Governator Signs Kuehl's Anti-Discrimination Bill, Expresses Doubt On Others

From Equality California comes word that the Governor has signed State Senator Sheila Kuehl's SB 1441 which banned discrimination in state operated or funded programs on the basis of actual or perceived sexual orientation or gender identity.

The fundies are not happy about this decision by the Republic gubernatorial candidate. This comes in light of a recent SurveyUSA poll where California Republicans are supporting their party's official candidate by a ratio of 30 to 1 and Independent voters are supporting Schwarzenegger by 2 to 1.

The Governor will have a lot of decisions to make on this and hundreds of other bills which will go to his desk in the next two days. Mad Professah will be watching carefully to see if the Governor will reach a different decision regarding two other bills sponsored by Sheila Kuehl: SB 840 (Health Care For All Act) and SB 1437 (Bias Free Curriculum Act). However, in today's Los Angeles Times Arnold Schwazrenegger is quoted as saying "I don't believe in universal healthcare. I don't believe that government should be getting in there and should start running a healthcare system that is kind of done and worked on by government." For those of you who weren't convinced after he vetoed the first legislatively enacted bill to end gender discrimination in marriage, perhaps this will be enough to make you understand why California needs a new Governor.