California might honor gays in textbooks

Unread post by **Christina Marie** » October 20th, 2006, 12:12 am

This is from May of this year....

California might honor gays in textbooks

State Senate passes bill that would also bar negative portrayals

SACRAMENTO - California children would read about homosexuals' contributions to history under a bill approved by state senators who often drew on their own childhood experiences in supporting the measure.

The bill would require California's social science textbooks to include the contributions of gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people to the state and nation's history. California is the United States' largest buyer of textbooks, with annual spending topping $400 million.

The measure passed Thursday 22-15, with no Republican votes. It heads to the Assembly, where opponents vowed another fight.

The bill — introduced by Democratic Sen. Sheila Kuehl, the state's first openly gay legislator — also would bar textbooks and other instructional material that portrayed gays in a negative light.

Two of three gay students are verbally harassed and one of six is physically harassed, said Geoff Kors, executive director of Equality California, which sponsored the legislation. "The invisibility that currently exists (in textbooks) contributes to that," he added.

Other women senators drew parallels to the lack of female or minority role models they saw in history books as children.

Sen. Bill Morrow disputed the comparison. "If you are a black American, you can't help it, you were born that way," he said. "There is not one scintilla of credible scientific evidence that suggests that homosexuality is biological in origin..... It is behavioral; it is not racial."

Sen. Richard Alarcon disagreed. "This is the way ... God made people," said Alarcon. "Let's stop trying to hide this reality."

Republican Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has not taken a position on the bill.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/12754481/from/RSS/

Unread post by **looneytunes1** » October 20th, 2006, 9:52 am

Christina Marie wrote:California might honor gays in textbooks

Imagine that...lol

Cinfull_Latina · Unread post by **Cinfull_Latina** » October 20th, 2006, 9:24 pm

Its official...We are in the final days

Unread post by **BlaKK** » October 20th, 2006, 9:30 pm

Cinful that is what people have been saying 2000 years ago... It is no surprise, with people like Barbra Boxer representing California, what did you expect?

Unread post by **shaun_zach** » October 31st, 2006, 11:06 am

Is there a problem with people that live alternative lifestyles that have made positive contributions to society. I hope some of you are not homophobic. We have been livin the last days for a minute, and it has nothin to do with homosexuals. Being black in America is hard but being black and gay is worse, because you are now dealing with a variety of prejudices and prejudgmental people.

Unread post by **SAINTJAYMES** » December 28th, 2006, 2:46 pm

^^^^^^^^^^^ you sound gay as hell dude

Unread post by **Christina Marie** » December 28th, 2006, 8:21 pm

SAINTJAYMES wrote:^^^^^^^^^^^ you sound gay as hell dude

She is a woman

Unread post by **SAINTJAYMES** » December 28th, 2006, 9:16 pm

Christina Marie wrote:
SAINTJAYMES wrote:^^^^^^^^^^^ you sound gay as hell dude
She is a woman

and your point is what ??? ladies cant be gay

Unread post by **Christina Marie** » December 28th, 2006, 9:47 pm

SAINTJAYMES wrote:
Christina Marie wrote:
SAINTJAYMES wrote:^^^^^^^^^^^ you sound gay as hell dude
She is a woman
and your point is what ??? ladies cant be gay

No...they are called lesbians...lol

Unread post by **perongregory** » December 30th, 2006, 8:04 pm

they should honor midgets, and fat people, and people with allopecia, and so on. If you wanna lick another girls shit or a dude wanna stick his shit in another dude why I gotta know about it? And you can hide homosexuality but you can't cloak your skin color (race) -most of the times at least.

Unread post by **SAINTJAYMES** » December 30th, 2006, 8:35 pm

well put perongregory

Bushido.Style · Unread post by **Bushido.Style** » April 25th, 2007, 12:39 pm

damn i hate that gay spinnaderer

Unread post by **SEKRET** » April 30th, 2007, 2:17 pm

SAINTJAYMES wrote:^^^^^^^^^^^ you sound gay as hell dude

GROW UP

Unread post by **SAINTJAYMES** » April 30th, 2007, 4:34 pm

SEKRET wrote:
SAINTJAYMES wrote:^^^^^^^^^^^ you sound gay as hell dude
GROW UP

oh in case you missed it I'm a grown ass man

Unread post by **Y.G.** » April 30th, 2007, 11:58 pm

I DON'T THINK STUFF LIKE THIS SHOULD BE IN TEXTBOOKS AND I FEEL LIKE GAYS ARE TRYING TO SHOVE THERE LIFESTYLE DOWN OUR THROATS LIKE HAVE TO EXCEPT AND WE DON'T.

