[DRey]

See what I mean? "Perry has been an amnesty supporter from Day 1."

Oh, brother..........
BTW, I homeschooled my daughter, too, until we moved back to Texas from Florida. Have you heard what Perry did with the textbooks? For decades liberals have been writing our textbooks....anti-God, anti-Christian, amoral, etc. Perry took them on. It took years and years as governor, but he finally fired all the people who were appointing all those liberals -- it was a big stink and made national news -- but he finally got to the actual committee and LET THEM GO. He replaced them all with conservatives you promptly rewrote the textbooks. No more liberal brainwashing in Texas.

But wait, there's more! Since Texas is such a big state, with such "buying power," publishers defer to us. That means that the textbooks offered to many other states are dictated by what Texas requires. So.....Rick Perry single-handedly changed the education of children in Texas (and many other states) from the liberal garbage to just the facts. He did it. He did it alone. He didn't even campaign on it. He just took it on because it was the "right" thing to do. Without the legislature's help or support. And he was CRUCIFIED for it in the media, like everything else he ever does. There are so many reasons to love this man. He has plenty of faults, but he loves this country and our kids and is a solid Christian in everything he does. That's why they hate him.

[casinva]

DRey,

Thanks for the insight about the “border battles” here at Free Republic!

Maybe we should put some strategically placed drones on some of the posters reply buttons here! :)

Yes, since moving to Texas a few years back, I have been paying attention to some of the educational changes Rick Perry has been making. I know you are talking about Rick Perry’s fight for conservative textbooks which is of a political interest for sure.

What I have found interesting is something that may not be necessarily political, but it has helped me understand and EXPERIENCE the treasure that is possible when a people are blessed with Christian leadership as we here in Texas. The public schools here are even blessed by such Christian leadership.

For instance, the Fort Worth ISD (Independent School District) routinely refers pregnant teenagers to a private Christian pregnancy center where they receive Christian support, a SONOGRAM, and help. This is a private, Christian, pro-life agency, and it is funded by churches and private individuals. Yet here in Texas, at least in Fort Worth, it is OK for the school system to refer their students there... and they DO it!

Also, while we home school, or should I say HAVE home schooled since all mine are either now in or through college, my husband teaches private music lessons in one of the public schools here, and he has other things (workshops, adjudications, judging music competitions, etc) that he does with some of the local public schools here in Texas. We are STILL amazed at how he gets emails from teachers in PUBLIC SCHOOL SYSTEMS who have some sort of Scripture or Christian saying as signatures on their school emails.

In Virginia, we had a young man who was kicked out of school for three days because he was wearing a witness wear t-shirt to his high school and refused to take it off or turn it upside down. In Texas, my husband says his kids come in all the time with witness wear — t-shirts, hats, etc.

I loved Virginia when I lived there, and I miss Virginia a lot, but if we ever more from Texas, I am so going to miss the liberty and freedom we have here. I have EXPERIENCED it, and it is something I wish could be for others who would appreciate that same freedom to be who they really are, wherever they may be, and that includes the schools.

PS, Texas is a right to work state, so the teachers here are NOT unionized. I’ve never heard any of them complaining (except when Wisconsin was having all that junk going on and the teachers here were telling them all in baited breath to GO BACK TO WORK!

Enjoyed the chat, DRey, but it’s getting pretty late here, even for us rugged Texans! :)