Religions > Atheism > In the News: School Board Considers Censoring Books, Handing Out Bibles, Teaching Creationism
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09 Oct 2004 09:40:21 PM |
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In the News: School Board Considers Censoring Books, Handing Out Bibles, Teaching Creationism |
From the article:
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Some Teachers Decry List of Ideas as Attempt to Inject Christian
Values Into Curriculum
By Joshua Partlow
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 10, 2004; Page C04
To Margaret Young, vice chairman of the Charles County Board of
Education, the required reading lists in her Southern Maryland school
system are teeming with "profanity and pornography, fornication and
adultery."
Take, for example, "Dust Tracks on a Road," an autobiography by
acclaimed American author Zora Neale Hurston. Young said the book
contained "disgusting" scenes of "inappropriate" sexual conduct.
"I think parents would be appalled if they really read the books their
kids were reading that were so filled with profanity and pornography,"
she said. "I rely on the school system to provide good wholesome
reading for my children."
So when the Board of Education recently compiled a list of goals and
suggestions for improving the school system, Young said she supported
the recommendation that calls for "removing anything [from reading
lists] that provides a neutral or positive view of immorality or foul
language."
But this proposal, and others that recommend distributing Bibles in
schools, removing science books "biased towards evolution" and
teaching sexual education classes focused exclusively on abstinence,
has upset those who fear some board members are attempting to impose
personal religious and moral beliefs on the public schools.
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Read it at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20713-2004Oct9.html
J. Spaceman
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| User: "Mike Dworetsky" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: School Board Considers Censoring Books, Handing Out Bibles, Teaching Creationism |
10 Oct 2004 05:41:48 AM |
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"Jason Spaceman" <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote in message
news:d88hm0lutu4hdiac3sp51e8c4er40uht54@4ax.com...
From the article:
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Some Teachers Decry List of Ideas as Attempt to Inject Christian
Values Into Curriculum
By Joshua Partlow
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 10, 2004; Page C04
To Margaret Young, vice chairman of the Charles County Board of
Education, the required reading lists in her Southern Maryland school
system are teeming with "profanity and pornography, fornication and
adultery."
Take, for example, "Dust Tracks on a Road," an autobiography by
acclaimed American author Zora Neale Hurston. Young said the book
contained "disgusting" scenes of "inappropriate" sexual conduct.
"I think parents would be appalled if they really read the books their
kids were reading that were so filled with profanity and pornography,"
she said. "I rely on the school system to provide good wholesome
reading for my children."
So when the Board of Education recently compiled a list of goals and
suggestions for improving the school system, Young said she supported
the recommendation that calls for "removing anything [from reading
lists] that provides a neutral or positive view of immorality or foul
language."
But this proposal, and others that recommend distributing Bibles in
schools, removing science books "biased towards evolution" and
teaching sexual education classes focused exclusively on abstinence,
has upset those who fear some board members are attempting to impose
personal religious and moral beliefs on the public schools.
The Bible is full of stories of sex, profanity, rape, enslavement, incest,
murder, slaughtering babies, and other sickening violence. It is totally
unsuitable for children, and adults of squeamish disposition. These people
have obviously not read the unexpurgated version.
--
Mike Dworetsky
(Remove "pants" spamblock to send e-mail)
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| User: "Walter Bushell" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: School Board Considers Censoring Books, Handing Out Bibles, Teaching Creationism |
09 Oct 2004 10:46:35 PM |
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In article <d88hm0lutu4hdiac3sp51e8c4er40uht54@4ax.com>,
Jason Spaceman <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote:
From the article:
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Some Teachers Decry List of Ideas as Attempt to Inject Christian
Values Into Curriculum
By Joshua Partlow
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 10, 2004; Page C04
To Margaret Young, vice chairman of the Charles County Board of
Education, the required reading lists in her Southern Maryland school
system are teeming with "profanity and pornography, fornication and
adultery."
Take, for example, "Dust Tracks on a Road," an autobiography by
acclaimed American author Zora Neale Hurston. Young said the book
contained "disgusting" scenes of "inappropriate" sexual conduct.
"I think parents would be appalled if they really read the books their
kids were reading that were so filled with profanity and pornography,"
she said. "I rely on the school system to provide good wholesome
reading for my children."
So when the Board of Education recently compiled a list of goals and
suggestions for improving the school system, Young said she supported
the recommendation that calls for "removing anything [from reading
lists] that provides a neutral or positive view of immorality or foul
language."
