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madfloridian Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Jun-09-07 01:21 AM
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Remember the TX school board member who got rude over the bible class?
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Well, now a Jewish teacher there in Odessa is speaking out in anger. Seems like that remark "kiss my butt" angered them.

Texas school board member tells parents to "kiss my butt" over religious class.

Parents who did not think the class was fair were complaining to the board, and Butch Foreman said this:

“If they don’t have children in the class, they can kiss my butt,” Foreman said. “They’re just looking to impose their beliefs and their views on everybody, and we don’t put up with that crap out here.”

If the plaintiffs did have children enrolled in the classes, then Foreman said he would tell the students to drop the class and take another course since it’s an elective.


And there is a lawsuit going on there now.

Well, now a Jewish teacher gets angry.

Jewish teacher gets angry

Here is a snip from the letter, the rest at the link.

I am writing as a parent, as a member of the Jewish community in the Permian Basin and, despite concerns about my job, as a teacher in this school district.
I have been respectful and professional in expressing my thoughts about selecting a Bible course in ECISD.

I reviewed the Bible curricula under consideration last spring, and then I spoke at the public forum.

Other members of our Jewish community reviewed the curricula and wrote letters to the school board, as well. And yet, when it came time for a final board decision, Randy Rives said publicly that he hadn't heard from anyone in the Jewish community.

And most recently, I read in the Odessa American Butch Foreman's disrespectful response to concerns about the Bible class: "If they don't have children in the class, they can kiss my butt. They're looking to impose their beliefs and their views on everybody, and we don't put up with that crap out here."

Enough is enough. These repeated public insults of my religion and our legitimate questions about the Bible curriculum are perfect examples of the very concerns I have about a biased presentation of the Bible in our schools.


Well, looks like there's going to be a Showdown in Odessa with a lawsuit.

And Chuck Norris gets into the fray, bless his heart.



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


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