Chuck Norris says "Don't mess with Texas"...threatens liberals with branding irons.

[madfloridian]

From Susan Ohanian's blog, as I just don't want to link to Town Hall to give traffic.

Norris is back on his don't mess with us religious theme.

Chuck Norris :: Townhall.com Columnist Don't Mess With Texas... Textbooks!

Susan's comment:

Chuck Norris serves on the board of directors of the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools, an organization promoting the use of the Bible in public schools, and also speaks on behalf of organizations advocating official prayers in public schools. The reader comments at the Town Hall site are way more over the top than Chuck is.

This is from March. Norris's comments.

Liberals and progressives complain that conservatives are hijacking the curriculum process and modifying textbooks to fit their ideological whims. But the history of textbook alterations clearly has proved it is the liberals who have changed the course and content of curricula and textbook production. Conservatives have been largely the guardians or preservationists of tradition. Progressives have changed curricula content to pacify the politically correct and adopt what they value today and want others to value tomorrow.

..."Maintaining balanced curricula in our public schools is the reason my wife, Gena, and I joined the board of the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools, whose state-certified Bible course (elective) has been implemented in 532 public school districts (2,035 high schools) in 38 states. Visit http://www.BibleInSchools.net"> Bible in Schools for more information.

As I wrote in my newly released and expanded paperback version of "Black Belt Patriotism," if you want to join me in stopping educational corruption, gridlock and tyranny, then consider doing any of the following:

.."--Get involved in local, state and national politics, and make your voice heard. The time for passivity is over. As Thomas Jefferson once said, "All tyranny needs to gain a foothold is for people of good conscience to remain silent."

.."My personal warning to educational tyranny and tyrants is this: It's best not to test or mess with Texas. If you thought we fought hard for the Alamo, wait until you see what we can do for the right to educate our children. You can hide behind your No. 2 pencils, but our branding irons will find your tail sides.

He threatens liberals with branding irons?

Not the first time he has pushed his religious views.

Chuck Norris urges getting religion back in the public schools


Council board member and actor Chuck Norris has described this curriculum as the "first step to get God back into your public school."

Currently 8 percent of public schools nationwide offer courses on the Bible. The Supreme Court has deemed these classes constitutional so long as they "present knowledge, but neither promote nor disparage belief." Odessa residents are thus challenging the course's execution and not its existence. The district chose the more controversial of two leading Bible class curricula: a course designed by the National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools, a group run by a veritable Who's Who of conservative Christian leaders. Council board member and actor Chuck Norris has described this curriculum as the "first step to get God back into your public school."

[Lucian]

1. I feel sorry for the children in Texas.

It's not their fault their leaders are making them ignorant on subjects that actually do matter, like science.

[ScreamingMeemie]

6. Luckily my son's teachers are smart enough to work outside of

textbooks.

[JHB]

37. While you're at it, feel sorry for non-texan children who have to use...

...books tailored to Texas requirments because it's such a big textbook market.

[roguevalley]

49. don't mess with Texas is the stupidest statement i have heard in years

god, I hate regionalist stupidisms.

[tammywammy]

73. "Don't mess with Texas" is an anti-littering campaign. n/t

[GillesDeleuze]

86. football players accusing out of staters of littering

when it was texans throwing their lonestar cans all over the highway

[redqueen]

93. "out of staters"? Um, no.

The ad was aired in Texas. For Texas to, you know... see.

:eyes:

[GillesDeleuze]

113. out of state plates on the truck

footballers couldn't be seen insulting their own.

[redqueen]

117. LOL... no shit? I don't remember, but...

man, you really hold a grudge. :rofl:

Here I'll help you out... try this: the ads aired in Texas... and who do you think lives in Texas? More out of staters, or more residents? (take your time)

Fucking hell... this place.

[curiousdemo]

66. Chuck been hit upside the head to many times.

I remember watching "Return of the Dragon" growing up. Bruce Lee kicked Chuck Norris ass severely. Broke his leg, arm, fingers, and neck. Left his ass in helluva wreak. Even pulled hair from his hairy ass. Maybe will need to resurrect Bruce and have him kick Chuck ass again. Here's the scene:


http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLO1YIWQuXE

[socialist_n_TN]

82. I was thinking the same thing demo....................

Bruce Lee kicked Chuck's ass so bad he's obviously NEVER recovered. What a dildo. No wait. He's not even that. At least a dildo has SOME use.

[vduhr]

136. OOOOOH! Thanks!

That felt good to watch!

