SB 572 states, "Perhaps more than any other modern figure, Harvey Milk's life and political career embody the rise of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) civil rights movement in California, across the nation, and throughout the world."

It requires no parental consent for student participation.

"If signed into law, SB 572 will mean an official day commemorating homosexuality, bisexuality, and transsexuality in California government schools, without parental permission," said Randy Thomasson, president of SaveCalifornia.com , which has been generating citizen phone calls and e-mails against SB 572.

"It's absurd that government schools teach children not to smoke or use drugs, yet would teach children as young as kindergarten that homosexuality is good and healthy and maybe even for them. That's just not true. Homosexual and bisexual behavior causes up to 82 percent of all HIV transmissions in California ," Thomasson said.

Just last year, this same bill (numbered AB 2567) was vetoed by Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger after it passed the Democrat-controlled Legislature.

A SurveyUSA poll shows that only one out of five Californians support making Milk's birthday a statewide "day of significance." Nevertheless, state legislators are still want a yearly commemoration dubbed "Harvey Milk Day."

The text of the bill states, "It is the intent of the Legislature that the exercises … be integrated into the regular school program, and be conducted by the school or institution within the amount otherwise budgeted for educational programs."

Thomasson said SB 572 is just one more reason why parents should rescue their children from the "anti-family" public school system. He encourages parents to visit RescueYourChild.org to learn about other education options before it's too late.

"With public schools becoming sexual indoctrination centers, homeschooling and church schools are no longer parental options, they're parental imperatives," he said.

"This bad bill will teach impressionable schoolchildren the anti-religious, homosexual-bisexual-transsexual agenda of Harvey Milk," said Thomasson. "For the love of God, respect for parents, and defense of impressionable children, Governor Schwarzenegger must veto SB 572 if it reaches his desk."

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