Because of the efforts by AFA Online supporters, the National Education Association was forced to drop their proposal to endorse homosexual marriage.

Within hours of AFA Online's alert, the NEA had removed the original proposal and replaced it with a new one. The original paragraph under section B-8 Diversity read as follows:

The Association believes that legal rights and responsibilities with regard to medical decisions, taxes, inheritance, adoption, legal immigration, domestic partnerships, and civil unions and/or marriage belong to all these diverse groups and individuals.
To see the resolution in full, click here (bottom of page in bold type).

The Association also believes that these factors should not affect the legal rights and obligations of the partners in a legally-recognized domestic partnership, civil union, or marriage in regard to matters involving the other partner, such as medical decisions, taxes, inheritance, adoption, and immigration.

CNS News has written an excellent news story concerning the situation. To read their report, click here. Without the response from AFA Online supporters, we feel the resolution with the original paragraph would have been overwhelmingly approved at their upcoming convention in Orlando.

While the NEA continues to deny their efforts were designed to approve homosexual marriage, it is clear that they were. In fact, the NEA affiliate in California has already done so. Click here to see the California statement.