American Post-Gazette
Distributed by C O M M O N S E N S E in Arizona
April 12, 2019
THE GODLESS LEFT WINS AGAIN
The Arizona
Legislature has once again caved to political correctness--this time it
will dramatically and negatively affect our kids.
By a 19-10 vote in
the Senate and a surprising 55-5 vote in the House, SB1346 struck down
state law prohibiting schools from promoting homosexual behavior. What is
so bad about our schools not promoting homosexual behavior? Here's
the actual language from the now-defunct 1991 law:
"No district
shall include in its course of study which:
1. Promotes a homosexual lifestyle.
2. Portrays homosexuality as a positive
alternative lifestyle.
3. Suggests that some methods of sex are safe
methods of homosexual sex."
Nowhere in that
language does it disparage anyone, call anyone names, make fun of anyone,
or bully anyone. It's simple and straight forward: Our taxes should not go
to the education of our children to promote in any way, positive or
negative, a homosexual lifestyle. It's neutral. The law did not require
schools to demean anyone's lifestyle choices. But you would never know that
from the unhinged Left at the Arizona Capitol.
Newly elected
State Superintendent of Public Instruction Kathy Hoffman (a Democrat, to no
one's surprise) didn't even have the ink on her signature card dry before
she called for the law to be struck down, whining that so many children and
their families have been harmed by it. How were they harmed? Schools
weren't calling out kids who claimed publicly or privately that they were
LGBTQA+. That's not what the law prescribed. Again, the law simply stated
that when discussing/teaching about AIDS in school, teachers couldn't
positively promote a homosexual lifestyle; teachers had to remain neutral.
It didn't require teachers to badmouth gays.
Speaker of the
House Pro Tem T.J. Shope, a Republican, sponsored the amendment that struck
down the "offending" language. Which begs the question: Was Mr.
Shope one of those children who was harmed? Inquiring minds want to know.
And the Ice Cream
Man on the Ninth Floor couldn't sign the bill fast enough. Gov Doug Ducey
signed the bill within minutes of it landing on his desk--breathless to get
out of the way of another attack from #Red4Ed, no doubt.
Common sense and
history tells us where this is going. We all know where this is going. With
the prohibition promoting a homosexual lifestyle gone, you know damn well
that liberal teachers across the state will now promote homosexual
lifestyles in their classes (and all the other deviant lifestyles).
"It's ok, little Bruce and Lance, you can have sex with each other.
It's ok, little Amanda and Chelsea, your sexual affection for each other is
now endorsed by the state of Arizona." And worse, they will use this
as a hammer against any Christian student or parent who even dares to
question the veracity of such teaching. Make no mistake, that's what the
Left's real goal is: destroy Christians. The party that booed God in their
2012 Presidential Convention has set their sights even lower: legislate
Christian beliefs out of the public square. And where better to start than
in our schools. They've already kicked prayer out of schools. They are
determined to get rid of the Pledge of Allegiance. The Bible is forbidden
on most campuses. But, oh yeah, let's teach impressionable kids it's ok to
have homosexual sex at virtually any age and if you bigotted Christians
complain, we will use the power of the state to shut you up.
So thanks to you
41 shameless, morally baseless Democrats, and you 33 spineless Republicans
for bringing our state and our culture ever more close to "ripening in
iniquity." You've handed the Godless Left a club to beat morality
down.
For the Love of
Life, Liberty and Property,
Samuel Adams
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