Opponents of a California law requiring that the contributions of gays and lesbians be taught in public schools failed last week in their attempt to qualify a ballot referendum to repeal the law.
The groups wanted to force a vote on Senate Bill 48, the nation’s first law requiring that public schools include gay rights milestones and gay and lesbian contributions in social studies lessons. It takes effect in January. Groups that had been circulating signature petitions did not meet the mid-October deadline.
Brad Dacus, a spokesman for the Pacific Justice Institute, said his organization and other opponents collected about two-thirds of the 505,000 petition signatures they needed.
He said opponents will now try to make the law an issue in next year’s re-election campaigns of Democrats who supported the measure. —Don Thompson, AP
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