[spiritual_gunfighter]

77. I feel sorry for anyone who has ever sat through Lone Wolf McQuade

so I guess I feel sorry for myself.

[sasquuatch55]

114. duplicate post removed.

nt

[sasquuatch55]

115. Keep your religious fantasies to yourselves!

nt

[Chulanowa]

2. Yeah, liberals have change cirricula. it's called fact-checking and correcting

Thanks to us dirty, book-changing liberals, school history textbooks are MUCH closer to what actual historians have, than they were 40 years ago.

[Ron Green]

3. Is this guy claiming to be a Texan? Invoking the Alamo?

He's a poseur if you ask me.

[Ishoutandscream2]

60. Well, we did get our asses kicked in the Alamo

And if we get our asses kicked on this history curriculum fiasco, then it's fine with me. My three public school children will be getting some "revisionist" history lessons from me, Chuck "not a real Texan" Norris. And my books will be based on truth.

[Raine1967]

104. He's actually from Oklahoma... Go figure.

[PSzymeczek]

134. I have found no evidence

that he now resides nor has ever resided in Texas. What a phony.

[Initech]

4. Too many roundhouse kicks to the head, apparently.

[Grand Taurean]

5. Speaking of ignorant hicks....

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[chollybocker]

8. Chuck Norris will kick his imaginary victimhood`s ass.

[ohheckyeah]

9. chuck norris makes me puke. n/t

[Javaman]

30. no, chuch norris makes puke, puke. nt

[Newest Reality]

10. Does Norris need some attenton?

Actor ... publicity?

I look at throwing religion into PUBLIC schools the same way I would see Satanists or Atheists trying to push an ideology on children in an institution where it is mandatory for them to attend and that is specifically provided for learning non-secular subjects and skills. Not that I would be against the study of philosophies, ideologies, and comparative religion since that is broad and encourages understanding and critical thinking.

People choose whatever church or coven or coffee house they will engage in various, non-scholastic activities. It has no place in schools unless they are private, otherwise, it is simply indoctrination of innocents who have not yet developed the skills or maturity to accept or reject what is being promulgated.

[Frank Booth]

11. I'm an aetheist and don't want the Bible taught in schools, but

if Chuck Norris thinks it should be taught, then I'm all for it. I'm not about to disagree with the most dangerous man on the planet.

[Turborama]

12. When Chuck Norris does a pushup, he isn’t lifting himself up, he’s pushing the Earth down.

I wouldn't fuck with him either!

Here's some more reasons...

Chuck Norris can set ants on fire with a magnifying glass. At night.

Chuck Norris once kicked a horse in the chin. Its decendants are known today as Giraffes.

Chuck Norris is capable of photosynthesis.

[havocmom]

13. OK, I'll buy that last one

But, he isn't the brightest potted plant in the greenhouse

[Javaman]

31. The sun doesn't shine on Chuck Norris, Chuck Norris shines on the sun. nt

[Richard Steele]

88. He's so tough that if you opened his head you wouldn't find a brain, just another fist.

Sadly. :(

[The Wielding Truth]

121. Hahaha! I think Dick Cheney is still more dangerous than Chuck.

[MilesColtrane]

14. Whenever Chuck Norris says something stupid (which is often) I like to watch...

Bruce Lee completely kick his ass then snap his neck in "Return of the Dragon".

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JLO1YIWQuXE

[Ichingcarpenter]

15. I think of the same thing every time I hear Norris' craziness

[frylock]

40. love that scene

[Dogmudgeon]

16. He's simply illustrating what "Bearing False Witness" is

Because God never thought it would be necessary to command His children "Thou Shalt Not Be An Ass".

--d!

[Angry Dragon]

17. The dumbing down of American youth

and then they will complain when they can not find anyone qualfied to hold critical jobs

[Jamastiene]

18. His grammar is horrible.

He is incredibly stupid and violent.

His movies fucking suck.

He sucks.

There are many great people from Texas, but Chuck Norris isn't one of them.

:puke:

[Ichingcarpenter]

19. Norris was born in Oklahoma,and later raised in Kansas

later moved to California.

When he was younger he got drunk and fucked the Statue of Liberty then bragged about it to the Lincoln Memorial

[Jamastiene]

20. ...

:rofl:

[myrna minx]

108. .

:spray: I didn't see that coming, and I was expecting some pretty funny stuff on this thread.

[Solly Mack]

21. "If you thought we fought hard for the Alamo..."

