California… you are the Texas west of the Rockies. (And by that I mean just as insane).
Gays, lesbians, bisexuals and transgender people would be added to the lengthy list of social and ethnic groups that public schools must include in social studies lessons under a landmark bill passed Thursday by the California Senate. If the bill is adopted by the state Assembly and signed by Gov. Jerry Brown, California would become the first state to require the teaching of gay history. Supporters say the move is needed to counter anti-gay stereotypes and beliefs that make children in those groups vulnerable to bullying and suicide. Opponents counter that such instruction would further burden an already crowded curriculum and expose students to a subject that some parents find objectionable.
Saying that teaching gay history (whatever that is) will cut down on bullying and suicide (both sad tragedies that should never occur) is like saying teaching Black history makes people dance like Michael Jackson or play hoops like Michael Jordan. It’s just absurd.
So, if it passes, and every minority group needs its own history taught, they should also teach KKK history and Nazi history and Skinhead history and all the rest. After all, those folk shouldn’t be bullied either. And let’s toss in pedophile history and beastiality history too. Oh and vegetarian history as well.
It’s lunacy because it doesn’t unite people, it simply further divides and distinguishes. It draws boundaries that truly democratic societies loathe. In the name of open mindedness the result of such a move is societal fragmentation.
[Via Michael Acidri on FB].
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