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   This is what faggot thinking liberal metrosexuals define as law.   
      
   LOS ANGELES -- California's legislature wants to define in law   
   just when "yes means yes'' on college campuses.   
      
   The state Senate unanimously approved legislation Thursday that,   
   according to its sponsor, will change how campus officials   
   investigate sexual assault allegations.   
      
   The bill goes to Gov. Jerry Brown, who has until the end of   
   September to sign it into law.   
      
   Rather than using the refrain "no means no," the definition of   
   consent under the bill requires "an affirmative, unambiguous and   
   conscious decision" by each party to engage in sexual activity.   
      
   If it becomes law, the measure would apply to all colleges and   
   universities accepting state financial aid.   
      
   The action came as the state legislature rushed toward scheduled   
   adjournment, and as universities around the country are under   
   pressure to improve handling of allegations of sexual assault.   
   Some critics of the bill say the legislation is overreaching and   
   sends universities into murky, unfamiliar legal waters.   
      
   The proposal would require all colleges taking student financial   
   aid funding from the state to agree that in investigations of   
   campus sexual assaults, silence or lack of resistance does not   
   imply a green light for sex, and that drunkenness is not an   
   acceptable defense, the San Jose Mercury-News reported earlier   
   in August.   
      
   The bill was pushed by Sen. Kevin de Leon of Los Angeles, a   
   Democrat.   
      
   "With this measure, we will lead the nation in bringing   
   standards and protocols across the board so we can create an   
   environment that's healthy, that's conducive for all students,   
   not just for women, but for young men as well too, so young men   
   can develop healthy patterns and boundaries as they age with the   
   opposite sex," de Leon said before the vote.   
      
   In anticipation of the legislature's approval, the National   
   Coalition for Men, a non-profit group based in San Diego, posted   
   on its website last week an article urging Brown to veto the   
   legislation.   
      
   "It is tragically clear that this campus rape crusade bill   
   presumes the veracity of accusers (a.k.a. 'survivors') and   
   likewise presumes the guilt of accused (virtually all men). This   
   is nice for the accusers – both false accusers as well as true   
   accusers — but what about the due process rights of the   
   accused?,'' wrote Gordon Finley, an adviser to the group and   
   professor emeritus of psychology at Florida International   
   University.   
      
   Advocates for victims of sexual assault supported the change as   
   providing consistency across campuses and challenge the notion   
   that victims must have resisted assault in order to have valid   
   complaints.   
      
   "It does change the cultural perception of what rape is," Sofie   
   Karasek, an activist who sought changes in how the University of   
   California-Berkeley handles such cases, told the Mecury-News.   
   "There's this pervasive idea that if it's not super violent then   
   it doesn't really count."   
      
   The bill would apply to all California post-secondary schools,   
   public and private, that receive state money for student   
   financial aid. The California State University and University of   
   California systems supported the legislation after adopting   
   similar consent standards this year.   
      
   The bill also requires colleges and universities to adopt   
   "victim-centered" sexual-assault response policies and implement   
   comprehensive programs to prevent assault.   
      
   "If the governor signs it, this will lead the entire country,   
   the nation," de Leon said. "It's very difficult to say no when   
   you're inebriated or someone slips something into your drink."   
      
   Contributing: Associated Press   
      
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