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Here's the detail of the Massachusetts Legislature's 2007 budget -- funding homosexual programs targeting schoolchildren and expanded "Commission for Gay and Lesbian Youth."
Over the years, gay activists have bragged about how they "bury" their funding inside the massive Massachusetts state budget. Usually it's somewhere in the Dept. of Education or the Dept. of Public Health sections. And it's usually labeled as "safety" or "violence prevention" or "suicide prevention." But ultimately it all gets re-directed to public school homosexual programs controlled by gay activists. This year it's more of your money than ever! And no other state in America does this!
Click on each item for the detail information outlined below:
These budget items have specific funding earmarked for "gay and lesbian youth" programs:
This budget item has open-ended funding for "gay and lesbian youth" programs:
This "budget item" changes the Massachusetts General Laws to create a permanent "Commission for Gay and Lesbian Youth". It was slipped in as a budget item so they could avoid having to conduct a public hearing. A very sleazy move, even by Massachusetts standards:
The grand total? If you conservatively add it up it's probably a minimum $2,125,000. Maybe more. A far cry from this year's budgeted amount of $425,000 -- and look at all the damage THAT did!
Here are the budget items:
Item # 4590-0250 - Dept. of Public Health - not less than $350,000.
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This is buried among various school-related health-type programs that the DPH runs in public schools. |
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4590-0250
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For school health services and school-based health centers in public and non-public schools; provided, that no funds shall be expended in the AA object class for any personnel-related costs; provided further, that services shall include, but not be limited to: (1) strengthening the infrastructure of school health services in the areas of personnel and policy development, programming, and interdisciplinary collaboration; (2) developing linkages between school health services programs and community health providers; (3) incorporating health education programs, including tobacco prevention and cessation activities in school curricula and in the provision of school based health services; and (4) incorporating obesity prevention programs, including nutrition and wellness programs in school curricula to address the nutrition and lifestyle habits needed for healthy development; provided further, that the services shall meet standards and eligibility guidelines established by the department of public health in consultation with the department of education; provided further, that not less than $300,000 shall be expended for mental health and substance abuse services in school-based health centers; provided further, that not less than $350,000 shall be expended for the commission on gay and lesbian youth; provided further, that not less than $200,000 shall be expended for the North Quabbin Community Coalition for support and implementation of four model community coalitions and community capacity building activities; provided further, that not less than $100,000 shall be expended to the H.E.L.P. program so-called, for black males health; provided further, that not less than $15,000,000 shall be expended for school nurses and school based health centers; provided further, that $150,000 shall be expended for the Childhood Obesity School Nutrition Pilot Project within the department of public health to initiate or maintain school lunch programs focused on diminishing the epidemic of childhood obesity; provided further, that food service providers, working with public schools, wishing to institute or maintain a school nutrition program designed to reduce childhood obesity, may submit an application to the department of public health indicating the various nutritional and educational steps the school plans to implement with the grant, not to exceed $10,000 per school per year; provided further, that eligible programs must focus on providing healthier choices for lunch programs and provide incentives and information to make healthier meal choices in the school lunch line; provided further one or more schools may be included in an application; and provided further, that grant applications and other appropriate criteria shall be determined and reviewed by the department ............. $16,730,544 |
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Item # 7010-0005 - Dept. of Education - not less than $150,000.
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This is very interesting. Back in 1999 the state's major gay activists descended on the State Board of Education. They insisted that the public schools are "unsafe" and demanded that the Board pass a draconian set of "recommendations" (which they wrote) that in effect force homosexual diversity training on schoolchildren. We were at the meeting and testified against it. But the Board was sufficiently intimidated by the gay activists that they passed it unanimously. However, since many schools were reluctant to implement it, they are using this as a vehicle for forcing it in. |
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7010-0005 |
For the operation of the department of education; provided, that the department, in collaboration with the commission on gay and lesbian youth established by section 67 of chapter 3 of the General Laws shall allocate not less than $150,000 for programming to ensure public schools’ compliance with the board of education’s recommendations for the support and safety of gay and lesbian students and the implementation of related suicide-prevention and violence-prevention efforts; provided further, that not less than $150,000 shall be expended for a pilot program in the town of Southbridge for preventing violence and hate crimes in Kindergarten through grade 8; provided further, that the pilot program shall also offer parent training and education in violence prevention and racial tolerance; provided further, that $250,000 shall be expended for the implementation of a pilot program known as PeaceZone in elementary schools at the Boston Public Schools; and provided further, that not later than November 15, 2006, the department shall submit a progress report to the secretary of administration and finance, the chairpersons of the house and senate ways and means committees and the house and senate chairpersons of the joint committee on education on efforts by the department to further define and advance the strategic vision of the department, along with a detailed implementation plan for realizing that vision........ $11,052,905 |
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Item # 4513-9083 - Dept. of Public Health - approximately $300,000 for federal grant.
