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State poised to punish free speech at schools

State poised to punish free speech at schools
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State poised to punish free speech at schools


Children with traditional values may get 'detention, suspension'



By Bob Unruh
© 2010 WorldNetDaily

California is recommending schools like Sunnyside become 'discrimination-free" zones
The state of California is poised within days to adopt a resolution that schools be "discrimination-free" zones – a plan one critic asserts is designed "to stamp out the free speech of students and teachers with moral values or scientific ethics."
ACR 82 already has gone most of the way through the legislative approval process and only awaits state Assembly approval of Senate changes.
The resolution states "all public education institutes are encouraged to … identify themselves as 'discrimination-free zones' through placards, signs, notices of available services, and other appropriate identifications to create a campus climate that welcomes diversity and supports the tolerance of others."
"While this may sound good," said a statement from an organization called Save California, "the devil is in the details. By including morally controversial lifestyles [homosexuality, bisexuality and others] in this resolution, ACR 82 would encourage schools to 'enact procedures' against 'acts of discrimination that occur on campus.'"
Critics say the "procedures" could be enacted over something as basic as a statement that the Bible does not approve of homosexuality.