Hmmmm....

'Transgenders' and homosexuality have been around for thousands if not millions of years, I'm certain - and we're not the only animals which display those tendencies. (Perhaps God intended it to be thus... since He is reputedly perfect!)

It seems to me that as a society, we should recognize these "aberations" as normal and learn to live with them.

As to promoting gayness as an alternative life style - just as 'alternative medicines', I think, is questionable. But since gayness* is not "catchy" it probably doesn't do much harm.

However, I think contributions to our society by famous gays such as J. Edgar Hoover who ran our FBI for many decades should be recognized. ....AG]

California okays lessons on gays in textbooks

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - California's state Senate passed a bill on Thursday that would require textbooks in public schools to instruct students on contributions by gays and lesbians in the state's development.

The Democrat-led state Senate passed the bill on a 22-15 vote and forwarded it to the state Assembly.

The bill by Sen. Sheila Kuehl, the legislature's first openly gay member, would also mandate public school textbooks to include lessons on contributions by transgender people.
Kuehl told Reuters she believes her bill is the first of its kind at the state level and predicted it would win support in the Assembly, where Democrats also have a majority.

"I think it has a very good chance in the Assembly because its members voted for marriage equality," Kuehl said, referring to the chamber's endorsement of same-sex marriage. "I think this is a lot easier vote." "It would help to shape attitudes of what gay people are really like," Kuehl said, noting their absence in state history textbooks.

Karen England of the conservative Capitol Resource Institute said in a statement the bill "seeks to indoctrinate innocent children caught in the tug-of-war between traditional families and the outrageous homosexual agenda."

A spokesman said Republican Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger has not taken a position on Kuehl's bill.

*I understand that there is a "gayness gene" which has been found in a large number of fundamentalist Christians who are in denial. They all know who they are, Jerry!