Re: Religious Right in Texas

From: George Murphy (gmurphy@raex.com)
Date: Tue Nov 12 2002 - 13:13:54 EST

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    John W Burgeson wrote:
    >
    > The following has taken place in Texas. The YECs continue to win.
    >
    > School textbook changes made at the request of Phyllis SchlaflyÌs Eagle
    > Forum and Texas Citizens for a Sound Economy members will:
    >
    > * Delete passages that describe Islam positively;
    >
    > * Delete sections on slavery that critics called un-American and
    > Ïanti-ChristianÓ;
    >
    > * Change references to events "millions of years ago" to instead read "in
    > the distant past" or "over time" so as not to have ancient geological
    > events predate Biblical timelines;
    >
    > * Delete references to fossil fuels being formed Ïmillions of years ago"
    > so as not to conflict with Biblical timelines
    >
    > * Delete references to global warming which the Eagle Forum called
    > Ïanti-ChristianÓ and Ïanti-free enterprise.Ó

            I would hope that references to diseases being caused by
    bacteria or viruses
    would also be omitted from textbooks. Diseases are caused by demons.

                                                    Shalom,
                                                    George
    George L. Murphy
    gmurphy@raex.com
    http://web.raex.com/~gmurphy/



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