Uh...

[Johonny]

39. My thoughts exactly

[Solly Mack]

54. Chuckie probably sees himself as a Davy Crockett type

Snort

[LibertyLover]

67. Well, according to a diary of a Mexican officer

Crockett didn't die fighting but was executed after the battle by Santa Ana's forces. There is, admittedly some debate about whether or not the diary is real, but from what I've read, tests on the page in which Crockett's death is described seem to indicate it is genuine. That's what real history is about - research, debate and more research. I don't think that Norris is capable of understanding that.

[Solly Mack]

79. He probably doesn't know that Crockett isn't in the Bible.

[madfloridian]

46. Perhaps someone should tell him how it ended.

:-)

[harkadog]

51. Given that because of it Mexico lost a piece of land the size of Texas

It ended rather badly for them.

[Solly Mack]

53. and cheat myself of future snickers? Nah

[bulloney]

78. Just before the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor. Right, Chuck?

Too many kicks to the head.

And what makes this clown an authority on ANYTHING? Oh, yeah. He kicked men in the groin in movies. This kind of mindset is why Reagan was elected president, Schwarznegger was elected governor of California, Fred Thompson was elected senator from Tennessee...

And they say the liberals are beholden to Hollywood.

[KansDem]

109. I had an uncle once who was a salesman for a tool company and had Texas as part of his sales region

He lived outside Muskogee for many years.

He would always say, "If the Alamo had a back door, there wouldn't be a Texas."

:rofl:

[pundaint]

112. Oooh, snap!

[Cheap_Trick]

22. Fuck you Chucky

and stick that branding iron up your pathetic ass.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

23. He Shouldn't Get To Close To A Branding Iron His Toupee Might Go On Fire

~

[Javaman]

34. Chuck doesn't wear a toupe...

The toupe wears a chuck. LOL

[Yeahyeah]

24. His real first name is "Carlos".Carlos?I say he's a Mexican spy.

Git him!

[Crunchy Frog]

145. Better make him show his papers.

[Naturyl]

26. So, literally the biggest joke in America is bloviating again?

Yes Chuck, you are, literally, the biggest joke in America. Go roundhouse kick someone and stfu.

[Dogtown]

27. "Norris was born in Ryan, Oklahoma"

from Wikipedia.

[Javaman]

35. Ryan, Ok was created so Chuck could be born there. nt

[dgibby]

28. I want Chuckles

to show me the passage in the Bible that condones using branding irons against people with a different pov. Jesus must be soooo proud of his little follower.:evilgrin:

[Javaman]

36. Chucks only regret...

not being around to teach Jesus to roundhouse kick.

[Roland99]

29. Yeah, because tyranny = separation of church and state.

Go Chuck yourself....and your fairy god, too.

[City Lights]

32. Bring it on, Chuckles!

I've got chunks of guys like you in my stool!

[marmar]

33. 'I wrote in my newly released and expanded paperback version of "Black Belt Patriotism"'

Anybody who purchases this book needs to be taken in for a psychiatric evaluation, post-haste.

[blogslut]

38. Another Texas transplant playing cowboy

Can't even get the vernacular right. Tail Side? Fucking Okie.

[fascisthunter]

41. a legend in his own mind... notice how republican actors are so mediocre

and one dimensional?

[LynneSin]

42. It always seems the republican celebrities are a bunch of has-been actors

If he had a career he'd probably wouldn't give a rat's ass about stuff like this.

[Prof Lester]

68. Retread Hack Actor Tries to Resussitate Dead Career by Pandering to RW "Religious" Kooks!

I put "religious" in quotes for obvious reasons. This guy (like all such) are pathetic opportunists. JC would spew 'em out like vomit and give 'em to their real "god".. JuBaLon ie., lucifer. Let this turd try out his chop sockey while he burns in hell for a few zillion years.

[ShortnFiery]

43. He's so cute. But he used to make some pretty darn good Action Flicks.

I remember on some cable channels, they'd honor him with "Prime Chuck Week" (Chuck Norris) when they'd marathon his flicks. :silly:

I respect the hell out of Chuck Norris as a Martial Artist but as A Voice of Political Reason?

