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Measure #9
Prohibits sanctioning homosexual, bisexual behaviors.

RESULT OF “YES” VOTE: “Yes” vote prohibits public school instruction encouraging, promoting, or sanctioning homosexual/bisexual behaviors; provides penalties.

RESULT OF “NO” VOTE: “No” vote rejects proposal to prohibit public school instruction encouraging, promoting, sanctioning homosexual/bisexual behaviors.

PEAPAC Explanation: If passed, Measure 9 would prohibit public schools from encouraging, promoting, or sanctioning homosexual or bisexual behavior.

We support this Measure, and hope you’ll vote Yes on it. Some say supporters of Measure 9 are homophobes, who fear and despise homosexuals. We believe this is true of some supporters of this Measure, and wish to distance ourselves from those who are motivated by a personal hatred or fear of men and women who practice homosexuality.

In Romans 1, homosexuality is put in a list of sins such as fornication, covetousness, envy, backbiting, and disobedience to parents. We abhor the hypocrisy of those who choose to condemn homosexuality while engaging unashamedly in these other actions.

Having said that, the Bible is the standard by which all men’s actions must be properly evaluated and governed. It tells us that civil government is to restrain certain sins by punishing evil-doers (Rom. 13:4).

Clearly, the Bible asserts that homosexuality is wrong; it’s a sin, an evil, a violation of God’s holy Word (Rom. 1; Matthew 5:17-48; Lev. 18:22; 20:13). As such, it must be strongly discouraged by the civil government. On the face of it, then, Measure 9 should be strongly supported.

As with all sins, the sin of homosexuality, in spite of the bondage it brings, can be overcome through the work of God in Jesus Christ. Part of the means God uses to effect conviction for this sin is a civil government that not only does not promote it via its schools, but also actively seeks its suppression from the public arena. We hope you vote Yes on Measure 9.

This voters' guide produced by Parents Education Association, PAC.