The National Organization for Marriage (NOM) on Friday put its
muscle behind an effort to repeal California's first-in-the-nation
law that gives transgender K-12 students certain rights.
The new law requires public schools to allow transgender students
access to the restroom and locker room of their choice. Those
students can also decide what sports they want to play.
Supporters said the law will help reduce discrimination faced by
transgender students.
“NOM is urging its members in California to assist in the effort
to gather nearly 505,000 required voter signatures to place the
repeal on the November 2014 ballot, suspending the law until
Californias can vote to reject it,” NOM said in a press release.
Referring to AB1266 as the “bathroom law,” NOM President Brian
Brown said that it is “a horrible attempt by activist to strip
society of all gender and uses children as a weapon in their culture
war.”
“The National Organization for Marriage fully supports the
efforts of the Privacy For All Students coalition to repeal this
dangerous law. Opening our most vulnerable areas at school including
showers, bathrooms, and changing rooms to members of the opposite sex
is politically-correct madness that risks the privacy and security of
our children and grandchildren,” Brown added.
Frank Schubert, NOM's national political director, heads Privacy
For All Students, the campaign to repeal the law.