There are almost too many rules right now against harassment and abuse, as there are against assault and physical violence. Those rules need to be enforced, and if they are not enforced it will not help to pass more of them. Harassment, abuse, and violence ought not to be permitted in schools against any students, including those who think themselves homosexual, but not only they. Also, the religious exclusion provision of the law is narrower than in corresponding California Civil Rights and federal law. This leaves unprotected religious colleges with secular boards and weak or non-existent juridical ties to churches.
Sexual orientation remains ill-defined.
Kuehl's bill refers to California's hate crime law, which sheds little light on the question. But, as we have noted before, definitions are vital. One may be sexually oriented toward men, women, children or beasts. The California Student Safety and Violence Prevention Act of 2000 begins by declaring violence a public health problem of epidemic proportions. The fastest growing, violent crime in California is hate crime.