Earlier this year, a panel of right-wing “experts” produced a report urging the committee to remove biographies of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Stephen F. Austin, and César Chávez, and instead add history about the “motivational role the Bible and the Christian faith played in the settling of the original colonies.”

3 Responses to Earlier this year, a panel of right-wing “experts” produced a report urging the committee to remove biographies of George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Stephen F. Austin, and César Chávez, and instead add history about the “motivational role the Bible and the Christian faith played in the settling of the original colonies.”

1. Michael Giberson says:

   August 22, 2009 at 10:28 AM

   Since I am a state employee mostly paid via tax dollars, all that I will say is that I have the utmost in esteem and respect for the intelligent, hard-working, far-sighted public servants who dedicate their lives in service to their fellow Texans.

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2. Chris F. Masse says:

   August 22, 2009 at 11:07 AM

   Good diplomatic comment. Your next step: Become a Texan politician.

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3. Michael Giberson says:

   August 22, 2009 at 5:08 PM

   Judging from the proposed new history standards, I’d probably have a lot of reading to do before I was educated enough on “real” history to be a politician. (Well, now that I think about it, I don’t think lack of an education is a barrier to entry…)

   Okay, sign me up.

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