Unreal: California school board calls the words of the Declaration “offensive” (VIDEO)

The Constitutional Alamo ^ | 04/03/10 | Michael Naragon

[Publius772000]

As a social studies teacher, this one strikes close to home. On my classroom walls, I have several quotes from figures we study in my various classes. Among these are phrases attributed to Sun Tzu, Alexander the Great, and, of course, many icons of American history. Two of my favorites come from Thomas Jefferson and Abraham Lincoln:

"God who gave us life gave us liberty. Can the liberties of a nation be secure when we have removed a conviction that these liberties are the gift of God? Indeed I tremble for my country when I reflect that God is just, that his justice cannot sleep forever." — Thomas Jefferson

"Sir, my concern is not whether God is on our side; my greatest concern is to be on God’s side, for God is always right." — Abraham Lincoln

I consider myself very fortunate to be teaching in a relatively conservative private school that allows me to determine what I will display in my classroom, within reason. The mindset that apparently permeates the school board in question is the same mindset that infects our nation’s Capitol, that expresses more concern for partisan politics than the Constitution that guarantees our freedom, that sees more danger in the words of our Founding Documents than the destructive results of a society that has forsaken, by federal decree, its moral compass.

[Publius772000]

Video of the story available at the original article.

[celmak]

I sent a thumbs up on the web site and YouTube:

http://www.youtube.com/watchv=ljO4MntWsmY&feature=player_embedded

[celmak]

Apparently the Youtube link does not work; but you can get the Youtube link from the article.

[celmak]

Why parents should be tax exempt for homeschooling.

[deks]

Here a link to the video...

http://www.youtube.com/user/PikaFilms#p/u/2/ljO4MntWsmY

[CORedneck]

We cannot survive too long without God.Without him, our wicked minds and hearts take over and things degrade very quickly !

[feedback doctor]

Bttt

[metmom]

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[Lancey Howard]

Parents who love their children must take them out of the government schools immediately.

[Publius772000]

This is something the Founding Fathers—even those who were not personally religious—clearly understood. Adams, Jefferson, Franklin, Washington... all of them wrote, in their own way, that this Republic was based upon the idea of a moral citizenry. That morality would be ensured by a belief in and love for God. As that has been eroded, by attrition and by force, our nation has been in steady decline.

[Publius772000]

“Government” schools is the term we always use at home (thanks to Neal Boortz). Not “public” schools. Every time we drive past one, our kids ask, “Is that a school run by the government?” Puts things in clearer perspective, I think.

[tutstar]

It is unreal!

[Publius772000]

I could have just as easily used “unbelievable,” but it seems that this sort of philosophy is becoming pervasive to the point that these kinds of incidents are more commonplace.