California lawmakers are pushing pro-gay education policies in a state with some of the nation's worst academic achievers, according to UCLA research.
“Just look at the facts: California leads the nation in efforts right now to promote homosexuality in public schools," said Candi Cushman, education analyst for Focus on the Family Action. "That’s an outrage when you consider that taxpayers are spending $67 billion a year to educate California public school students.”
Lynne Fishel, spokeswoman for the California Family Council, said the homosexual agenda is using up valuable instruction time and resources.
“The Legislature continues to pass legislation that affects schools, but are really peripheral to basic education,” she told Family News in Focus.
Finn Laursen of the Christian Educators Association said the solution is to get back to core curriculum.
“They need to focus on the basics of academics," he said, and "strip the school day of special-interest agendas.”
