{"id":5180,"date":"2011-07-30T22:17:26","date_gmt":"2011-07-31T02:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/news\/?p=5180"},"modified":"2011-07-30T23:17:06","modified_gmt":"2011-07-31T03:17:06","slug":"californians-seek-to-halt-law-requiring-homosexual-history-lessons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/news\/2011\/07\/californians-seek-to-halt-law-requiring-homosexual-history-lessons","title":{"rendered":"Californians seek to halt law requiring homosexual history lessons"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A team of family organizations and advocacy groups is beginning to collect signatures for a proposed California voter referendum to overturn the state&#8217;s new law requiring schools to teach &#8220;gay&#8221; history.<\/p>\n<p>The law,\u00a0signed recently by Gov. 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