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Not true at all. National PTA does not donate money to various political organizations. There have been organizations that some may consider political (the Anti-Semetic League for example) that National has worked with on various issues (for example anti-bullying) but organizations donate to us, not the other way around. Completely false!The National PTA as a whole in this country has lost and continues to lose support and membership every year because it donates money to various political organizations. It has been the topic of conversation on these boards many times.
It was not the California PTA, it was a PTA unit in a specific city in California (the only unit in the entire State of California and in the entire US to have such a resolution) that adopted a resolution to oppose a constitution change. As a PTA member myself, I didn't quite agree, however if any individual unit finds that an issue falls within the purposes, there are no resolutions that would prohibit it (for example, Nevada State PTA has an official position that we have no position and so a unit could not adopt a resolution that would be in conflict) and the membership votes to approve the resolution, then they can do so. PTA units do operate independently and can adopt their own resolutions. This particular unit's resolution appears to support gay marriage but can also be viewed as only opposing changes to the constitution- it depends on who is spinning it and what they hope to accomplish from the spin.Just last year there was some big heated discussions about the PTA in California supporting Gay marriages.