Sebelius compares state board of ed to Phelps

[proud2BlibKansan]

Sebelius attacks Board of Ed, comparing it to Phelps
Associated Press

TOPEKA, Kan. - Suggesting the state school board is like the Rev. Fred Phelps Sr. in the bad publicity it brings Kansas, Gov. Kathleen Sebelius is promising to push for constitutional changes to strip it of its power to set education policy.

Sebelius, a Democrat seeking a second term this year, criticized the Board of Education's 6-4 conservative majority - which will change next year because of elections this year - for drafting science standards seen as anti-evolution.

She said she will propose a constitutional amendment to allow the governor to appoint a secretary to oversee the Department of Education and make the 10-member board advisory. The constitution now says the board's 10 members are elected, and they appoint a commissioner of education to run the department.

Speaking on Tuesday to The Topeka Capital-Journal's editorial board, Sebelius said the board's actions on evolution last year embarrassed Kansas, just as the anti-gay picketing of Phelps and his Westboro Baptist Church does.

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[hatrack]

1. I'd suggest that Corkins is like Phelps in his general idiocy . . .

But that would be something of an insult to Phelps, and I certainly wouldn't want to be seen as rude . . .