Texans are Pro Pollution (censure new text books)

[donsu]

http://abclocal.go.com/ktrk/news/103103_APstate_textbooks.html

Rejected textbooks spawn class action lawsuit in Dallas

A class-action lawsuit filed in federal court in Dallas argues that several current and former members of the State Board of Education rejected a textbook because they didn't agree with the author's viewpoints and wanted to suppress them.

The textbook author and two Dallas high school students filed the lawsuit yesterday, claiming the officials violated the First Amendment by rejecting the environmental science textbook in 2001.

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Chiras argues that board members rejected the book solely because of protests by conservative groups that labeled it anti-Christian, anti-free enterprise and anti-American. Chiras denied the claims.
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however did the jesus freaks get on the pro-global warming side? you'd think they'd want a clean planet.

[Kolesar]

1. They are not religious leaders, they are politicians in disguise

Shameless political operatives

[ret5hd]

2. the "jesus freaks"...

think the worlds gonna end very soon, so...

pillage and rape while you can.

[elfwitch]

3. which just reinforces why...

I HATE Dallas!
I will be so glad to leave this Southern Baptist freak hole.

[JailBush]

4. Textbook Racket

The textbook racket extends far beyond Texas. Company executives like to wine and dine school officials, who then buy their books - which have become notorious for their errors. And who knows what kind of propaganda corporations are slipping into these books?

It was an utter disgrace during Clinton's sinister Goals 2000, and it's now out of control under Bush's Leave No Child Alive campaign.

[wuushew]

5. Please give more info on Clinton sinister Goals 2000

unfamiliar with topic

[LeahMira]

6. You bet it's a racket... dumbing down America starts early!

The textbook racket extends far beyond Texas.

Darned right it does! But since Texas buys textbooks for all the schools in the state, instead of letting each county or district negotiate for the texts they want to use, the Texas school book order is a biggie... one that all the publishers salivate over.

"What Johnny Shouldn't Read" is a good book for you to read, although it's sort of old by now (1994) and probably things are even worse under this administration, but it's still a good read. You'll be amazed at the reasons the Christian fundamentalists give for ejecting Cinderella and Mary Had A Little Lamb from the classroom. And hey! The author teaches right here on campus!
:-)

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0300060505/qid=1068063444/sr=1-3/ref=sr_1_3/002-0685618-0867246?v=glance&s=books

From Publishers Weekly
Wielding an influence far out of proportion to their numbers, according to the author, well-funded
ultraconservative activists have used federal lawsuits and intimidation in an attempt to censor
textbooks and to color elementary and secondary school education with their views on everything
from minorities to nontraditional sex roles, gun control, evolution, holistic health, anti-pollution laws
and religious tolerance. DelFattore argues that these fundamentalists target not only multiculturalism,
globalism and environmentalism but also the right of students to think for themselves. Focusing on
recent federal cases, her important study examines the chilling effect lawsuits exert on textbook
content by prompting publishers to quietly practice self-censorship. A professor of English at the
University of Delaware, DelFattore also criticizes "politically correct extremists" who, in her view,
censor part of the truth in their efforts to eliminate sexism and racism from texts. Her lucid critique
should serve as a rallying point for parents, teachers and administrators who oppose textbook
censorship.

[Andy_Stephenson]

7. I hated it so bad I came to Seattle.

Wild horses could never drag me back.