The high school dropout rate is 1-in-4 in California and 1-in-3 in the Los Angeles public school system. So you might think the California Teachers Association (CTA), the state's largest teachers' union, would have other priorities over the Marriage Amendment. Yet, the CTA has donated $1.25 million of the roughly $3 million raised within the state to oppose Proposition 8, a ballot initiative that would overturn a state Supreme Court ruling that allowed same-sex marriage. Read more...
