Senate Democrats’ commitment to transparency will be put to the test by a new bill introduced at the state capitol requiring school districts to post sex education lessons online for easy parent access. A similar bill was heard in the Senate Education Committee last year, SB 673, but was rejected…
When Denise Pursche heard her fifth-grade twins’ school would teach them California’s new “Comprehensive Sexuality Education” (CSE) curriculum, she was concerned. As a Christian parent, she and her husband expected to disagree with some of the content, so she wanted to see the lessons herself. But for weeks, school personnel…
President Donald Trump has ignited a national debate about Critical Race Theory (CRT), after he recently banned his federal agencies and federal contractors from teaching this ideology as part of employee diversity training. Trump called CRT a “malign ideology” that “threatens to infect core institutions of our country” because it…
Last Monday, California’s Attorney General Xavier Becerra added Idaho to a list of 11 other “LGBT discriminator” states where state-employee travel is banned. Idaho’s transgressions involved the recent passage of two laws that determine sex using biology, not gender identity. Becerra’s actions against Idaho are required by AB 1887, a…
One of Planned Parenthood’s priority bills in California this year requires health insurance companies to hide from parents “sensitive” medical procedures given to their adult and minor children. These “sensitive” services, as defined by SB 1004, include abortions; drug abuse and mental health treatment; and under certain circumstanced transgender hormones…
Earlier this year, California’s Senate Education Committee rejected a bill to give parents easier access to the state’s sex education curriculum. Senator Leyva, the committee chair, said she rejected SB 673 over its changes to the state’s opt-out policy, but she supported “100 percent” the bill’s requirement to put sex…
A federal lawsuit against the California State University – San Marcos concluded last week after university officials agreed to change student fee policies for its 23 CSU campuses and pay $240,000 in fines for violating the constitutional rights of Students for Life leader Nathan Apodaca. Nathan filed a lawsuit back…
“I’m not immoral. I’m not a liar… . It’s not condescending,” Senator Connie Leyva said defending herself before a crowd of offended parents gathered in the Senate Education Committee at California’s state capitol earlier this month. Her audience of over 140 were there to advocate for a sex education transparency…
Parental rights and faith-based organizations from around California will be gathering at the state capitol next week to support a bill that prevents elementary schools from hiding comprehensive sex education lessons from parents. Senator Mike Morrell authored the SB 673 after hearing that some schools were disrespecting parental rights by…
Despite what the California Department of Education (CDE) and the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) have been telling school districts, parents do have the right to opt their children out of sex education and health lessons on gender, gender identity, and sexual orientation. Attorneys with Alliance Defending Freedom (ADF) explained…