The Los Angeles Times reports that the Greek Orthodox Church supports a bill that is winding through the California State Legislature to “study of the role and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans … to the economic, political and social development of California and the United States of America, with particular emphasis on portraying the role of these groups in contemporary society.”
The bill was shelved under former Gov. Schwarzenegger but supporters have regrouped for another shot at getting it through the Legislature.
Lobbying organizations sometimes support positions that do not conform to the teachings of its members. That may be happening here. The Metropolis of San Francisco might not be aware that the moral authority of Orthodox Christianity is being used to sexualize the science curriculum in California elementary schools. Read the details below. The key paragraph is:
The measure is backed by California Church Impact, a group whose members include the Episcopal Church, the United Church of Christ, the Greek Orthodox Church and others. But lawmakers have been flooded with letters of opposition from groups including the California Catholic Conference, the First Southern Baptist Church and the Thousand Oaks Christian Fellowship.
California Church Impact is the lobbying arm of California Council of Churches that, judging from their website, confuses the Christian moral tradition with Progressive ideology.
California Church Impact is using the moral authority of Orthodox Christianity to further this program. The Metropolis of San Francisco needs to persuade them to drop the lobbying effort or quit the organization altogether. Either way, this issue cannot be left unaddressed.
Again, the Metropolis might be unaware of this effort. Readers should send emails to the Chancellor of the Metropolis of San Francisco (here) as well as the Chancellor of the Greek Orthodox Archdiocese (here) to inform them that the moral authority of Orthodox Christianity is being compromised, and to ask them to clarify our moral tradition to Los Angeles Times’ readers.
Source: Los Angeles Times
California lawmakers fight over bill to teach students about gay people’s contributions
A measure proposed by state Sen. Mark D. Leno of San Francisco would require new social science textbooks to include ‘a study of the role and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.’
Reporting from Sacramento — As the battle over same-sex marriage makes its way through California’s courts, another gay rights fight is smoldering in the Legislature.
Democratic lawmakers have revived a plan to require state schools to teach about the contributions of gay, lesbian and transgender Americans. They are reigniting a movement that halted five years ago when legislators approved such a requirement only to run into opposition from then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger.
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The proposal would require that social science texts and other instruction include “a study of the role and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans … to the economic, political and social development of California and the United States of America, with particular emphasis on portraying the role of these groups in contemporary society.”
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“We are trying to provide, for those students that feel disenfranchised, some role models,” said Virginia Strom-Martin, the district’s lobbyist.
Read the entire article on the LA Times website.
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