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SACRAMENTO , February 25, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – A California petition drive seeking to put the state’s controversial new ‘choose your own gender’ law on the ballot for possible repeal by voters has failed after the secretary of state determined the referendum’s organizers did not get enough valid signatures to force a public vote. The petition needed 504,760 signatures in order to force a referendum.  Organizers with Privacy for All Students collected over 600,000, but the state threw out 131,857, claiming they were invalid.  The remaining 487,484 signatures fell just 17,276 short of the required goal. But supporters of the referendum say they’re not giving up that easily.  Privacy for All Students co-chairs Gina Gleason and Karen England vowed to insist on a careful review of the rejected signatures, especially in San Diego and San Bernardino Counties, where county officials each threw out 14,000 and 13,000 signatures, respectively.  “I don’t be...

HERCULES, CA, February 10, 2014 ( LifeSiteNews.com ) – Jewlyes Gutierrez, the 16-year old transgendered boy who was charged with battery after a fight in November 2013,  has been sentenced  to participate in a restorative justice program. Gutierrez has been ordered to return to Judge Thomas Maddock 's court in May. Gutierrez will participate in the criminal justice program and receive alternative treatment , including counseling, mediation and conflict resolution . Once the program is completed,  all charges will be dropped . The agreement was worked out as part of a plea deal . Jewelyes Gutierrez While all students  were originally suspended  after the fight, charges were filed by the girl Gutierrez struck. Gutierrez and his sister claim he faced harassment, including being spat on, for several months despite Gutierrez going to school officials. He admits to throwing the first strike in the fight, but says he struck the girl who filed charges ...

DES MOINES, IA ,  – The Affordable Care Act (ACA) is one of the most controversial laws in America because of its mandates, taxes, and coverage of elective abortions with a $1 surcharge. Now, there may be another reason for debate on the law's merits: taxpayer-funded “gender reassignment” surgery. The law may fund costs related to gender reassignment,  according to Andi Medici  in FederalTimes.com. Since 1981, federal law has barred federal tax dollars from paying for "transsexual surgery" through programs like Medicare and Medicaid . On December 2, the HHS Department's appeals board  decided  that the “ National Coverage Determination ” should be reconsidered, opening the door to taxpayer-funded sex-change operations .  Medici adds that  Section 1557  of the Affordable Care Act, conventionally known as ObamaCare , no longer explicitly states that the federal subsidies will not require coverage for transgender-related surgeries....