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Do NOT override the vetoes of:

* Item # 4590-0250 (Dept. of Education)

* Item # 7010-0005 (Dept. of Education)

* Item # 4513-1130 (Dept. of Public Health)

* Section 4. - Permanent Commission for Gay and Lesbian Youth

Here's what these would do if passed:

Items 4590-0250, 7010-0005, 4513-1130:
These would provide for HUGE increased funding for homosexual programs in the public schools - up to nearly $2 million! They already have $250,000 -- which is more than any other state in America. They don't need more money. All we've seen from it are hideous programs which lead vulnerable children into a lifestyle that's medically and psychologically destructive. They use this money for teaching homosexuality, cross-dressing, transsexuality, and normalizing homosexuality even to elementary school children -- and for fighting parents who want notification. The 4513-1130 item was intended to be a "domestic violence" budget item, but various unrelated things were also tossed in, such as enormous open-ended funding for homosexual programs in the schools. The governor vetoed those unrelated items in this item.

Section 4. - Permanent Commission for Gay and Lesbian Youth
This changes the General Laws to create a new, additional "Commission" of homosexual activists, with an official status to oversee and direct homosexual programs in the public schools, including powers to raise and spend money.

• - This should not be a budget item at all. It should be a separate bill. It's a sleazy move - this was slipped into the budget, so it could avoid having a public hearing, a committee debate, or other normal procedure!
• - There already is a "Governor's Commission of Gay and Lesbian Youth." Why do we need a second "Commission for Gay and Lesbian Youth?"
• - The language states that this Commission would be an "independent agency" and not subject to the control of any other department! That is probably unconstitutional, if not simply bad policy.