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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/07/15/us/15gay.html?_r=2&hp

California will become the first state to require public schools to teach gay and lesbian history.

As expected, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill on Thursday that mandates that the contributions of gays and lesbians in the state and the country be included in social science instruction and in textbooks. School districts will have until next January to begin implementing the new law, which was also promoted in part as a way to combat bullying of gay and lesbian students.

Well, now this is a surprise.After Prop 8 I was forced to revise my opinion on just how progressive California really was. But this makes me think that maybe things might not have been what I though. Sure, their will be opposition. But while this will take some time to fully kick in I think that the genie is out of the bottle and as California goes so goes the rest of the nation. However more slowly.

With this and the ruling against DADT it looks like gay rights is really picking up some steam.

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Because everybody has alrready mastered Math, English, Philosophy, and a 2nd Language we must find additional subjects to occupy our students and teachers time!

Oddly enough if you properly educate a kid as an adult he's capable of learning more in depth issues.

Now we can add Harvey Milk to the list of famous names kids will have to remember but not actually care about.

This. Trust me, at the elementary level at least, social studies is barely taught anyway. After you get the mandated stuff out of the way - 2.5 hours for Language Arts, 1.5 hours for math, 30 minutes for PE, plus lunch and recess... there's just no time for silly things like history, science, etc.

On the plus side, California will be able to clinch the top spot for the OECD's rankings of gay skills and knowledge. Take that, South Korean and Finland!

Let's start with conservative xenophobes and ensure they have orthography to a sufficient degree:

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http://assets.nydailynews.com/img/2010/04/02/gal_teabonics_14.jpg

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