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"The fact is that, for good or for ill, nearly everything in our culture worth transmitting, everything which gives meaning to life, is saturated with religious influences."
To create a "sweeping constitutional doctrine" adopting and enforcing rules and regulations prohibiting all instruction of religious education in all public schools would not be practical, he surmised.

Isn't this now the time to begin reemphasizing exactly that - pointing out every aspect of our culture based on our heritage - and why it is so? Adams pointed out that "Facts are stubborn things". Because of this little inconvenience, they are offence to liberals.

Perhaps we should adopt the abbreviation "FC" ("Factually Correct") every time that anyone brings up the point that we must be "PC"! They'll hate it, but they won't be able to argue it!

He justifies his course plan by invoking state Education Code Section 51511, which provides, "Nothing in this code shall be construed to prevent, or exclude from the public schools, references to religion or references to or the use of religious literature, dance, music, theatre, and visual arts or other things having a religious significance when such references or uses do not constitute instruction in religious principles or aid to any religious sect, church, creed, or sectarian purpose and when such references or uses are incidental to or illustrative of matters properly included in the course of study."

What part of this does the school district not understand?
I would hardly be accused of being a religious fanatic, but I do have a high respect for history – all history, both that which makes us look good and that which is not so good. Religion played a major role in our founding. If it is left out history is not being taught. We went through this a few years ago when some wanted to eliminate “dead white men” from our history. I haven’t read a high school history book for years – but from conversations with the younger crowd “dead white men” may have been eliminated.
I just Googled “dead white men”, and could find nothing supporting their elimination from the curriculum. Did sanity actually win? Will sanity win in the asinine attempt to remove all reference to religion?

Worthy of repeating:
As this alarming trend takes root, a nation's history can disappear like dandelion seeds scattering in a breeze.