Today in Gay History - 12/6/11: Gay Students, The AMA, Sacramento Bee on adoption & Gay Republicans

[WillParkinson]

December 6

1993 - The Massachusetts State Senate approved a bill to protect lesbian and gay public school students from discrimination.

1994 - Delegates of the American Medical Association declared their opposition to medical treatments administered to "cure" homosexuals, urging non-judgmental recognition of sexual orientation.

1998 - The Sacramento Bee reported that for the past four years California Social Services director Eloise Anderson had refused an order from Gov. Pete Wilson to withdraw a directive she issued which allowed gay and lesbian couples to adopt children by saying that a stable home with good financial and emotional support is important for an adoptive child, regardless of the marital status of the parents. // The Los Angeles Times published an editorial by Robert Scheer on conservative Michael Huffington's recent decision to come out of the closet, saying it should come as no surprise that Republicans, even conservative members of the party, are gay.

[xchrom]

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[joeybee12]

2. I don't know who Eloise Anderson is, but...

:toast:

[WillParkinson]

4. This is the only Eloise Anderson I could find from California who was in politics...a Republican(?!)

Eloise Anderson
R-Sacramento

President of Anderson Resource Management Services. Lecturer at California State University, Sacramento, on organizational change in government bureaucracies. Previously served as director of the Project for the American Family at the Claremont Institute from 1998 to 2004 and director of the California Department of Social Services from 1992 to 1998. Also serves on the Diocese of Sacramento School Board and the National Poverty Center's National Advisory Board. Appointed to the Little Hoover Commission by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger on October 6, 2006.

[William769]

3. Recommended.