2010 California Election Forum

Christian groups can’t require Christian beliefs

The ultra-liberal 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against a Christian high school club.

The club invited all to its meetings but required members to be Christians.

These membership requirements were similar to other groups. The Gay-Straight Alliance was approved, and it required members to agree to their objectives. The “Earth Corps” required members to believe in environmental issues.

But the court ruled that the club could not discriminate in membership.

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Veteran memorial in jeopardy

Please pray for the upcoming Supreme Court decision on this historic cross.

Longtime readers will remember the cross was erected in 1934 by the Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) to honor fallen soldiers. Because the cross is on public property, a few people and the ACLU objected.

Two years ago, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals rejected the memorial, calling it a “governmental endorsement of religion.” The 9th Circuit Court is the most overturned court in the nation.

Eliminates residency requirement for pregnant women

Another liberal Superior Court Judge, Patrick Mahoney, has struck down a state law he doesn’t like, resulting in well over $1 million a year in extra taxes.

The law, which was passed in 1991, requires low-income women to live in California for 6 months to qualify for state-funded pregnancy and post-delivery care. Judge Mahoney did away with the residency requirement.

Just last year, Governor Schwarzenegger vetoed another bill that would have eliminated the 6-month rule because of the great cost to taxpayers.

Many pregnant women moved to California for these benefits.

Christian schools retain the right to determine codes of conduct

In past issues, we talked about the lawsuits against California Lutheran High School. The school expelled two girls for lesbian behavior and was sued for discrimination as a result.

The court said that the school was not a business, so it didn’t violate state law that prohibits businesses from discrimination.

This ruling is a victory for religious liberty.

Discover what your children are actually learning

Few Evangelical high school students are able to defend their faith. By college, huge numbers drop away from their faith. Why? Because these kids spend years being indoctrinated by liberal teachers—and not taught apologetics and sound doctrine.

Here are two short videos that address this problem:

• “The Call to Dunkirk” closely looks at this issue and advocates pulling kids out of public schools.
• “The Children of Caesar” concisely outlines the problem of public schools and what Christians should do.

What do you think? Should Christian parents take kids out of government schools? Is it irresponsible and dangerous to have kids in public schools? Email your thoughts to This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Ruling helps falsely accused parents

California’s Child Protective Services (CPS) is a modern-day Gestapo. Thousands of innocent parents have been falsely accused of child abuse by an angry ex, a hostile neighbor or a liberal who wants to socially engineer Christian families.

Reports are often based upon anonymous tips or frivolous accusations of spankings, sunburn or outright lies.

But every parent who’s been accused remains part of the California Child Abuse Control Index (CACI)…even if the case file is closed or classified as inconclusive. These records are open and appear on background checks. 800,000 names are now in the database.

Well, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals found the database unconstitutional, saying the list is “the reverse of the presumption of innocence in our criminal justice system.” The court ordered the state to enact greater procedural safeguards.

The legislature, instead of raising taxes and imposing more unnecessary regulations, needs to enact legislation that will stop this abusive database.

A shocking lesson for children

A music teacher at Foxboro Elementary School in Vacaville, California, returned last fall after having a sex change from a woman to a man. Parents were never warned. School administrators said HIPAA privacy laws prevented them from notifying parents.

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Bureaucrats should pay the price, not our kids or teachers

As the budget battle in Sacramento rages, it is clear that the education budget along with much more must be cut.

There are at least two places to cut that won’t impact teachers, aides and others who work with kids.

1. The bureaucracy: It’s bloated and wasteful. Cuts should affect the state and county (and even local) administrators.
2. The textbooks: I sit on a school district oversight committee and am shocked by the state-mandated textbook policies. We should suspend the purchasing of $100–$200 books. It will not affect the quality of education.

It just takes common sense to solve the deficit crisis.

Teachers are literally indoctrinating their students

Many teachers are clearly forcing a liberal, secular worldview on their students. Click here to see a 4-minute video and interview with Laura Ingraham and Ed Hill that caught one teacher imposing her views on kids.

A distressing trend in the United States

Throughout America, a saddening trend has grown to ban Christmas carols and concerts in our public schools during the Christmas—excuse me—“holiday season.”

The “official reason” is that a Christmas song violates the “separation of church and state.”

But this is false. No court should find it a problem. The Supreme Court has ruled that if there is no danger of a government-established religion, it’s not a constitutional issue.

In California, we even have specific statutes that allow teachers to use or reference religious material when it’s educationally appropriate.

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