2 districts rebuff free handout of Constitution (colorado high school)

Denver Post ^ | 8-22-07 | Erin Emery

[dynachrome]

Colorado Springs - Douglas Bruce is known as a frugal man, not a giver of gifts.

But when he tried last spring to give pocket- size copies of the U.S. Constitution to high-school seniors, two Colorado Springs-area districts said "no, thanks."

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Bruce said he made it clear that copies of the Constitution were to be given to seniors, but "I said nothing about giving them at graduation or interfering with the ceremony or my being there. That was a contrived excuse by Lewis-Palmer School District."

[dynachrome]

Douglas Bruce is the guy who came up with TABOR (the taxpayer's bill of rights) where the citizens have to vote on every tax increase. The bureaucrats found many ways around it and it is kind of a dead letter anymore. Looks like the two districts in question are lying about their reasons not to give copies to the seniors. "It's not because we have anything against the Constitution. In fact, it's a lovely document"

[Natchez Hawk]

Constitution?

That’s a dangerous weapon.

[davisfh]

No surprise here.

[Maceman]

Well, since it’s in English, it’s not like most people can read it anyway.

[wilco200]

Wrap it in a cover that says “Koran” and he should have no problem.

[RC2]

Hell........the schools should be handing out these books as a matter of course. Isn’t that what the kids are there to learn? OH....I forgot, they don’t want the kids to learn this countrys history.

[rfp1234]

Rubbers, yes.
Constitution, no.

[frossca]

Robin Adair, a spokeswoman for Lewis-Palmer, said..."It's not because we have anything against the Constitution. In fact, it's a lovely document."

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[dynachrome]

That was the money quote, alright.

[AppyPappy]

My word, you can’t let that document get in the hands of the sheeple

[Lost Highway]

Maybe he should tape a condom to the front of each one.

[xcamel]

kind of the ultimate “weasel words” statement, eh?

[dynachrome]

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[savedbygrace]

Hey, there’s even a poll on that page. We get to vote on it.

Wow, we’re winning 86% to 9%, and the rest say they don’t know. Well, yeah.

[xcamel]

liberals and leftists do live and die on the ignorance of the masses - so the constitution poses a direct and obvious threat to them...

[metmom]

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I guess we can't have high school graduates know anything about the Constitution, now can we? Then they might know what their rights really are and not believe the liberal socialist pap fed them in the classroom.

History classes have apparently taken a real nosedive.

[metmom]

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[metmom]

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[metmom]

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[Tribune7]

Excellent job, Douglas Bruce. You got two school districts to figure out a way to make sure every kid in them reads the Constitution. :-)