{"id":4598,"date":"2011-08-03T08:14:20","date_gmt":"2011-08-03T12:14:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=4598"},"modified":"2011-08-01T20:53:56","modified_gmt":"2011-08-02T00:53:56","slug":"michael-medved-gay-education-malpractice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/08\/michael-medved-gay-education-malpractice","title":{"rendered":"Michael Medved: “Gay Education Malpractice”"},"content":{"rendered":"

California kindergartners now, by state law, must learn about homosexual history and accomplishments. Columnist Michael Medved says it\u2019s political correctness run amok. Writing in The Daily Beast,<\/em> an internet news site. he writes:<\/p>\n

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Thanks to California\u2019s newly enacted \u201cgay history\u201d law, William Rufus Devane King will finally receive the comprehensive classroom attention that previous generations of educators had so cruelly denied him.<\/p>\n

This thoroughly obscure Dixie politician left behind no major accomplishments or stirring speeches, but he represents precisely the sort of forgotten figure the Golden State legislation means to emphasize in retelling the story of America for an enlightened new generation. Many experts believe that King might well qualify as the nation\u2019s first gay vice president.<\/p>\n

In signing the bill last week, Gov. Jerry Brown denounced \u201cdiscrimination in education\u201d and insisted \u201chistory should be honest.\u201d According to the governor, the legislation now \u201censures that the important contributions of Americans from all backgrounds and walks of life are included in our history books … It represents an important step forward for our state.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new law requires that public-school textbooks and curricula, beginning with kindergarten, should feature \u201cthe accomplishments of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Americans.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vice President King, who served as a congressman from North Carolina and senator from Alabama prior to his election to the nation\u2019s second-highest office in 1852, may have qualified in two of the new protected categories: as both a \u201cgay\u201d and \u201ctransgendered American.\u201d<\/p>\n

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