California Alert: Legislature Considers Anti-Family Bills During Budget Crisis

The California Legislature is currently considering three Senate bills that threaten California families. Meanwhile, the state faces a mounting $26 billion budget deficit.

California has begun issuing IOU notes for only the second time since the Great Depression. Rather than concentrating on the state budget, however, lawmakers are moving on three bills that undermine marriage and parental authority. SB 54, SB 543, and SB 572 have already passed the state Senate and are now before the Assembly.

The first bill (SB 54) requires California to validate out-of-state same-sex marriages performed before the passage of Proposition 8, which defines marriage as between one man and one woman. The second (SB 543) permits kids as young as twelve to receive mental health treatment without the knowledge or consent of their parents. And the third (SB 572) designates May 22 as Harvey Milk Day and encourages schools to include "commemorative exercises" honoring Milk, one of the first openly homosexual politicians.

Everett Rice, legislative coordinator for California Family Council, said all three bills are a direct assault on California families. "SB 54 disregards voters, the courts, and the constitution itself on the issue of marriage," he noted. "And SB 543 and SB 572 are just further examples of our legislators choosing special interests over parents and their children."


TAKE ACTION

Please help defend marriage and parental authority in California! Contact your state assembly member and ask him or her to oppose SB 54, SB 543, and SB 572. To find out who your assembly member is and to contact them on these bills, visit the California Family Council's Legislative Action Center.