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efhmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 02:21 PM
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The radical religious right wants to control education. They have
never accepted segregation and hate the ideas of democracy. In no other area do they see such a strong chance for the ultimate control of the people of the US than in the public school system. They want to destroy it and replace it with something that is molded on their concept of a biblical hierarchy. The public school system is what made America strong and destroying it will destroy us.
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gumby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 02:47 PM
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1. One way they have been controlling it for years
is through the textbook selection done by two ancient wack-jobs in Texas.

History 101: Ignorance as Power
http://www.texasobserver.org/showArticle.asp?ArticleFileName=020830_f2.htm

"Textbook selection in Texas is closely watched because the state is the second-largest purchaser of school books and the largest state that approves specific books for all grade levels. Books adopted in Texas generally are marketed to schools in dozens of other states."
http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/education/2002083822_gays06.html


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efhmc Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Feb-22-05 02:55 PM
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2. Of course, that is where I live and I see their influence becoming
stronger and stronger. Many of us use to scoff at and fight them religiously (lol) but it seems now that many have lost heart. I weep daily for this country.
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