Not so much. ;)

[Tierra_y_Libertad]

44. Which proves that being kicked in the head is not sound educational policy.

[madfloridian]

45. heh heh

:hi:

[sasquuatch55]

116. hee hee

:hi:

[Richard Steele]

95. ......->

[undeterred]

47. We should boycott stations that play his films.

[rAVES]

48. washed up loser

[Rex]

50. From this native Texan to Chuck "Texas Imposture" Norris

I find the most moranic, idiotic, unevolved 'Texans' are NOT from Texas and for some reason think they can use the state as an endorsement for saying stupid shit while hiding like a fucking coward. Chuck you and George are the same person - a yellow bellied coward. What's that? Oh yeah...

Chuck you are a fucking coward and an embarrassment to Texas...go back to whatever fucking state you come from - we don't want you here.

[redqueen]

92. Well said. (nt)

[KansDem]

110. He was born in Ryan, Oklahoma...

Maybe he thinks that's close enough? :shrug:

[lonestarnot]

52. He needs to go jerk his rubber band a few more times. He doesn't know shit about any branding

anything. He prollee tries to milk stud horses like his pal the bushitler. Hot air fuckwad. And he is just creepy. Can we get a little smilie with the creeps?

[WeDidIt]

55. I'd call that ignorant fuck a washed up has been

but he never was.

[old mark]

56. Didn't he used to be an actor selling some sort of exercise equpiment?

Yeah, he'd be MY first choice for spokesman...

Texas may be gaining on Arizona in the "Dumbest State" competition.
Poor Florida - they tried so hard, but just couldn't make the cut...

m

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

57. The Alamo? Uh.....Chuck....

Texans were slaughtered at the Alamo, so as a point of historical reference, that's probably not your best choice of metaphors.

But then again, you dumber that a sack of nun-chucks, so I guess it really doesn't matter to you.

[truebrit71]

58. No kidding right? Quite possibly the dumbest metaphor...

:eyes:

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

59. And we'll sail to victory....just like the Titanic! (nt)

[Ishoutandscream2]

61. Yeah, what an idiot. Our asses were kicked at the Alamo

And if we're kicked in the ass over this history curriculum, then fine with me!

[Vermontgrown]

62. Chucky

should stick to what he really knows. His days are over in the acting unless he wants to play the part of an old orangatan in like a sequel to "Every Which Way But Loose."

[pattmarty]

63. He is actually one "conservative" that is dumber than Palin.

[MrMickeysMom]

64. Leave it to an idiot like Chuck Norris...

... to take an anti-liter slogan "Don't Mess With TX" and a reference to the Alamo (a point he obviously misses when talking about "you thought we fought hard then" to really display his utter ignorance.

Go to school, Chuck. Try one with goals of educating your mind. This is the first step to getting your head out of your stupid ass.

[salguine]

65. I'm struck by the fact that "chuck" is also a verb. It's also a noun if you're at

the meat counter in the supermarket. Learned that in school.

[lonestarnot]

69. chuckie is also a noun in my circle.

:evilgrin:

[hapkidogal]

70. Chuck Norris has now

left his mind. Forget the building. Yikes. I think it time we start boycotting him and his products along with places such as Arizona,Georgia, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Virginia. If they want to knuckle drag there should be a consequence for it. Money talks or the lack of:)

[hobbit709]

71. He comes near me with a branding iron, he's gonna meet Mr. 12gauge pump

[DeschutesRiver]

87. I'll pull out my branding iron and my grandfather's iron from his panhandle days

What a douchebag - he makes the error of assuming that everyone on "the other side" of the discussion must fit his stereotypical view of them.

Stereotypes have a limited function, but Norris relies on them to his own detriment in this case. I hear he was actually very proficient with his martial arts skills, although from what I saw, a very bad actor. His statements always make me think he just isn't that bright, and that he is not confident.

I find some people with whom I disagree to be confident about their position and politics, but they don't go running around making empty threats and stupid pronouncements like this guy does. They don't feel threatened enough to need to do so, unlike Norris.

In that respect, I feel a little bitty of pitty for "Mr. Horseface who now hawks exercise equipment because he is too old to be as good as he used to be with his martial arts gig".

[Mad_Dem_X]

72. He's got nerve, quoting Jefferson

I'm sure Thomas Jefferson would not want the Bible being taught in public schools!

Hey, Chuck - not everybody is Christian, you moron!

[spanone]

74. fuck chuck

[wolfgangmo]

75. Proof: Chuck Norris is a socialist.

"Don't mess with Texas" is a government slogan that was first used to try to figure out a way to get redneck dumbasses, like Chuck "too-many-shots-to-the-head" Norris, to stop throwing their trash out their pickups and littering highways.

That's right Chuck, you are repeating a socialist, government slogan. You are a member of the red brigade.