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Here's nearly $300,000 for a "Youth Suicide Prevention Program" grant. In Massachusetts, anything labeled "youth suicide prevention" is always a homosexual program in disguise. No one else is ever interested in youth suicide issues because it is not really a problem in the schools. In fact, there is no youth suicide "epidemic" in Massachusetts. But this will probably add hundreds of thousands of federal dollars for the gays' school activities. The gay activists claim that there are inclinations to suicide on the basis of self-reported (and extremely questionable) "surveys" given to kids. |
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4513-9083
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For the purposes of a federally funded grant entitled, Massachusetts Youth Suicide Prevention Program........ $299,841 |
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Item # 4513-1130 - Dept. of Public Health - up to approximately $3.5 million. (Here's where extra $1,325,000 originally requested was probably put).
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In this item, how much of the un-earmarked $3,577,066 goes to the "violence outreach to gay and lesbian youth"? It's purposefully vague. But. . . there was an extra $1,325,000 which the gays had asked for that wasn't directly incorporated anywhere else. This item was probably padded sufficiently to include that, without overtly stating it. What should happen? The highlighted phrase should be taken out by the Governor! |
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4513-1130
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For the domestic violence and sexual assault prevention and treatment program; provided, that of the amount appropriated in this item, funds shall be expended for rape prevention and victim services, including the statewide Spanish language hotline for sexual abuse and statewide suicide and violence prevention outreach to gay and lesbian youth; provided further, that not less than $158,000 shall be expended for the public health model of community engagement and intervention services and crisis housing for sexual violence and intimate partner violence in the GLBT community ...... $3,735,066 |
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Amendments the original House budget proposal, probably incorporated here: The amendments below were presented to the Joint Conference Committee and they were expected to be incorporated. But instead, they appear to have been discretely "hidden" in Item 4513-1130.
The first two amendments, #348 and $620, are exactly the same -- they would have raised the $350,000 figure in Item 4590-0250 by $675,000 - to $1,025,000.
The third amendment would have would have raised the amount in Item 7010-0005 to $800,000. The Joint Committee raised it from $75,000 to $150,000, and appears to have left funding for the remaining amount, $650,000, in this item.
Thus, the unusued total from those amendments is: $675.000 + $650,000 = $1,325,000 -- which appears to be squirreled into Item 4513-1130. |
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Amendment #348
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Representative(s) Elizabeth Malia of Boston, Tom Sannicandro of Ashland, Kathi-Anne Reinstein of Revere, James Eldridge of Acton, Michael Rush of Boston, Carl Sciortino of Somerville, Douglas Petersen of Marlbehead, Timothy Toomey of Cambridge, Peter V. Kocot of Northhampton, Patricia Haddad of Somerset, David Linksy of Natick, Alice Wolf of Cambridge, Jeffrey Sanchez of Boston, Marty Walz of Boston, Cory Atkins of Concord, Denise Provost of Somerville and Jay Kaufman of Lexington moves that the bill be amended in Section 2, in line 15, in item 4590-0250, by striking out the following: “350,000” and inserting in place thereof the following: “1,025,000” |
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Amendment #620 |
Representative Coakley-Rivera of Springfield moves that the bill be amended in Section 2, in line 15, in item 4590-0250, by striking out the following: “350,000” and inserting in place thereof the following: “1,025,000”. |
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Amendment #632 |
Representative Coakley-Rivera of Springfield moves that the bill be amended in Section 2, in line 3, in item 7010-0005, by striking out the figures “75,000” and inserting in place thereof the figures “800,000”. |
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Section 4 - Permanent Commission for Gay and Lesbian Youth, not subject to the control of any other department or agency.
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This "budget item" changes the Massachusetts General Laws to create a permanent "Commission for Gay and Lesbian Youth". It was slipped in as a budget item so they could avoid having to conduct a public hearing. A very sleazy move, even by Massachusetts standards.
