Coalition forms in California to overturn ‘bathroom bill’ via referendum
by Becky Yeh
Opponents of California’s controversial transgender “bathroom bill” have announced an effort to collect 500,000 signatures for a referendum to overturn the state law.
Parents, students, faith groups, and nonprofits announced an effort to place a referendum on the California ballot that would allow voters to decide on the state’s newly passed transgender bill, AB 1266.
Meanwhile, Brad Dacus of the Pacific Justice Institute says the law group is “ready and willing” to represent anyone victimized by the new state law.
“That includes someone whose privacy rights are violated in the bathroom, in the locker room, in the showers, or someone who is prevented from playing on a sports team because someone from the opposite gender took their place,” Dacus tells OneNewsNow.
The Privacy for All Students coalition has until November 12 to collect over 500,000 signatures to qualify the referendum. If the group is successful, the item will be placed on the November 2014 ballot.
The new law, which goes into effect January 1, will allow children in public schools to participate in sex-segregated facilities and activities consistent with his or her “gender identity.”
The Privacy for All Students coalition includes groups such as the Capitol Resource Institute, Pacific Justice Institute, Calvary Chapel Chino Hills, and ActRight.
The group also announced that leading political consultant Frank Schubert will advise the coalition during the referendum qualification process.
– See more at: http://onenewsnow.com//politics-govt/2013/08/28/coalition-forms-in-california-to-overturn-bathroom-bill-via-referendum#.Uh4vYdiRBSk
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