Group fighting LGBT teachings fails petition drive (California SB 48)

[alp227]

Source: SF Chronicle

(10-12) 13:55 PDT Sacramento --

Backers of an effort to repeal a law that requires schools teach about the historical contributions of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, and people with disabilities, failed to collect enough signatures to qualify for the ballot.

The group, Stop SB48, which is named after the law, faced a Wednesday deadline to turn in just under 505,000 signatures. In an e-mail, the group said, "We thank all of you that worked so hard to provide the hundreds of thousands of signatures received. In the end, 90 days was too short a time to accomplish such a large task."

The nearly all-volunteer effort faced not only a short time frame, but a lack of significant contributions from national socially conservative organizations. The backers of the referendum noted that point in their e-mail.

"They said we did not have enough money, the commitment of enough groups, or enough days. Ultimately they were right. And in private perhaps they will ask if the effort they withheld would have made the critical difference," the e-mail stated.

Read more: http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2011/10/12/BAQR1LGUIN.DTL

[SoapBox]

1. Oh...boo-hoo. The national CONservaTurds didn't kick in millions for them...

And only 90 days?

Hell, in Wisconsin they only have 60 days to raise the same amount of signatures to recall Dictator Walker...and they think it will be easy!

Guess every day Californians aren't buy'n the crap from the Fire and Brimstone crowd.

[deacon_sephiroth]

2. good, and may I add "f#ck them"

[Scottybeamer70]

3. Poor thangs!!!

Must be pearl clutching time for the rabid, hating fundies!
Imagine if they had used all that volunteer time and money, feeding the poor.
People are sick and tired of their hatred!

[xchrom]

4. Recommend

[qb]

5. I wonder why the Mormons & the Catholics didn't help them out...

Could it be that their hineys are still stinging after the Prop 8 blowback?

[Tempest]

6. 90 days for 505,000 signatures in the most populated state is too short?

Ohio was able to collect 1.3 million signatures in 30 days to repeal the union busting bill (SB5).

Every time they approached me, my response was "get bent".