Taken From Spero News Forum. . .

If a bill introduced to the California legislature (SB1437) becomes law it could remove all references to gender in public schools. Even references to “Mom & Dad” could possibly be removed.

Friday, March 10, 2006

By Michael Westfall

A March 9 story in WorldNetDaily states that if a bill introduced to the California legislature (SB1437) becomes law it could remove all references to gender in public schools. Even references to “Mom & Dad” could possibly be removed. Capitol Resource Institute warns that should the law pass it could possibly require the removal of “husband & wife” as the excepted norm in classroom literature, and gender–neutral bathrooms could become reality. All school activities that exhibit a gender bias like homecoming king and queen could also come under scrutiny.

The bill’s sponsor is California state Senator Sheila James Kuehl. Sen. Kuehl is none other than the lesbian actress who played Zelda Gilroy in the 1950s sit-com “The Many Loves of Dobie Gillis”, as well as Jackie in “Trouble with Father”, which also starred Stuart Erwin. Kuehl had her own spin-off show called “Zelda” which was cancelled because of rumors about her homosexuality.

In California, Bill AB 606 is another piece of legislation that could give the state’s Superintendent of Public Instruction the power to withhold funding from schools that refuse to promote transexuality, bisexuality and homosexuality.

Neutral gender, no mothers or fathers, and gender-neutral bathrooms? What is going on in America? Would we want our kids sharing a public restroom with opposite sex individuals including strange men who pretend to be women and strange women who pretend to be men? Has America lost its moral compass? Have we forgotten what decency is?

My deceased relatives and neighbors from 50 years ago with their old- fashioned God- fearing small-town values are all rolling over in their graves in the Montrose, Michigan cemetery.

It appears that those who practice homosexuality are intoxicated with recent successes and flaunting it to the point where they believe they now have the power to take over the public school systems and force those who object into private schools. If this pathetic bill passes in California, how long will it be before it makes it to your state? Not long, I would surmise.

The homosexual agenda is able to operate many of its various groups under tax-exempt status, which means that we are all forced to subsidize the issues they deem as important even if we find them abhorrent, disgusting, and damaging to our culture and against our faith.

The people doing this are smart and of course we all know that the real objective is to reach the kids and the next generation.

They know they can’t reach most thinking adults.

We are already allowing the forced mindset of the homosexual agenda, which is vastly different from children’s home values, to be used against our defenseless children. America’s kids are a captive audience and cannot escape this attitude adjustment. To expect our children to promote this contrary lifestyle as normal is offensive in the worst sense and a betrayal by our educational establishment. Already, many school curriculums have educational materials normalizing the lifestyle of those who practice homosexuality. This material discusses how Johnny has two dads…. but no mother or Sally has two mothers …but no dad.

All of this is happening while the Bible, the moral and value foundation of our culture which calls the practice of homosexuality an abomination, is expeditiously drop kicked out of our schools.

For the practice of homosexuality to be considered “normal” in a Christian nation is not possible. It cannot happen. The only way that this practice could ever be considered acceptable is to eliminate the influence of the Bible. To those who think your personal religious liberties are not being targeted you are very wrong.

It is time for “all” Americans to crack open their Bibles and read what God’s word says about these issues. Then they need to grow a backbone, join the fight and reclaim our culture. Our nation can no longer afford us to bury our heads in the sand, ignore the issues and blindly support ultra-liberal politicians. The time could be close where if we lose our values, we are not even allowed to legally protest the indecencies. If churches don’t speak out now, they could very well be opening up a Christian persecution, the likes of which hasn’t been seen for nearly 2000 years.

What is occurring today is all being done by orchestrated design, and it is seeping throughout our culture in such a way that many have become desensitized. Our children have to live in this nation after we are gone, and they will never forgive us if we squander this opportunity to protect the culture for them and their future families.  We all owe a huge debt of gratitude to the national organizations that fight for our family values.

These problems are not limited to the United States. While no single group could hope to change things by themselves, wouldn’t it be interesting if a new aggressive group of talented international people pooled their various resources and came together to put the cause of morality as their #1 priority? What if a handful of the worlds wealthy professing Christians were to put up some serious money for a massive educational campaign to save the family? What better use could they find for a portion of their resources? What if these issues were disseminated and broadcast in the context to what this immorality is doing to the world community? What if talented responsible fearless Christian writers came together from around the world and put out the written truth with this support system and could actually wake up the worlds sleeping moral majority? I am talking about a major hard hitting non-ending "blitz" where the realities and impact of the immoral, Godless practices such as homosexuality, abortion, and pornography are totally taken to task.

This earth’s population was 6.5 billion in June of 2005. I may be an unrealistic dreamer but as just one of the billions of earth’s inhabitants, I believe this world needs this huge outspoken hard-line moral organization "with teeth". A focused group that has an international reach equal to the task at hand. Even if they failed, would America and the world be any worse off? What if this effort made all of the world’s citizens cognizant of the fact that we were all equally bothers and sisters in the eyes of God, and we have a genuine responsibility to do things better in all ways?

We are at a crossroads and immorality is marching on in lockstep. The line is drawn in the sand, and the fight could not be any clearer.

Are we going to huddle in the corner and refuse to protect our children, like whimpering little cowards, because we are afraid of being chastised and called names? There will come a time for each of us to answer not only for what we did do in this life, but also for what we did not do. Do you want the accusatory finger pointing at you for simply standing on the sidelines?

Stand and fight for your families or your families will fall. It is much later than you think!

Mike Westfall writes at The American Conservative Worker, and is a former auto union representative, having worked in the General Motors factories of Flint Michigan for over thirty years. Although currently retired, he continues to be active not only in labour-related matters, but also social issues of interest to Christians. A frequent critic of automakers such as General Motors, Westfall nonetheless has run afoul of labour leadership because of his anti-abortion stance. He was condemned in 2005 leaders of the AFL-CIO labour union for his opposition to that union’s policy in favour of so-called gay marriage.