Thursday, July 23rd 2009 at 00:03 AM
Christian right aims to change history lessons in Texas schools
Not being happy with many children already reciting the pledge of allegiance in class each morning which includes a reference to the US as "one nation under God"; it seems those right wing Christian fundies are at it again!
Having failed to push Intelligent Design into Texas school science classes, it now looks like they're making an attempt to push it into history lessons, making such claims as:
"there is a fixed moral law derived from God and nature", that "there is a creator" and "government exists primarily to protect God-given rights to every individual"
Dan Quinn of the Texas Freedom Network summed it up quite nicely when he says:
"I don't think anyone disputes that faith played a role in our history. But it's a stretch to say that it played the role described by David Barton and Peter Marshall. They're absurdly unqualified to be considered experts. It's a very deceptive and devious way to distort the curriculum in our public schools,"
You can read the complete article over on the guardian.co.uk website here.
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