Teacher outrage over dues money to homosexual agenda

Discuss this one with teachers you know and families with kids in school.  I know otherwise secular families in my neighborhood who have no strong feelings on prop 8 but are just appalled by the public schools taking sides on this one.  They are voting Yes on 8.  Thanks CTA.

Frankly, I don't know how public school teachers in California can stand to be part of the union to begin with--my dad's an 8th grade public school teacher in California and has opted out of that union for years.  It's a bold stance, and he takes a lot of crap for it.   Because of his stand, however, he now has a witness with other teachers in his district who are shocked that the CTA would abuse their union dues this way.  Way to go, Pops.

H/T AnglicanMainstream.org  (bold emphasis mine).
http://www.anglican-mainstream.net/2008/10/28/teacher-outrage-over-dues-...

Teacher outrage over dues money to homosexual agenda - An article from OneNewsNow.com.

The president of the Pacific Justice Institute says a large percentage of California public school teachers are outraged over the California Teachers Association's support for homosexual marriage. According to Pacific Justice Institute president Brad Dacus, the CTA has funneled more than $1.2 million into the fight against California's Proposition 8. That proposition, if passed on November 4, would define marriage as between one man and one woman and amend the state constitution accordingly. Dacus also stated CTA's opposition to Prop. 8 has angered many public school teachers whose CTA membership fees have been used to fund the opposition campaign. In response, his group has launched a project called ChooseCharity.org.

"And what we are doing...is educating and defending the rights of teachers to opt completely out of their union and give all of their union dues, every single penny of it, instead...to a charity that's in agreement with their faith -- and our phone is ringing off the hook," he adds.

Dacus says outrage over the CTA's opposition to Prop. 8 is even being expressed by parents who are also upset over homosexual indoctrination in public schools. That indoctrination includes the "Children Coming Out" program.

"In fact we have some state laws that were passed that actually mandate this kind of indoctrination," says the attorney. "But parents are opening their eyes up; they're waking up."

Dacus encourages any teachers who are upset over the activities of their unions to visit ChooseCharity.org. [Jennifer Roback Morse]