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Texas Conservatives Win Curriculum Change
After three days of turbulent meetings, the Texas Board of Education on Friday approved a social studies curriculum that will put a conservative stamp on history and economics textbooks, stressing the superiority of American capitalism, questioning the Founding Fathers’ commitment to a purely secular government and presenting Republican political philosophies in a more positive light.
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The conservative members maintain that they are trying to correct what they see as a liberal bias among the teachers who proposed the curriculum. To that end, they made dozens of minor changes aimed at calling into question, among other things, concepts like the separation of church and state and the secular nature of the American Revolution.
“I reject the notion by the left of a constitutional separation of church and state,” said David Bradley, a conservative from Beaumont who works in real estate. “I have $1,000 for the charity of your choice if you can find it in the Constitution.”
They also included a plank to ensure that students learn about “the conservative resurgence of the 1980s and 1990s, including Phyllis Schlafly, the Contract With America, the Heritage Foundation, the Moral Majority and the National Rifle Association.”
Texas Conservatives Win Vote on Textbook Standards - NYTimes.com
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School cancels prom after Homosexual pupil asks to take her ''girlfriend''... and wear a Tuxedo
A teenager's battle to be allowed to take her girlfriend to her school prom has divided America.
Constance McMillen has filed a lawsuit asking a judge to order the dance to go ahead after her school cancelled it rather than let the same-sex couple attend.
Miss McMillen, 18, is also demanding the right to wear male evening dress instead of the traditional prom gown.
Constance McMillen: School bans prom after lesbian student asks to take girlfriend... and wear a tuxedo | Mail Online
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