More Stupid Insanity From Texas

[Solitary]

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Americans United for Separation of Church & State

A watchdog group said recently that the Texas State Board of Education has rejected some of the most problematic proposed changes to the state’s public school social studies textbooks, but attempts to force religious ideas into the curriculum remain a serious threat.

The Texas Freedom Network (TFN), an Americans United ally, has long monitored the controversy surrounding public school textbooks in Texas. Many times, creationists and others with a far-right agenda have tried to force fundamentalist dogma into the public school curriculum by suggesting various changes to statewide materials. (See “Erasing Separation?,” November 2014 Church & State.)

Fortunately many of those efforts fell short once again. As reported by TFN in October, textbook publishers told state education officials that they intend to make corrections that include addressing misinformation about the term “jihad,” removing a claim that implies Islam spread only through violence and making it clearer that slavery was the primary cause of the American Civil War.

But, TFN said, some textbooks, which will be used next year, still overstate the influence of evangelical Christianity during the founding period of the United States.

Just think. Texas text books are usually what all the other schools in America use as text books. 

[Munch]

Speaking as a brit here, but its my understanding that despite christian fundies and evangelicals claiming that america was founded on christian principles, the reality is it wasn't, and most of the founding fathers were not Christians?

[Solitary]

You are correct! Most of them were deists.  And our Constitution was based on the Native American's league of Nations where women and gays had the same rights as men, even though they had different jobs to do.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Time for other states to reject anything coming from the Texas school board and their books, but with so many states now in republican control it's only going to get worse.

[Solitary]

What I don't understand why republicans get in office when there are more working people than the rich, unless people are stupid. Wait! I answered my own question. 

[Munch]

What I don't understand why republicans get in office when there are more working people than the rich, unless people are stupid. Wait! I answered my own question. 

Think about all the people who go to church on sunday, Theres your answer.

[Gawdzilla Sama]

  Just think. Texas text books are usually what all the other schools in America use as text books. 

That used to be the case, but with "print on demand" states are able to buy the books they select rather than defaulting to the Texicanos' choice.

[Atheon]

California is also a huge state. I suggest that California get on the ball and start publishing textbooks for the rest of the country.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Expect that Jefferson and Paine were the first Antichrists in the united states..

[stromboli]

My experience with Texans is limited, but my take from the ones I've met is that if you got rid of the stupidly insane people from there, you'd wind up with a whole lot of empty real estate. Like Rhode Island in the middle of a desert. 

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Plenty of smart people live in Texas, but not many are in positions of political power..

[Green Bottle]

So basically apa, what yer saying is that the Morons are in charge.....

[stromboli]

So basically apa, what yer saying is that the Morons are in charge.....

We have a select group of morons. Republican Christian Conservatives. All the bullshit in one bag.

[AllPurposeAtheist]

Hey! Rick Perry prayed for rain and it rained.. We'll just forget that the weather service was predicting rain for over a week.. 

[Munch]

So basically apa, what yer saying is that the Morons are in charge.....

DUM DUM DUM DUM DUM!