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kyburgThe bill, signed into law yesterday, makes it more difficult for a defendant accused of homophobic or transphobic violence to use the controversial gay panic defence which has previously been used to argue that a murderer or attacker had a temporary moment of insanity when discovering their victim was gay.
It is named the Gwen Araujo Justice for Victims Act (AB 1160), dedicated to a 17 year old transgender teen who was murdered by four men in 2002. Three of the men utilised panic strategies when on trial for her murder in 2004.
However -
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a pair of bills Sept. 28 that were backed by homosexual activists and targeted by pro-family groups.
Both bills had cleared the Democratic controlled legislature, considered by some observers to be the most liberal body in the nation. The two bills were:
-- AB 606, which would have required the California Department of Education to adopt an anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policy based on "actual or perceived gender identity" and "sexual orientation" -- that is, homosexuality, bisexuality and transsexuality. School districts that didn't implement the policy would have lost state funding.
-- AB 1056, which would have established a "tolerance education pilot program," providing 10 schools $25,000 apiece to implement a tolerance program that addressed discrimination based on "sexual orientation" as well as "actual or perceived gender." Schools would have been required to provide a report to the California Department of Education at the end of three years.
I might ask you to note the sources - it doesn't appear this is terribly important to people who 1) live here, or 2) stand to benefit from them.
However, I do believe I agree with the reasons given for the veto itself - particularly the ones about unfunded mandates. GEE WHIZ, I wonder how that happened...hmmmmmmm?
Dumb as dead cats. I still ain't voting for ya, Arnie.
It is named the Gwen Araujo Justice for Victims Act (AB 1160), dedicated to a 17 year old transgender teen who was murdered by four men in 2002. Three of the men utilised panic strategies when on trial for her murder in 2004.
However -
California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed a pair of bills Sept. 28 that were backed by homosexual activists and targeted by pro-family groups.
Both bills had cleared the Democratic controlled legislature, considered by some observers to be the most liberal body in the nation. The two bills were:
-- AB 606, which would have required the California Department of Education to adopt an anti-discrimination and anti-harassment policy based on "actual or perceived gender identity" and "sexual orientation" -- that is, homosexuality, bisexuality and transsexuality. School districts that didn't implement the policy would have lost state funding.
-- AB 1056, which would have established a "tolerance education pilot program," providing 10 schools $25,000 apiece to implement a tolerance program that addressed discrimination based on "sexual orientation" as well as "actual or perceived gender." Schools would have been required to provide a report to the California Department of Education at the end of three years.
I might ask you to note the sources - it doesn't appear this is terribly important to people who 1) live here, or 2) stand to benefit from them.
However, I do believe I agree with the reasons given for the veto itself - particularly the ones about unfunded mandates. GEE WHIZ, I wonder how that happened...hmmmmmmm?
Dumb as dead cats. I still ain't voting for ya, Arnie.
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Date: 2006-09-30 04:03 am (UTC)Sorry, typos from tired fingers...
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Date: 2006-10-02 04:00 pm (UTC)