SB 777 Repeal Bid Fails

Wingnuts in California have failed to deliver the necessary petition signatures to challenge SB 777, the public schools anti-bullying law signed into effect by Gov. Schwarzenegger last year. "Save Our Children" needed to turn in 434,000 signatures by last Friday, but claims they could only find 350,000 people willing to sign their names to hate.

Equality California Executive Director Geoff Kors: "Opponents of SB 777 have been spreading misinformation and outright lies for months, and whether they actually collected 350,000 signatures, we will never know. What is clear is that they failed. Despite their vicious attack, Californians stood with us and said 'no' to turning back the clock on civil rights and protecting all youth from discrimination in our schools."

By the way, if "Save Our Children" sounds familiar, that's because it's the same name Anita Bryant used in her successful 1977 campaign to overturn Miami's gay rights ordinance.