[athenasatanjesus]

76. I guess all conservatives are from Bizarro world.

Like 90% of what they say is the exact opposite of reality.

[DinahMoeHum]

80. Chuck is a dumb fuck. . .

who has taken one too many kicks in the head in his lifetime.

:evilfrown:

[Deep13]

85. He's dumber than this...

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[saltpoint]

83. It's Norris' cross to bear that he is both wildly untalented as an actor

and hopelessly stupid as well.

I don't think a lot of 24-year olds, to pick just one demographic, who are becoming increasingly politically aware, believe that God should be in the public schools.

I don't think Madison and Jefferson would think so either.

[Deep13]

84. Never bring a branding iron to a gun fight.

Sorry, but despite the tough guy persona of Norris and others like him, I'm starting to think these guys are all mouth.

As a side note, how can schools possibly teach the Bible in a belief-nuetral way. If they are teaching facts about the context and where the Bible really came from and the scientific evidence that disproves most of what it claims--isn't that necessarily teaching against belief?

[Hubert Flottz]

89. Chucky's in love...

With Himself...I NEVER have watched one of his stupid flicks. A waste of good film.

[AlbertCat]

90. Chuck Norris urges getting religion back in school....

What.... Taoism? Buddhism ? Some other Chinese religion?











BTW... He's from OK.... not even TX. As usual, close..... but not the real thing.

[JaneFordA]

96. Norris's Xtiantiy...

... is pretty much standard GOP fare: leave the first wife of MANY, MANY years and MANY, MANY kids and trade in for a 28-years younger model "model." ;-)

[socialist_n_TN]

138. His fighting style is NOT Chinese..................

It's more Japanese than anything. As a Chinese martial artist, I MUST protest linking this idiot to a Chinese system.

Daoism and Buddhism WOULD be the belief systems that a traditional Chinese martial artist would espouse.

[redqueen]

91. WTF? He's from fucking Oklahoma... bandwagon jumping shitforbrains

just like bush.

"we fought hard"... who the fuck is "we" asshole? Ugh!

Fucking dipshit. Really says something about this country that morons like him are given any attention whatsoever.

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[samsingh]

97. norris is a rabid insane traitor to america

[Mother Smuckers]

98. Can someone explain to me how mere humans can eject an omnipotent deity from any place

He or She wants to be in? I mean, they keep telling us we've thrown Gawd out of the schools...

And what's more I've heard about "omnipresence" too...I guess that was wrong too.
:grr:


:shrug:

[Buns_of_Fire]

124. To paraphrase Robert Pirsig (in "Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance")...

God can exist in the circuits of a computer as easily as in the petals of a lotus. To think less is to demean God.

Besides, so long as there are pop quizzes and bullies who want to pummel you vigorously about the head and shoulders as soon as you leave the grounds, there'll never be a shortage of praying in school.

[Mother Smuckers]

139. Indeed, although I concluded long ago that studying and karate skills beat the crap out of praying.

:D

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[jmondine]

100. May the ghost of Molly Ivins come back and kick his ass

[PSzymeczek]

135. And may she bring with her

Ann Richards and Shirley Chisholm.

[Althaia]

101. The Establishment Clause means nothing to him..

..and the only 'balanced' course that teaches the Bible would be a comparative religion class. It would include the Quraan, the Torah, Buddhist and Hindu holy books, as well as information about atheism.

Chuck Norris is lying when he says he wants balance. He wants evangelizing.

[Zoeisright]

102. Fuck Norris (sic) is an asshole.

I can't stand his smarmy ugly mug. He's a really bad actor too.

[Gman]

103. How about my boot up your ass, Chuck?

[BlooInBloo]

105. Chuck Norris sleeps with a pillow under his gun.

[skip fox]

106. Tea Party organizers = "Mad Hatters"!!

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x8202772

[Loki]

107. Chucky and his Cheesy toupee....

well now, this little liberal in Texas is just quaking in my cowgirl boots and just waiting. Chucky, I don't want your "brand" of christianity (small c) because you took Christ out of your fake ass religion and long time ago and I want you and all your perverted beliefs to stay the fuck away from my children. Come after me with your branding iron, and I'll gladly shove it right up your stupid ass.

[KamaAina]

111. Branding irons: the 19th-century version of a Taser.

Chuck Norris: the 19th-century version of a Texan. :eyes:

[walldude]

118. A has been who never was...

A student who embarrasses the memory of his master Bruce Lee...

