Gov. Arnold to Veto At Least Part of the Gay School Agenda

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger makes it a point not to talk about pending bills, but he changed his style when it came to AB-1437, one of three gay agenda bills waiting for his signature. Arnold says he's veto that one:

Breaking a policy of not commenting on pending bills, a spokesman for Arnold Schwarzenegger says the California governor will veto at least one of three controversial education measures related to sexual orientation.

The governor opposes a measure passed by the Senate and pending in the Assembly that would remove "sex-specific" terms such as "mom" and "dad" from textbooks and would require students to learn about the contributions homosexuals have made to society, the Sacramento Bee reported.

"The governor believes that school curriculum should include all important historical figures, regardless of orientation," said Schwarzenegger's director of communications, Adam Mendelsohn, according to the Bee. "However, he does not support the Legislature micromanaging curriculum."

AB-1437 is only one of three bills attempting to further the gay agenda in our schools. Conservatives and religious leaders are encouraging the governor to finish the job and veto those as well:

Randy Thomasson, president of Campaign for Children and Families, said he's pleased Schwarzenegger is listening to the concerns of parents.

He urges Schwarzenegger to veto two other "sexual indoctrination" bills, because "parents and grandparents are demanding it."

AB 606, would authorize the California Superintendent of Public Instruction to arbitrarily withhold state funds – about two-thirds of a school district's budget – from any district that does not adequately promote transsexuality, bisexuality or homosexuality in its school policies.

A third measure, AB 1056, would spend $250,000 in taxpayer dollars to promote transsexual, bisexual and homosexual lifestyles as part of "tolerance education."

Democratic state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, the openly lesbian author of the measure Schwarzenegger plans to veto, expressed disbelief that the governor already has made up his mind on a bill that still hadn't been vetted by one house of the Legislature, the Sacramento paper said.

"He hasn't made up his mind, I don't care what some underling might have said," insisted Kuehl, who said she had not spoken with the governor yet about the bill.

Sounds like Zelda is experiencing a little denial there. The Governator is in a fight for reelection, and signing bills which serve to promote this nonsense in our schools would be a sure-fire way to lose what's left of his base. He's not so overwhelmingly popular that he can afford to do that.

He is getting some help from his two Dem opponents who seem to be rolling out a new negative campaign ad every day bashing each other. There will be plenty of ammo for Arnold to use in the general election thanks to the fine work of the Dem candidate's media advisors who are basically laying out his campaign against Westly or Angelides, depending on who survives the public flogging.

Let's hope the governor has the political as well as common sense to veto the other two gay agenda bills.