I'm standing up on my soapbox for this one...

I received this email last week from a parent in Clay's class:

"Subject: "Gay Day"

Dear Friends: This is an issue that is pretty much going under the radar, and I think we all need to make this telephone call. This is real. I just called. It took less than 30 seconds. It is just a recording and pressing 2 to say NO. Please read it!! AB 2567 has passed the California Assembly and the Senate and is awaiting Governor Schwarzenegger' s signature or veto. This bill will set aside May 22Nd as a special day to celebrate the life of homosexual politician Harvey Milk in the public schools. Harvey Milk will be honored in the same manner as our Founding Fathers and Martin Luther King, although the only thing he is actually known for is being proud to be a homosexual! If you haven't heard about this bill it is because the liberal media is downplaying this bill so that it will pass. PLEASE CALL GOVERNOR SCHWARZENEGGER AND MAKE YOU VOICE HEARD. The Number to call is : 1 916-445-2841 Please forward this to as many people as possible.

Legislature Passes Bill for 'Gay Day' Celebrations in California Public Schools By Peter J. Smith August 8, 2008, SACRAMENTO (LifeSiteNews. com) - California public schools soon will be planning 'gay day' celebrations every May 22 unless Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoes the legislation. Thursday the California Assembly approved AB 2567, which designates May 22 as 'Harvey Milk Day.' The 43 to 26 vote occurred on party lines with Democrats for, Republicans against. Earlier this week, AB 2567 passed the California State Senate on another party line vote 22-13 - Democrats for, Republicans against. The bill will require all public schools to 'conduct suitable commemorative exercises' in commemoration of the anti-religious, homosexualist agenda of the late San Francisco Supervisor Harvey Milk. According to a Senate analysis of the bill, 'This bill requires the Governor to proclaim May 22 as Harvey Milk Day. The designation of a day of significance triggers statutory encouragement for public schools to observe and conduct commemorative exercises suitable to the day.' 'This bad bill will teach impressionable schoolchildren the anti-religious, homosexual-bisexual - transsexual agenda of Harvey Milk,' warned Randy Thomasson, President of Campaign for Children and Families. 'If signed into law, AB 2567 will mean an official day commemorating homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality in California government schools. This will harm children as young as> children as young as kindergarten. ' 'The Democrats are so cocky, they have no qualms about pushing sexual indoctrination upon children in an election year. For the love of God, parents and their children, we implore Governor Schwarzenegger to veto AB 2567' Thomasson said.
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I was a bit stunned after i read the email... I immediately googled Harvey Milk. I found out that he was a little bit more than just a "proud homosexual"... He was named on Time's 100 list of most influential people of the century!! he was on the same list as people such as: Mother Teresa, Anne Frank, Muhammad Ali, and Rosa Parks. why shouldn't our kids learn about Harvey Milk? I'm trying to teach my children not to judge a person by their race, religion, OR sexual preference. Yes, he was gay, but he was a great man and he stood up for who he was and what he believed in!! I was pissed that this parent had the audacity to assume that i would automatically agree with this email's "message". is this why i gave my email out on the class parents' email list at school? To receive shit like this? i mean, everyone is entitled to their own opinion.. don't get me wrong. but please don't try and push your ignorance onto me!