But this proposal, and others that recommend distributing Bibles in
schools, removing science books "biased towards evolution" and
teaching sexual education classes focused exclusively on abstinence,
has upset those who fear some board members are attempting to impose
personal religious and moral beliefs on the public schools.
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Read it at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20713-2004Oct9.html
J. Spaceman
Under the positive or neutral view of immorality they should not pass
out Bibles but ban them. For example, Lot goes down as a good man.
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Guns don't kill people; automobiles kill people.
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| User: "Harry K" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: School Board Considers Censoring Books, Handing Out Bibles, Teaching Creationism |
10 Oct 2004 08:26:48 AM |
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Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote in message news:<proto-17C702.23540409102004@reader2.panix.com>...
In article <d88hm0lutu4hdiac3sp51e8c4er40uht54@4ax.com>,
Jason Spaceman <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote:
From the article:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some Teachers Decry List of Ideas as Attempt to Inject Christian
Values Into Curriculum
By Joshua Partlow
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 10, 2004; Page C04
To Margaret Young, vice chairman of the Charles County Board of
Education, the required reading lists in her Southern Maryland school
system are teeming with "profanity and pornography, fornication and
adultery."
Take, for example, "Dust Tracks on a Road," an autobiography by
acclaimed American author Zora Neale Hurston. Young said the book
contained "disgusting" scenes of "inappropriate" sexual conduct.
"I think parents would be appalled if they really read the books their
kids were reading that were so filled with profanity and pornography,"
she said. "I rely on the school system to provide good wholesome
reading for my children."
So when the Board of Education recently compiled a list of goals and
suggestions for improving the school system, Young said she supported
the recommendation that calls for "removing anything [from reading
lists] that provides a neutral or positive view of immorality or foul
language."
But this proposal, and others that recommend distributing Bibles in
schools, removing science books "biased towards evolution" and
teaching sexual education classes focused exclusively on abstinence,
has upset those who fear some board members are attempting to impose
personal religious and moral beliefs on the public schools.
------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Read it at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20713-2004Oct9.html
J. Spaceman
Under the positive or neutral view of immorality they should not pass
out Bibles but ban them. For example, Lot goes down as a good man.
Yes. I often wonder what would happen of someone tried to ban the
bible using these nuts same criteria.
Harry K
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| User: "Walter Bushell" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: School Board Considers Censoring Books, Handing Out Bibles, Teaching Creationism |
10 Oct 2004 09:20:19 AM |
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In article <751f8d35.0410100532.6e9e37cd@posting.google.com>,
(Harry K) wrote:
Walter Bushell <proto@panix.com> wrote in message
news:<proto-17C702.23540409102004@reader2.panix.com>...
In article <d88hm0lutu4hdiac3sp51e8c4er40uht54@4ax.com>,
Jason Spaceman <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote:
From the article:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some Teachers Decry List of Ideas as Attempt to Inject Christian
Values Into Curriculum
By Joshua Partlow
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 10, 2004; Page C04
To Margaret Young, vice chairman of the Charles County Board of
Education, the required reading lists in her Southern Maryland school
system are teeming with "profanity and pornography, fornication and
adultery."
Take, for example, "Dust Tracks on a Road," an autobiography by
acclaimed American author Zora Neale Hurston. Young said the book
contained "disgusting" scenes of "inappropriate" sexual conduct.
"I think parents would be appalled if they really read the books their
kids were reading that were so filled with profanity and pornography,"
she said. "I rely on the school system to provide good wholesome
reading for my children."
So when the Board of Education recently compiled a list of goals and
suggestions for improving the school system, Young said she supported
the recommendation that calls for "removing anything [from reading
lists] that provides a neutral or positive view of immorality or foul
language."
But this proposal, and others that recommend distributing Bibles in
schools, removing science books "biased towards evolution" and
teaching sexual education classes focused exclusively on abstinence,
has upset those who fear some board members are attempting to impose
personal religious and moral beliefs on the public schools.
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Read it at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20713-2004Oct9.html
J. Spaceman
Under the positive or neutral view of immorality they should not pass
out Bibles but ban them. For example, Lot goes down as a good man.
Yes. I often wonder what would happen of someone tried to ban the
bible using these nuts same criteria.
Harry K
Probably best not to do it, the Bible is still some kids only source of
porn.
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Guns don't kill people; automobiles kill people.
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| User: "*Hemidactylus*" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: School Board Considers Censoring Books, Handing Out Bibles, Teaching Creationism |
10 Oct 2004 10:56:08 AM |
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Jason Spaceman <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote in message news:<d88hm0lutu4hdiac3sp51e8c4er40uht54@4ax.com>...