Unread post by **SAINTJAYMES** » May 1st, 2007, 8:19 am

Y.G. wrote:I DON'T THINK STUFF LIKE THIS SHOULD BE IN TEXTBOOKS AND I FEEL LIKE GAYS ARE TRYING TO SHOVE THERE LIFESTYLE DOWN OUR THROATS LIKE HAVE TO EXCEPT AND WE DON'T.

well said Y.G....... but what makes me sick is how gays try to compare there plight to that of blacks. When you chose to be gay thats a lifestyle choice you make. My being black i had no choice. You can't compare the two.

Unread post by **Y.G.** » May 2nd, 2007, 12:08 am

SAINTJAYMES wrote:
Y.G. wrote:I DON'T THINK STUFF LIKE THIS SHOULD BE IN TEXTBOOKS AND I FEEL LIKE GAYS ARE TRYING TO SHOVE THERE LIFESTYLE DOWN OUR THROATS LIKE HAVE TO EXCEPT AND WE DON'T.
well said Y.G....... but what makes me sick is how gays try to compare there plight to that of blacks. When you chose to be gay thats a lifestyle choice you make. My being black i had no choice. You can't compare the two.

YEAH THATS TRUE I DON'T LIKE THAT AT ALL. THEY CAN BE GAY AND DO THERE THING BUT THEY SHOULD TRY TO MAKE FEEL LIKE WE HAVE TO EXCEPT IF WE DON'T WANT TO.

Unread post by **mission** » May 4th, 2007, 9:44 am

Y.G. wrote:I DON'T THINK STUFF LIKE THIS SHOULD BE IN TEXTBOOKS AND I FEEL LIKE GAYS ARE TRYING TO SHOVE THERE LIFESTYLE DOWN OUR THROATS LIKE HAVE TO EXCEPT AND WE DON'T.

It won't be long before your azz will be put in jail for just SAYING you don't agree with gay shyt(You better WATCH those hate crime laws). Some places in Europe already do this. You can TRUST it's coming HERE.

NikexCortez · Unread post by **NikexCortez** » May 4th, 2007, 10:42 am

Weren't some ancient civilizations destroyed because they practiced homosexuality? Like the Romans?? Sup with a history lesson? If it's true, we are going to see history repeat itself...

Unread post by **Y.G.** » May 5th, 2007, 11:32 am

NikexCortez wrote:Weren't some ancient civilizations destroyed because they practiced homosexuality? Like the Romans?? Sup with a history lesson? If it's true, we are going to see history repeat itself...

THATS SOME REAL SHIT RIGHT THERE!

Unread post by **chupon106** » May 18th, 2007, 8:41 pm

i think this is dumb. if a gay person did something good, go ahead n put them in there history books but you dont gotta say there sexual orientation much less devote a whole section to them. they should just be treated the same

DU_ROC · Unread post by **DU_ROC** » November 29th, 2007, 5:35 pm

As a proud homosexual I would welcome such inclusion. Gays should also be included in criminological discussion, specifically on gangbanging (no pun intended). My gang the Du Roc Crips have always been on my side, and as such I have never been "in the closet." They always had my back. When I was beat-in, they gave me the option of beating them off instead of me being physically beaten so of course I jumped on that opportunity!

Unread post by **pistolslanga** » November 29th, 2007, 6:10 pm

DU_ROC wrote:As a proud homosexual I would welcome such inclusion. Gays should also be included in criminological discussion, specifically on gangbanging (no pun intended). My gang the Du Roc Crips have always been on my side, and as such I have never been "in the closet." They always had my back. When I was beat-in, they gave me the option of beating them off instead of me being physically beaten so of course I jumped on that opportunity!

lol

shutup f4gboy

Unread post by **pistolslanga** » November 29th, 2007, 6:11 pm

lol at duroc, your a funny alias

Unread post by **Christina Marie** » November 29th, 2007, 7:19 pm

DU_ROC wrote:As a proud homosexual I would welcome such inclusion. Gays should also be included in criminological discussion, specifically on gangbanging (no pun intended). My gang the Du Roc Crips have always been on my side, and as such I have never been "in the closet." They always had my back. When I was beat-in, they gave me the option of beating them off instead of me being physically beaten so of course I jumped on that opportunity!

I have no problem with someone being gay. But dude, keep the details to yourself please.

atm//TONE · Unread post by **atm//TONE** » May 8th, 2008, 8:48 pm

SAINTJAYMES wrote:
Y.G. wrote:I DON'T THINK STUFF LIKE THIS SHOULD BE IN TEXTBOOKS AND I FEEL LIKE GAYS ARE TRYING TO SHOVE THERE LIFESTYLE DOWN OUR THROATS LIKE HAVE TO EXCEPT AND WE DON'T.
well said Y.G....... but what makes me sick is how gays try to compare there plight to that of blacks. When you chose to be gay thats a lifestyle choice you make. My being black i had no choice. You can't compare the two.

shim sham shamamalayah i agreee completely i dont know exactly how big of or how many contributions have made but that sounds expensive like sum taxpayer type shit