This new "super" Commission is a homosexual activist's paradise when it comes to pushing an agenda to kids in the schools and elsewhere. By law, members will be appointed from the most hard-core homosexual groups in the Boston area. They can use the"official" status of the Commission to get support and cooperation from a whole range of government agencies -- and also use that status to raise money privately (in addition to the millions of taxpayer dollars they will get in the current 2007 budget). Moreover, they will now be "not subject to the control of any other department of agency" -- completely independent and unaccountable for their actions. This will be an unbelievable nightmare. It MUST be stopped. |
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SECTION 4 |
Chapter 3 of the General Laws is hereby amended by adding the following section:-
Section 67. (a) There shall be a permanent commission on gay and lesbian youth, which shall consist of 27 persons as follows: 3 persons appointed by the Massachusetts chapter of the National Association of Social Workers, 3 persons appointed by the Massachusetts Coalition for Suicide Prevention, 2 persons appointed by the Fenway Community Health Center, 4 persons appointed by the Greater Boston Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, 2 persons appointed by the Massachusetts Gay and Lesbian Political Caucus, 1 person appointed by MassEquality, 1 persons appointed by the Massachusetts Teachers Association, 1 persons appointed by AFT Massachusetts, 3 persons appointed by the Massachusetts Chapter of the American Academy of Pediatrics, 2 persons appointed by the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network of Boston, 2 persons appointed by the Massachusetts Public Health Association, and 3 persons appointed by the Massachusetts Association of School Superintendents. The membership of the commission shall include at least 1 parent of a gay or lesbian person; 1 high school student; 1 college student; 1 representative from an educational institution; and 1 representative of the mental health professions. Members of the commission shall be drawn from diverse racial, ethnic, religious, age, sexual-orientation and socio-economic backgrounds from throughout the commonwealth. Members shall be considered special state employees for purposes of chapter 268A of the General Laws. The commission shall be an independent agency of the commonwealth and shall not be subject to the control of any other department or agency.
(b)(1) Members shall serve terms of 2 years and until their successors are appointed.
(2) Vacancies in the membership of the commission shall be filled by the original appointing authority for the balance of the unexpired term.
(3) Appointments shall be made in consultation with gay and lesbian organizations. Nominations shall be solicited between August 1 and November 1 of each year through an open application process using a uniform application that is widely distributed throughout the state.
(4) The commission shall elect annually from among its members a chair. The chair of the commission may designate on an annual basis 1 or more commission members as vice-chairs of the commission, and may appoint on an annual basis members of the commission as chairs of advisory committees on high school education, higher education, human services and youth. The chair of the commission may create other advisory committees as needed after consultation with the commission.
(5) The members of the commission shall receive no compensation for their services, but shall be reimbursed for any usual and customary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
(c) The commission shall investigate the use of resources from both the public and private sectors to enhance and improve the ability of state agencies to provide services to gay and lesbian youth. In furtherance of that responsibility, the commission shall:
(1) work in partnership with the department of education and the department of public health to create school-based and community-based programs focusing on suicide prevention, violence intervention, and the promotion of zero-tolerance policies regarding harassment and discrimination against gay and lesbian youth; and
(2) make recommendations about policies and programs supporting gay and lesbian youth on an ongoing basis to the department of education, the department of public health and the executive office of health and human services. The commission shall annually, on or before June 2, report the results of its findings and activities of the preceding year and make recommendations relating to the concerns of gay and lesbian youth to the governor and to the clerks of the senate and house of representatives.
(d) The powers of the commission shall include but not be limited to the following:
(1) to use voluntary and uncompensated services of private individuals, agencies and organizations that may from time to time be offered and needed;
(2) to recommend policies and make recommendations to agencies and officers of the commonwealth and local subdivisions of government to effectuate the purposes of subsection (c);
(3) to select an executive director and to acquire adequate staff to perform its duties, subject to appropriation;
(4) to establish and maintain offices that it considers necessary, subject to appropriation;
(5) to enact by-laws for its own governance; (f) to appoint members to regional chapters of the commission; Outside Sections - 1 and
(6) to hold regular, public meetings and to hold fact-finding hearings and other public forums as it may consider necessary.
(e)(1) The commission may request from all state agencies such information and assistance as the commission may require.
(2) The commission may accept and solicit funds, including any gifts, donations, grants or bequests or any federal funds, for any of the purposes of this section. These funds shall be deposited in a separate account with the state treasurer, be received by the treasurer on behalf of the commonwealth, and be expended by the commission in accordance with law. |
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Here's the entire 2007 budget presented to the Governor on Friday, June 30 - from the State House website (PDF format)
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