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http://www.texasgop.org/site/News2?page=NewsArticle&id=6199
[excerpt]
AG opinion a Victory for Elected State Board of Education

By William Lutz, The Lone Star Report

The elected, conservative State Board of Education will get more
authority
to over public school textbooks, thanks to a recent opinion by Atty.
Gen.
Greg Abbott (R).

Abbott has decided to allow the board to enforce a section of the Texas
education code that allows the State Board of Education to insist that
textbooks foster an appreciation of the United States of America. The
Texas
Education Code, Sect. 28.002(h) states: "The State Board of Education
and
each school district shall foster the continuation of the tradition of
teaching United States and Texas history and the free enterprise system
in
regular subject matter and in reading courses and in the adoption of
textbooks. A primary purpose of the public school curriculum is to
prepare
thoughtful, active citizens who understand the importance of patriotism
and
can function productively in a free enterprise society with appreciation
for the basic democratic values of our state and national heritage."

The opinion reverses a 1996 attorney general's opinion by former Atty.
Gen.
Dan Morales (D), held the board had no authority to evaluate patriotism
in
books. "We believe that subsection (h) is intended to serve as an
indication of legislative policy and a guide for the board and school
districts in formulating their curriculum, and that it does not confer
any
additional power to the board with respect to textbook adoption."

The Abbott opinion, by contrast, states that textbooks must comply with
28.002(h) regarding U.S. and Texas history.. .
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You are invited to check out the following:

The Rise of the Theocratic States of America
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocracy.htm

American Theocrats - Past and Present
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/theocrats.htm

The Constitutional Principle: Separation of Church and State
http://members.tripod.com/~candst/index.html

[and to join the discussion group for the above site and/or Separation
of
Church and State in general, listed below]

HRSepCnS · Hampton Roads [Virginia] SepChurch&State
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HRSepCnS/

[Its not just Hampton Roads folks who are members, there are members
from
all over the US and a couple from overseas as well]

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. . . You can't understand a phrase such as "Congress shall make no law
respecting an establishment of religion" by syllogistic reasoning.
Words
take their meaning from social as well as textual contexts, which is why
"a
page of history is worth a volume of logic." New York Trust Co. v.
Eisner,
256 U.S. 345, 349, 41 S.Ct. 506, 507, 65 L.Ed. 963 (1921) (Holmes, J.).
Sherman v. Community Consol. Dist. 21, 980 F.2d 437, 445 (7th Cir. 1992)
. . .
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That philosophy 'snipit' helped to get me, and my crew, through a good
many combat missions and far too many scary, inflight, emergencies.

It has also played a significant role in helping me to expose the
plethora of radical Christian propaganda and lies that we find at
almost every media turn.

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THE CONSTITUTIONAL PRINCIPLE:
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