Read an article about Native Americans’ Day that explains when, where and how that day is celebrated.

Read a Feb. 19, 2008, Boston Globe story about colleges adding classes about Mormonism, in part in response to Mitt Romney’s presidential run.

Geoffrey Kors is senior legislative and policy strategist for the National Center for Lesbian Rights and former executive director of Equality California, a nonprofit group that advocates on behalf of gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender Californians.

Former California state Sen. Sheila Kuehl, D-Santa Monica, sponsored legislation – vetoed Sept. 6, 2006, by then-Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger – that would have prohibited in public schools teaching or instructional materials that discriminate against people based on sexual orientation.

Phil Burress is president of Citizens for Community Values, which has offices in Cincinnati and Columbus, Ohio. Read the CCV report “The Legal Liability Associated with Homosexuality Education in Public Schools.”

Nate Monson is executive director of the GLBT Youth in Iowa Schools Task Force, based in Des Moines.

Ryan Roemerman is founder and director of the Iowa Pride Network, based in Des Moines, which works with and on behalf of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and questioning college and public school students.

John Rustin is president and executive director of the North Carolina Family Policy Council, based in Raleigh. The council focuses on a variety of faith-related issues, including conversion therapy and gambling.

Citizens for a Responsible Curriculum formed in Montgomery County, Md., out of concern for how sexual orientation was presented in the public school sex education curriculum.