Posted on 04/05/2007 6:00:02 AM PDT by mware
Hostage drill at NJ school features mock 'Christian terrorists' Jim Brown OneNewsNow.com April 2, 2007
The head of a national, Texas-based pro-family group says a recent hostage drill at a New Jersey high school, which portrayed conservative Christians as terrorists, is reflective of a dangerous philosophy that has become prevalent in many parts of America, where it is having negative effects on education.
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A local paper reports that a drill at Burlington Township High School in New Jersey involved police portraying mock gunmen, described as "members of a right-wing fundamentalist group called the 'New Crusaders' who don't believe in the separation of church and state." The fake gunmen were said to have been "seeking justice because the daughter of one [member] had been expelled for praying before class."
Historian and constitutional expert David Barton is president of WallBuilders, a national pro-family organization that distributes historical, legal, and statistical information and helps citizens become active in their local schools and communities. He says the stereotyping used in the high school's drill is an accurate indicator of what is being taught in public schools in the Northeast region of the country.
"It's been interesting to see the indoctrination that goes on," Barton notes, "where we've had in the same region, even federal courts up in that same area, say it's okay to start teaching second graders about homosexuality and homosexual 'marriage.'"
Also, the author and historian observes, the common thinking prevalent in this region is "that, by the way, we do not have to notify parents that we're going to indoctrinate kids because this is such an important societal value that all citizens need it." But in fact, he asserts, such liberal indoctrination of students in religious and moral areas of thought has been shown to lead to some undesirable outcomes.
"There is now a study that has been done by the University of Connecticut that shows that kids who have gone through that type of education actually know less academically than when they enter [school], and they're calling that phenomenon 'negative learning,'" Barton points out. "So that kind of indoctrination or philosophy is having an adverse effect academically," he says.
Nevertheless, the WallBuilders founder observes, liberal attitudes like the one that informs the Burlington Township High School drill are "fairly reflective of the philosophy that has really inculcated that part of the country. He says many schools, local officials, and members of Congress from the Northeast share a strong hostility toward traditional values.
The "separation of church and state" phrase invoked in the school hostage drill, Barton asserts, was rarely used by America's founding fathers and is currently construed by many liberals to mean almost exactly the opposite of what it originally meant, protecting churches from the government.
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Fox news is covering the story right now. Some real ticked off people.
Next up they’ll be coming after my para-military group, aka The Knights of Columbus.
Oh by the way, the NJ dept of education has no comment.
Yes of course you are correct, but it just galls me that they decide to pick on us right before our most Holy Week of the year.
Are them darn Methodist at it again? /s
Burlington County to boot. That is the part that stunned me.
Which "conservative Christians" had this honor? Amish terrorists? Missouri Synod Lutherans? American Anglican Council? The Society of St. Pius X? Old Calendar Greeks?
New Jersey School’s Response to Allegation of Christian Terrorists
In a rather weak response, the Burlington Township School District issued a statement regarding their recent hostage drill. Last week, the Burlington Township School District, in conjunction with its local police department, conducted a mock hostage-taking. The perpetrators of the hostage-taking were allegedly right-wing fundamentalists who were concerned about the separation of church and state. In fact, the precipitating event in this mock drill was that the daughter of one of the right-wing fundamentalist group members was suspended for praying before the school day. This mock hostage-taking is an outrage!
What is equally outrageous is the weak response of the school officials to the concern that has been raised. We have received thousands of phone calls over the last 24 hours from our friends and members expressing outrage at the School District. We have also received calls from individuals who live in Burlington Township. Christian students have complained about this portrayal of Christians as mock hostage-takers.
The School District issued a belated statement saying that they knew there were “concerns” raised by the exercise, and that “any perceived insensitivities to our religious community as a result of the emergency exercises are regrettable.” The fact that the School District said “any perceived insensitivities” is as outrageous as their allowing the exercise to take place portraying Christians in such a negative light. Although the School District went on to say that the “perceived insensitivities to our religious community as a result of the emergency exercises are regrettable,” that is not enough. A public apology is in order, where the School District clearly states that this was an inappropriate portrayal of Christians and that it will never happen again.
We are continuing in our efforts and will keep everybody posted as this matter progresses.
Oh well than , that makes it alright.
Everyone’s trying to be politically correct at Christian’s expense but they need to remember that not all Muslims are terrorist but all the terrorist that are attacking us are Muslim and not Christian.
Yep, I agree 100%.
Christians are perceived as a nice soft target.
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