quotes unnamed “officials” of the state Department of Public Health as saying the scheduled end of California’s Covid-19 “state of emergency” on Feb. 28 “effectively ends” Gavin Newsom’s plan to add Covid vaccinations to the list of numerous vaccinations children are required to have to attend school in person.

What’s more, on Feb. 3, two days after the EdVoice article, CDHP apparently emailed a statement to Associated Press, saying: “CDPH is not currently exploring emergency rulemaking to add COVID-19 to the list of required school vaccinations, but we continue to strongly recommend COVID-19 immunization for students and staff to keep everyone safer in the classroom … Any changes to required K-12 immunizations are properly addressed through the legislative process.”

Democrat Governor Gavin Newsom “ordered” these “Covid vaccines” in the fall of 2021, then “paused” his order until July 2023. Yet in the face of hard evidence that these “Covid vaccines” harm and do not help, growing public awareness of the vaccine’s ineffectiveness and dangers, and the fact that Newsom doesn’t want to look stupid in his unofficial presidential campaign, he’s apparently letting his bad idea die a quiet death.

Thank you to everyone who responded to our SaveCalifornia.com alert and others’ alerts to barrage Newsom & Co. with opposition phone calls to his Covid jab mandate for kids. We seem to have won for parental rights and medical freedom!

Q: Are there any other vaccine threats to children enrolled in California government or private schools?

A. Yes, 10 different vaccines are required for California children in K-12 government schools and private schools, including church schools. And sadly, the Democrat-controlled State Legislature has eliminated parental exemptions.

The required vaccines (some in multiple doses) occur from kindergarten through 12th grade. Like drugs, vaccines are not natural, so there are side effects.

As the pro-parent National Vaccine Information Center explains:

There is a wide spectrum of vaccine complications, which have been identified and acknowledged in the medical literature and by the Institute of Medicine (IOM), National Academy of Sciences, including:

  • Brain Inflammation/Acute Encephalopathy
  • Chronic Nervous System Dysfunction
  • Anaphylaxis
  • Febrile Seizures
  • Guillain Barre Syndrome (GBS)
  • Brachial Neuritis
  • Acute and Chronic Arthritis
  • Thrombocytopenia
  • Smallpox, polio, measles and varicella zoster vaccine strain infection
  • Death (smallpox, polio and measles vaccine)
  • Shock and “unusual shock-like state”
  • Protracted, inconsolable crying
  • Syncope
  • Deltoid Bursitis

Because vaccine injuries and deaths are real, by 2022 the federal government had paid victims and victims’ families nearly $5 Billion (although many more victims were not paid).

What’s more, consider how the U.S. is #1 in the number of vaccines (26) injected into babies prior to age 1, and how the U.S. is also #1 in infant mortality (death) rates. How do you know whether your baby or grandbaby is susceptible?

These real-world risks have led some to avoid vaccines altogether, and to instead pursue immunity-strengthening nutrition and a healthy lifestyle. Yet under California law, the only legal way to have a vaccine-free child is if you homeschool.

Q: How do I exempt my children from all vaccine requirements?

A: You must homeschool, move to a state that permits exemptions, or go “underground.”

In California, “homeschooling” is not in state law, but are simply small “private schools.” And homeschoolers are exempt from all vaccination requirements.

The homeschooling exemption is in SB 277 (2015): (f) This section does not apply to a pupil in a home-based private school or a pupil who is enrolled in an independent study program pursuant to Article 5.5 (commencing with Section 51745) of Chapter 5 of Part 28 of the Education Code and does not receive classroom-based instruction.

1. Homeschool: To learn how to protect your children from risky shots, as well as a raft of other public-school ills, visit SaveCalifornia.com’s special site, RescueYourChild.com.

2. Other states: As for the rest of the country, 44 out of 50 states currently offer parents philosophical or religious exemptions to vaccines (requires filing out a simple form). In addition to California, the only states opposing parental rights on vaccines are New York, Connecticut, Maine, West Virginia, and Mississippi. And where states offer only medical exemptions, those can be difficult to obtain or, in California, virtually impossible.

3. Non-compliance: Going “underground” is homeschooling without filing a private school affidavit or any other “school” correspondence with the state or the county. Similarly, a pro-medical-freedom micro-school or small church school might lovingly and creatively “verify” all students as “fully vaccinated.” Because enforcement of inhuman laws varies by county.

When the Democrat politicians are in control, life gets harder. So it’s going to take work to rescue your children. But with sincere faith in Creator God and sacrificial love for your precious boys and girls, you can do it!

Train up a child in the way he should go,
And when he is old he will not depart from it.
The Bible, Proverbs 22:6