Posted on 03/12/2010 11:19:03 AM PST by Jim Robinson
References to the 'laws of nature and nature's God' have been added to the standards for the Texas state school curriculum in American history.
Conservatives members of the Texas Board of Education voted to include the references on Thursday.
They also struck down an amendment calling for students to examine the reasons why the nation's founders barred the government from promoting any religion above another.
Jay Sekulow of the American Center of Law and Justice told CBN News that some want to remove religion from history to make it more politically correct.
"They're rewriting history, that's the real problem here," Sekulow said. "The idea that you're going to revise it to make it more politically palatable is not only bad law, it's really bad history."
Decisions by the Texas Board of Education impact the content of textbooks nationwide because Texas purchases more textbooks than most states.
Video:
http://www.cbn.com/cbnnews/us/2010/March/God-Gets-a-Nod-in-Texas-Lesson-Plans/
(Excerpt) Read more at cbn.com ...
“References to the ‘laws of nature and nature’s God’ “
Pretty subversive...
Facts is facts.
Amen!
I read that this morning...
Some good news to wake up to!
Laws of nature? What is that?
Take a look at what the Leftists wanted included and excluded. Makes me happy to watch the tape of one Hispanic activist walk-out in a huff because the board refused to include in American History several score of historic nobodies with Hispanic names. The simple fact is that 90% of the History of the United States was created by white men, for better or worse.
Now all they have to do is to start teaching that this nation holds these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness, and things might get on the right track.
Most excellent. This hardly runs afoul of the Establishment Clause, by the way. (IMHO)
IN CONGRESS, JULY 4, 1776
The unanimous Declaration of the thirteen united States of America
When in the Course of human events it becomes necessary for one people to dissolve the political bands which have connected them with another and to assume among the powers of the earth, the separate and equal station to which the Laws of Nature and of Nature’s God entitle them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they should declare the causes which impel them to the separation.
We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness. — That to secure these rights, Governments are instituted among Men, deriving their just powers from the consent of the governed, — That whenever any Form of Government becomes destructive of these ends, it is the Right of the People to alter or to abolish it, and to institute new Government, laying its foundation on such principles and organizing its powers in such form, as to them shall seem most likely to effect their Safety and Happiness...
Great news. I wonder if the liberals gave up after they were outed yesterday, or whether they were just outnumbered on the board. In any case, a great outcome.
My argument to leftists has always been, History is history. It doesn’t matter if you approve of it or not, but you can’t just go back and change the past to suit yourself.
(Well, they can, but they don’t like people pointing it out when they do.)
“They also struck down an amendment calling for students to examine the reasons why the nation’s founders barred the government from promoting any religion above another.”
Because many came to practice a religion that was not a state religion in there home country. Sevral colonies wished to establish state religions.
Next subject please.
“Most excellent. This hardly runs afoul of the Establishment Clause, by the way. (IMHO)”
The Founders would agree with you. You are in good company.
They might want to explain why this passage is considered important...that it is the very heart of the document...the founders wanted to bar a state sponsored religion...not all religions...the nitwits on the left (and those who can't think too clearly) don't get that distinction. They are still trying to convince us that we should have freedom FROM religion not freedom OF religion...
Any government powerful enough to include references to "nature's God" in the government school textbooks is powerful enough to **remove** all references to God from the textbooks.
Fundamentally, this is just one more example among thousands for why government schools can NEVER be religiously, politically, or culturally neutral. The school board has a binary choice to make: include or exclude the references to God. Neither is religiously neutral. Both establish a specific worldview that undermines the family values of many children.
This is one more reason among **thousands** why government schools must be abolished and we, as a nation, must more toward complete privatization of schooling.
**ALL** government schools are a freedom of conscience and First Amendment abomination!
Ah, makes sense. Thanks!
My Australian Constitution, has no preamble.
Good grief. Read the Declaration of Independence!
Please read post #14.
It’s U.S. history. Sheesh!
Simply put, TEXAS ROCKS!
(though the jury is still out, until April, on Frito pie)
Thank you, I am sure they would!
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