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New gay bill causing a stir among some Christians
Brittney M. Walker  |   OW Staff Writer
Aug 25 2011

Children forced to learn LGBT history

Some sectors of the religious community have been in an uproar since Gov. Jerry Brown approved SB 48, otherwise known as the California Fair, Accurate, Inclusive and Respectful (FAIR) Education Act.

The new law, which was passed on July 14 this year, amends “the Education Code to include social sciences instruction on the contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) people.”

The bill was originally proposed by Mark Leno of San Francisco, an openly gay Democratic senator.

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Gov. Jerry Brown signs school safety bill
Aug 4 2011

Prohibits disruptive messages

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Gov. Jerry Brown today signed a school safety bill prohibiting disruptive messages that threaten the physical safety of school children in preschool, elementary or middle schools.

The legislation was written by Assemblyman Tony Mendoza, D-Norwalk, who said he wrote the law because as a former teacher “I know how important student safety is for the success of our schools.”

A March 2003 demonstration outside a middle school by the Center for Bio-Ethical Reform was also a factor, officials said.

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California shuffle: prisoners to come home to roost
Jennifer Thompson  |   OW College Intern
Jul 14 2011

They’ll be housed in county facilities

Back in January 2010, a three-judge panel composed of a federal appeals judge for the 9th Circuit and two federal district judges, ordered the state to reduce its prison population in six-month benchmarks from 179 percent of design capacity to 137.5 percent within two years. The state filed an appeal of the decision to the United States Supreme Court and lost.

In May, the U.S. the Supreme Court upheld the three-judge panel’s finding that California prison overcrowding is unconstitutional and leads to severe violations of inmates’ basic rights.

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African American summit
Jun 23 2011

Hosted by Delta Sigma Theta sorority

LOS ANGELES, Calif.—Opening a conference of African American activists, Councilwoman Jan Perry today decried the slow pace of political advancement for Black women in the nation’s second most populous city.

The so-called summit in the City Hall chambers was the fifth annual legislative conference hosted by Delta Sigma Theta sorority, one of the nation’s largest African American women’s organizations. It focused on four themes: the budgets at the federal, state and local level; voting; redistricting; and the environment.

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Assembly committee passes bill to stop sale of the OC Fairgrounds
Apr 26 2011

Sale on hold while it hears lawsuit arguments

COSTA MESA, Calif.—Assemblyman Jose Solorio's bill aimed at stopping the sale of the Orange County Fairgrounds in Costa Mesa won unanimous support in an Assembly committee today.

The Anaheim Democrat, who has spearheaded legislation as well as a lawsuit to stop the sale of the 150 acres, hailed the 9-0 vote by the Assembly Committee on Business, Professions and Consumer Protection.

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Across Black America

Here’s a look at African American people and issues making headlines throughout the country.
 

Alabama
Freeman A. Hrabowski, president of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, will address the annual African American Business Council luncheon on June 28. Hrabowski, who is chairman of President Barack Obama’s Advisory Commission on Education Excellence for African Americans, has a national reputation for his work studying the performance of minority students in math and science. Hrabowski, named one of the 10 best college presidents in the country by Time magazine, was a child leader in the Civil Rights Movement in Birmingham in the 1960s.
 

Arkansas
The Liberty Counsel filed a motion and a brief in United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas seeking to intervene on behalf of a Concepts of Life crisis pregnancy center to defend against a suit filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the Center for Reproductive Rights. The groups seek to impose a permanent injunction before the Human Heartbeat Protection Act goes into effect July 18. Liberty Counsel also filed a brief opposing the ACLU’s request for an injunction. The “Heartbeat” bill states that when a woman seeks an abortion at or after the 12th week, doctors must test for a fetal heartbeat before an abortion is performed and inform the pregnant mother that the child in her womb has a heartbeat. If a heartbeat is detected, a woman cannot have an abortion, except in cases of rape, incest, and if a mother’s life is in danger. “As we promised when the legislation was introduced, Liberty Counsel will defend this law without reservation for the people of Arkansas, born and pre-born,” said Matt Staver, founder and chairman of Liberty Counsel. “No right is more foundational than the right to life. Without life, all other rights are irrelevant,” concluded Staver.

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