The Cybercast News Service website reports today (July 15, 2011) that Gov. Jerry Brown has signed a landmark bill adding lessons about gay history to social studies classes in California's public schools.
Brown, a Democrat, signed the bill July 14, making California the first state in the nation to require public schools to include the contributions of gays and lesbians in the social studies curriculum.
The bill has drawn criticism from some churches and conservative groups that argue such instruction would expose students to a subject that some parents find objectionable.
Democratic state Sen. Mark Leno of San Francisco -- the author of the bill -- said that teaching gay history in public schools will teach students to be more accepting of gays and lesbians.
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