Posted on 11/24/2004 4:05:08 AM PST by WestVirginiaRebel
Edited on 11/24/2004 4:19:23 AM PST by Jim Robinson. [history]
First it was God, then the Ten Commandments, now the Declaration of Independence, and next it will be the American Constitution. Slowly, ever so slowly...they are trying to cleanse our nation of the very fundamentals that it was founded on.
I think if they push this issue, it will actually prove that they are trying to remove our history from the schools. They are trying to use this as a wedge for their own socialistic ideals. It is not a matter of freedom, it is a matter of their political agenda. You give them enough rope and they could hang themselves with this.
ACLU? I think it should stand for "American Crackpots Liberal Undermining".
One can follow Christian morals without being Christian.
You are exactly right. Most of us already knew this but the crazier they get the more of us they wake up. Most of them already know this and are just trying to rewrite our history to suit their agenda but to all of the lefts useful idiots out there, the principle of the idea of separation of church and state was not to protect the state but to protect the church.
If it was a teacher pimping for Islam or some other unfavored religion by too many Freepers, the outrage would entirely be directed at the teacher. Based on the source of the article, the gargantuan imbalance between opinion and facts offered therein, I believe this is another phony catalyst used to stir outrage.
Until there's actually some REAL information, I remain *HIGHLY* skeptical of the slant of the article cited.
Hard to consider teaching history without mentioning the motives and beliefs of the people that created it. I think social mores evolved over time, the most sensible ones surviving and being refined in the most successful long-living religions. Ones that would allow theivery, murder or incest would have tended to be weeded out over time. Christian morals, as interpreted by the self-reliant and independent people that founded America, have created the best country on the planet. Minus the theology, I am ripping them for my own. Why re-invent a complex system that works.
Moslims, on the other hand...those fanatics are dangerous anachronists.
The very reason the Pilgrims came here. The very reason that they celebrated Thanksgiving. They made it through.
You and so many others here have proven that the world really hasn't gone insane. There is only a minority that would like to revise our country's past and unhinge our future.
Happy Thanksgiving!
Folks the real story here is Religious Right lies through their teeth. And you suckers fell for it. Let me explain.
The Declaration was not banned in Cupertino. What was banned was a heavily edited handout with only the religious references in the Declaration natures God, Creator, and Divine Providence. Also other handouts, that put together, show that this teacher was coming to class with an agenda to push the Christian Nation line.
One handout had quotes from famous leaders regarding religion. One of the quotes, from George Washington, is now listed as unauthenticated by David Barton, a Christian Heritage proponent masquerading as a historian. Barton was the very guy who publicized these quotes in the 1990s. Also in that handout, Jesus is quoted about the bible. Help me out here, what does that have to do with teaching the religious, economic
.etc. reasons that our nation was founded for that the teacher claims he was only following the California curriculum guidelines? Further, there is no countervailing opinions for example, some of the things that Jefferson, Adams, or Paine said that would drive Jerry Falwell over the wall.
Another handout was the supposed Washington Prayer Journal. This document was rejected almost 100 years ago by the Smithsonian as not being an authentic Washington artifact the handwriting did not match, and the spelling was too good. (Washington was a notoriously poor speller).
But what story was promoted by the Alliance Defense Fund and all the right wing radio talk show hosts? Declaration was banned. But when you look at it, it is clear the Declaration was NOT banned, and the principal was probably right to review and reject these supplemental materials being brought into the classroom.
So, the very people who want to post the Ten Commandments in every classroom violated one of them themselves from ADF to Rush to Sean and the whole gamut of minor-city pundits : Thou shall not bear false witness, folks. I hope the CUSD board & the principal sues the pants off of the ADF, Fox News, Rush, & Hannity for slandering them.
What took you so long?
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