[jwirr]

119. But chuckles we do not have to buy from Texas.

[The Gunslinger]

120. Bring it on

I'll be holding more than a pencil in my hand. And remember you lost the Alamo.

[crim son]

122. There are a lot of people whose opinions are worth heeding.

Chuck Norris isn't one of them.

[Tailormyst]

123. Has anyone told him that he is nothing more then a joke these days?

[Orsino]

125. 'Roid Rage is not a political philosophy.

Norris is a clown, and nothing more.

[muntrv]

126. Bruce Lee's punching bag is still talking?

[Sailing]

127. He'll be crying in his pajamas, come November

We're going to be taking the Governor seat and the Texas House in November. Maybe he'll move out of Texas, then. :applause:

[8 track mind]

128. Hey chuck!

You are not worthy of the rank of black belt. I hope you are stripped of your rank you fucking loon

[RedCloud]

129. Well what do his conservatives have to offer all of us?

return to slavery?
minimum wage?
slaughter Native Americans?

What great idea, other than nothing, have conservatives offered?

[ElboRuum]

130. Born in OK

But he played a Texan on TV! By that logic, William Shatner is qualified for law enforcement.

[Ticonderoga]

131. Chucky

you really need to go huntin with Big Dick so he can shoot that beaver pelt off the top of your head.

[Stinky The Clown]

132. Mr. Norris defines the term "Intellectual Dwarf"

[spanone]

133. piss off chuckles

[vduhr]

137. Since when has religion been in public schools?

It has never been taught in public schools. The only religion that has been taken out of public schools is in the reference to Christmas, which is now referred to as Winter holiday, Easter vacation as Spring break (although colleges have always referred to Spring break), and in the Pledge of Allegiance (and only a few schools have dropped the "...One nation under God" - my grandson's school still uses 'under God' because he thinks God sits on an invisible chair "under God indivisable" LOL). Prayer has never been allowed in any public school I know of. The seperation of Church and State has always applied. Well, perhaps not "always", but I'm 60 years old and never had to say a prayer in a public school, nor was I required to study religion.

[Mother Smuckers]

140. I think your situation was not typical - for that part of the country anyway.

I went to public schools in the 1950s in Oklahoma and was required in several different classes to memorize and recite many different bible verses. It failed to register on me how offensive it was to my Jewish friends for years...until I got into High School when I began to notice. When the 'under god' was added to the pledge, I refused to stand and recite it. My 'home room' teacher was a fundy (who incidentally loved and passed out copies of the Protocols of the ...elders of Zion for us to read) and he threatened me on many occasions to have me expelled for refusing the pledge. I told him "go ahead and try...I dare you". Finally he gave up and backed down.

[blogslut]

143. In elementary school, my teachers used to read

...Bible stories every day. As well, every morning we all had to bow our heads and recite the Lord's Prayer at the end of morning announcements. Public school. Texas: 1966-I can't remember they year it stopped but I think it was around the time that girls were finally allowed to wear pants so probably, 1969.

[Jefferson23]

141. ACLU Scholarship Winner Takes On Texas Textbook Takeover

Yesterday, we posted about the Texas Textbook Takeover and what you can do to stop it. We hope you'll join us in taking action, and we wanted to tell you about a former ACLU scholarship winner who's also getting involved!

Matthew LaClair has been standing up for religious freedom since high school, when he fought back against the promotion of creationism and other religious beliefs in the classroom and helped form the Student Education Assembly on Religious Freedom. This Sunday, April 25 at 6:30 p.m. EDT on WBAI 99.5FM, Matthew will host a lively discussion with Dr. Don McLeroy, a member of the Texas State Board of Education, who is leading the board's movement to rewrite history. Tune in here, or if you miss the show, here.

Matthew is no stranger to textbook controversy. In 2008, while a high school student in Kearny, New Jersey, he challenged misleading information contained in his textbook on U.S. government and enlisted the Center for Inquiry to issue a report on the book's contents. As a result, some of the inaccuracies were corrected in the next edition of the book. Matthew wrote about his experience and why he decided to stand up for his rights here.

in full: http://www.aclu.org/blog/racial-justice-religion-belief-womens-rights/aclu-scholarship-winner-takes-texas-textbook-takeo


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Btw Norris, go fuck yourself with your branding iron.

[lib2DaBone]

142. Chuck Norris, Ted Nugent... Jon Voight... has-been wanna-bees...

[Crunchy Frog]

144. It's what Jesus would do.