Get rid of lunatic judges and lawyers

Remember that line from Shakespeare – "First we kill all the lawyers"?

He should have said "judges," but don't let lawyers off the hook either.

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Two decisions in California last week are examples that things are out of control, the lunatics are in charge of the asylum and the opinion and desires of the people – yes, citizens who work and pay taxes that pay for the salaries and dirty deeds of those legal misfits – mean absolutely nothing!

On Thursday, a lawyer-sponsored bill passed the California Senate. It would homosexualize all public education in the state, K-12, by requiring all curriculum, textbooks, teaching materials and school sponsored activities teach about and endorse all gay lifestyles and identify people by their sexual activities so that gay contributions to the culture can be noted.

Then, on Friday, a Superior Court Judge in Alameda County (San Francisco area) threw out the California High School Exit Exam. He did it to allow high-school seniors who have not passed the test to graduate with their classmates and receive a diploma anyway – even though by not passing the test they are not capable of passing 10th grade English and/or 6th, 7th, or 8th grade arithmetic.

The Legislature's action on the homosexual bill was disappointing, but not surprising. It is California, after all. But followed by the judge's ruling on the exit exam, I was sickened. Living in this state, I should be used to such travesties from the bench and the Legislature, but each time they outdo themselves.

Imagine! A judge ruling that it's OK for a student to be graduated from high school and receive a diploma and yet not be fluent in English or be competent in basic mathematics.

He says the test is unfair to English learners and that the "prospective harm to a student who is otherwise fully qualified to graduate is sufficiently clear." He went on, "Remaining for a fifth or subsequent year in an already stressed district or attending community college when the student might otherwise be accepted to a four-year institution all demonstrate significant risk of harm."

Huh? He's worried about the district?! How can the student be "fully qualified" yet fail basic English and math tests? Why would any college want him?

What kind of twisted thinking goes into such a decision – knowingly condemning these young people to a lower-economic-class lifetime simply to make them feel good about themselves?

This is a logical result of the self-esteem movement – which was birthed and nurtured – where else – in California! It's a new kind of logic: If you think you're smart and talented, voila, you are!

There's apparently no limit to the divisive, destructive, arrogant, and pervasive decisions coming from the bench that are based on personal agendas. Have no doubt, these people in black robes have an agenda – a liberal one at that – and nothing, it appears, can or will stop them.

Then, they're aided and abetted by the damnable lawyers on two levels.

First level: Those whose eyes are filled with dollar signs and whose egos are sorely tempted by potential media coverage. They encourage irresponsibility, scout out potential victims and file lawsuits where the goal is to change the culture and society.

Hence, a lawsuit against the state Department of Education, Board of Education and the superintendent of schools on behalf of six students who didn't pass the exit exam – they had problems with their English and math. Their lawyer, Arturo Gonzalez, said it would not be a "victory until the kids walk across the stage with diplomas in their hands."

Too bad those diplomas will mean nothing. Some victory.

However, the decision of Judge Robert Freedman to drop the exam affects the nearly 47,000 students statewide who didn't pass the tests. They all will graduate as though they were competent.

What a sham.

Keep in mind, they have four years to pass the tests and can keep retaking them until they pass. Those kids couldn't, yet they'll have a valid diploma just as those students who earned good grades and actually passed the tests, even if they had to study extra hard to accomplish that.

Imagine yourself hiring such a person, assuming they graduated from high school with basic skills. Silly you, if you expect the kid to read English or do simple math.

It's no surprise that in some community, college and university campuses in California upward of half the incoming freshman classes need remedial classes in English and math and many can't read well.

No surprise then, that the College Board last week said California students recorded a 15-point decline in their SAT scores.

No surprise either that some high-school counselors want the College Board to make changes so it will be easier for students to score higher.

That's the answer – make everything easier!

Second level: Lawyers who wear two hats – one legal and one lawmaker. They've been elected or appointed to positions of enormous power in all levels of government. These are lawyers whose large egos are further inflated by ambition and their quest to "make a difference" (read that as change the culture to suit their whims and agendas).

Instead of suing to change things, they get laws passed and force it on the electorate. It's not always easy, but since they're in office for years because ill-informed voters re-elect them, they continually re-introduce the legislation they want, with small modifications and, eventually, it gets passed.

The vote on May 11 by the California Senate – which is brimming with lawyers – is such an example. The vote was 22-15 in favor of SB 1437. All Republicans voted no, as did one Democrat, and two abstained.

The bill was sponsored by Democrat Sen. – and lawyer and open lesbian and former sitcom actress – Sheila Kuehl.

It would force all California textbooks and curricula to speak positively of homosexuals and to focus on the "contributions" of gays historically and currently. It would prevent any class, text, teaching material or school-sponsored activity from reflecting adversely on any homosexual activity. What happens to prom kind and queen? Same-sex sports teams and locker rooms? Dress codes? Who knows?

Sen. Kuehl copped out on all that. She just wants the bill passed – this isn't the first time she tried. She admits they've been attempting to get this passed since 1995. Unfortunately, she left the logistics to others.

There's nothing in the bill specifying how any of this will be accomplished, what will be incorporated in the teaching material, nor even what should be taught (and how) in each grade level. What about all those textbooks, which will need revision? What will it cost? Who'll foot that bill? Guess. Certainly not Ms. Kuehl or her compatriots who voted "yes."

The measure goes to the State Assembly. Then, if passed – and that's likely – to the governor. Whether Gov. Schwarzenegger will sign it is open to speculation. A strong conservative he is not.

As for the decision to drop the exit exam for graduating seniors, state Superintendent of Schools Jack O'Connell says he'll continue to take every legal means to maintain the exam.

He authored that law when he was a state senator with the goal of giving the diploma a uniform value statewide and as a means of showing mastery of basic skills.

Isn't that the least we can expect of our public schools? What is a further mystery is that we're told these students have met all the graduation requirements except for passing the test.

If they can't do middle-school arithmetic and can't handle English because they speak another language, how did they manage to pass all their course work to meet those unnamed "graduation requirements"?

In everything I've read about this, no one has asked that question.

It appears there's a lot of social promotion going on in the schools along with major failures by teachers, school boards, and teachers' unions, which are, by the way, the most powerful political lobby in the state. But they never take responsibility – they just want more and more money.

And they get it. Last Thursday, Gov. Schwarzenegger awarded an additional $5.7 billion to California schools.

No promises to better educate our kids ... only indoctrination of children in the homosexual agenda and free passes for graduation.

It's shameful, but beware: It's coming to a school near you. Just wait.