STAR PARKER COMMENTARY: Traditional Marriage Is Vital To Kids And Education

Asserts the conservative Republican commentator, who supports California's Proposition 8 ballot initiative to amend the state constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman: "It doesn't take much to conclude that just about every kid in California's public school system gets some kind of instruction about marriage at some time. Should homosexual marriage remain a legal institution in California, there is little doubt that children graduating from California's public schools will see homosexuality and homosexual marriage as normal and legitimate as proverbial American apple pie. If Proposition 8 has 'nothing to do with schools or kids,'' then why has the California Teachers Association, the union of California's teachers and public school employees, contributed well over $1 million to the 'No on 8' campaign? The teachers union opposes school choice and vouchers, claiming on its Web site that vouchers 'hurt students and schools by draining scarce resources away from public education.' Yet the union somehow sees it helping education to write a check for a million dollars to keep homosexual marriage legal. This same California teachers union weighed in earlier this year to support a California appeals court decision, subsequently reversed, which would have effectively shut down home schooling in the State of California."