Textbook approvals hi-jacked by conservative board members

[theivoryqueen]

Austin is experiencing some serious growing pains these days. Ahhh for the good ole days when liberals and Willie Nelson were who you'd most likely run into.

http://www.statesman.com/opinion/content/auto/epaper/editions/thursday/editorial_f3aa00d6d523403200f9.html

Although this is merely an editorial, I do hope the good folks of Austin , and everywhere else this is happening, fight back to prevent these zealots from establishing de facto Madrasas via our school systems.

[Fenris]

1. It's not the Austinites pressuring the textbook board

It's the fundamentalist Christians from the Southeast. My town is the central of this bad activity. Look for information on the Republican Leadership Council. They tried to ban books last year, had a copy of the statue of David "fig-leafed" (it was on private! property), and are pimping intelligent design, which in their minds is the same as creationism. It isn't, but they're using it as a front to get Genesis taught in schoolbooks.

[theivoryqueen]

2. Yikes... fig leafed???

that's sort of funny. And pathetic.

[Wwagsthedog]

4. Fenris is not kidding

We suffer under the burden of living in a county that is three to one repugnant. Censorship in our library system was barely avoided last summer.

[Trek234]

3. Our texas approved books

Sound like McCarthy wrote them. They are BRAND NEW this year and I swear to god they compare the US and the Soviets so much it's not even funny. "The US is better than the soviets in this way because of X" "The US is better compared to the soviets here too!" "Labor unions bad" "Here Bush is lowering taxes"

[Skittles]

5. LOL!!!

I did run into Willie Nelson in Austin.....back in '77.....he was in line in front of me at a movie theater. He smelled like B.O.

[jsw_81]

6. That editorial was extremely depressing

I can't believe I live in a country where science is under attack. And sadly, most Murkin idiots (espicially in red states) don't see why this is a problem.

[msmcghee]

7. Society goes through cycles . . .

. . of reformation and renaissance. Reformation promotes hatred, bigotry, war and violence against those who disgree with you - or are different in some way.

Renaissance promotes equality, fairness, compromise, the common good, science, artistic beauty.

Guess which is the party of reformation - which is renaissance.

Guess which set of values are overtaking our society at this moment.

[izzie]

8. Started reading this type stuff 25 years ago.

The christion right started that way. School boards etc.