California Governor Signs Landmark Bill Requiring Teaching of Gay History

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Originally Posted by Ektar [You must be logged in to view images. Log in or Register.]

I'm far from being in a position to say what's worthy of being taught, but civil rights movement? a significant piece of history. gay rights movement (we'll call it)? could be.

If the civil rights movement was a significant piece of history that's taught in schools, then the gay rights movement should also be given the same attention. Either all of it is okay, or none of it is okay.

I suppose my only issue is with your "could be", honestly. /shrug

But to mandate that gay people from the past be shoved into the curriculum once they've already been deemed not important enough to make the cut? no.

If I may ask, what do you base this off of? The article linked in the original post spent 2 paragraphs talking about the decision, and the rest of the article detailing various reactions from the conservative religions that think teaching history is indoctrinating children to be gay (a laughable claim, to be sure).

I wish to know where you've gleamed this information. :/