Union Dues Fund Gay Marriage Drive
As pointed out by Charlie Butts of OneNewsNow.com: “A considerable amount of funds raised toward defeating California’s Proposition 8 — which would define marriage as between one man and one woman — has come from two unions.” But despite the fact that California is not a Right to Work State, workers can do something about it.
In an interview with OneNewsNow.com, Stefan Gleason with the National Right to Work Foundation explains that:
“In this situation, many teachers may be very outraged to find out that their money is being diverted into this kind of a left-wing and controversial social cause,” he contends.
Gleason says union members need to learn their rights because unions are not letting them know. He explains that if members object on religious grounds, they need to submit a list of two or three organizations they can support, and they then agree with the union on a charity. “And the union may or may not agree to that. There may be some back-and-forth, but it has to be a mutually agreed upon charity,” Gleason adds. “It has to be one that does not conflict with the employee’s religious beliefs.”
The California Teacher’s Association is one of the unions supporting retaining homosexual marriage, which in May was legalized by the state supreme court.