Saturday, December 1, 2007
'Mom' and 'Dad' banished by California
Mom and dad has officially been banned from California Schools. Back in October Governor Schwarzennegger signed a billed that not only bans students from using mom and dad but under the bill it bans anything in public schools that is negative toward homosexuality, bisexuality and other alternative lifestyles. Many feel that the governor has attacked traditional family values according to the World Daily Net article. The article also states gender will be defined as a persons's related appearance and behavior whether or not associated with the person's assigned sex a birth, mom and dad would have to be edited from all textbooks, cheerleeding and sports teams would have to be gender neutral, prom kings and queens would be banned or have to be gender neutral and there will be gender neutral bathrooms. Many feel this is a way of redefining and resonstructing the traditional family unit and it is also seen as redefining government schools as sexual indoctrination centers. I am lost for words when it comes to this bill. I truly support gay and lesbian marriages and adoption of children but all I can say is this came to quickly and the world needs time to accept everything else. What are your thoughts? Do you think California is moving too fast? Does this move away from traditional family values?
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This new bill has completely crossed the line. The thought of not being able to address one's own parents as Mom and Dad is ridiculous. I think that if students are made to accept and respect alternative families, the same considerations should be given to traditional families. The thought of not being able to have a prom king or queen, simply because it might make a few people uncomfortable is alienating to the vast majority who may have been looking forward to it. I certainly cannot speak for the LGBT community, but I don't think that completely dissolving traditional practices and customs is what they had in mind. I could be wrong, but don't many of the children of gays and lesbians refer to their parents as Mom and Dad? If the public is every to see this type of family as normal, then they need to allowed to be act as such. I think the trend should be more toward inclusion of these minority groups rather than reverse discrimination against the majority. And exactly how are gender neutral bathrooms supposed to work? Does that mean that anyone of any gender would be allowed in? Is this a single occupancy room, or will there be stalls and urinals? If it is a multi-occupancy room, aren't we taking away the right of a girl to not have to share the restroom with boys and vice versa? And there would certainly be no way of regulating who is allowed in, without questioning a person's gender identity and discriminating.
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I think that this bill is also great. It is pushing the U.S. to view homosexuals as an equal whereas some states like Florida continue to discrimnate among them. I think this bill is a great harsh reality for most people. It does challege the traditional family values, but we need to understand that the "traditional" family is no londer traditional. I feel that other states need to follow California, in dropping all discriminatory terms. I disagree when you stated that it is too soon to adopt this bill. I feel that it can never be too soon, but rather too late. We need to make changes when it comes to discrimination of all kinds and it will never be too soon to make those changes. However, I do agree that people should be allowed to use any term they'd like for addressing their parents. I think that the policy should not eliminate "traditional" values but include them alongside "non-traditional" values and it would not be a step forward in social change because that would also be consided discrimination.
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