From the article:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some Teachers Decry List of Ideas as Attempt to Inject Christian
Values Into Curriculum
By Joshua Partlow
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 10, 2004; Page C04
To Margaret Young, vice chairman of the Charles County Board of
Education, the required reading lists in her Southern Maryland school
system are teeming with "profanity and pornography, fornication and
adultery."
Take, for example, "Dust Tracks on a Road," an autobiography by
acclaimed American author Zora Neale Hurston. Young said the book
contained "disgusting" scenes of "inappropriate" sexual conduct.
"I think parents would be appalled if they really read the books their
kids were reading that were so filled with profanity and pornography,"
she said. "I rely on the school system to provide good wholesome
reading for my children."
So when the Board of Education recently compiled a list of goals and
suggestions for improving the school system, Young said she supported
the recommendation that calls for "removing anything [from reading
lists] that provides a neutral or positive view of immorality or foul
language."
But this proposal, and others that recommend distributing Bibles in
schools, removing science books "biased towards evolution" and
teaching sexual education classes focused exclusively on abstinence,
has upset those who fear some board members are attempting to impose
personal religious and moral beliefs on the public schools.
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Read it at
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A20713-2004Oct9.html
I wonder what their views of violent depictions in books and media
are. Can a little sex and profanity compare to the wanton violence in
the Bible? How many of these parents didn't hesitate to bring their
kids to see Gibson's "Passion of the Christ" or would disagree with it
being shown in a classroom setting.
After seeing both movies I'd say "Passion" was a little more
graphically violent than "Man on Fire" and lacked the essential
dialogue and mannerisms of Christopher Walken to put the violence into
context (ie- Creasey painting his masterpiece, a work of art that
still fell short of Gibson's bloodbath). They, if they would still
subject their kids to "Passion" might justify it by saying that the
movie realistically depicts how Christ suffered for our sins. Sex,
profanity, and evilution are realities, yet I suppose kids should be
shielded from these.
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| User: "VoiceOfReason" |
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| Title: Re: In the News: School Board Considers Censoring Books, Handing Out Bibles, Teaching Creationism |
10 Oct 2004 09:22:41 AM |
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Jason Spaceman <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org> wrote in message news:<d88hm0lutu4hdiac3sp51e8c4er40uht54@4ax.com>...
From the article:
------------------------------------------------------------------------
Some Teachers Decry List of Ideas as Attempt to Inject Christian
Values Into Curriculum
By Joshua Partlow
Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, October 10, 2004; Page C04
To Margaret Young, vice chairman of the Charles County Board of
Education, the required reading lists in her Southern Maryland school
system are teeming with "profanity and pornography, fornication and
adultery."
There's quite a bit of that in the Bible.
Take, for example, "Dust Tracks on a Road," an autobiography by
acclaimed American author Zora Neale Hurston. Young said the book
contained "disgusting" scenes of "inappropriate" sexual conduct.
One person's "inappropriate" is another person's favorite
entertainment. :-)
"I think parents would be appalled if they really read the books their
kids were reading that were so filled with profanity and pornography,"
You mean Charles County parents aren't aware of what their children
are reading?
she said. "I rely on the school system to provide good wholesome
reading for my children."
So when the Board of Education recently compiled a list of goals and
suggestions for improving the school system, Young said she supported
the recommendation that calls for "removing anything [from reading
lists] that provides a neutral or positive view of immorality or foul
language."
Well, that means the Bible will be banned then.
But this proposal, and others that recommend distributing Bibles in
schools,
Distributing Bibles immediately violates their own ban... can you
spell "double standard?"
removing science books "biased towards evolution" and
That would mean removing *all* science books. Stupidity knows no
bounds.
teaching sexual education classes focused exclusively on abstinence,
Teaching abstinence has been shown repeatedly to be totally
ineffective.
has upset those who fear some board members are attempting to impose
personal religious and moral beliefs on the public schools.
True. Here's another person trying to display their holier-than-thou
arrogance.
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| User: "Mark K. Bilbo" |
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09 Oct 2004 10:09:16 PM |
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On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 02:40:21 +0000 in episode
<d88hm0lutu4hdiac3sp51e8c4er40uht54@4ax.com> we saw our hero Jason
Spaceman <notreally@jspaceman.homelinux.org>:
But this proposal, and others that recommend distributing Bibles in
schools, removing science books "biased towards evolution" and teaching
sexual education classes focused exclusively on abstinence, has upset
those who fear some board members are attempting to impose personal
religious and moral beliefs on the public schools.
That's only because they are...
--
Mark K. Bilbo - a.a. #1423
EAC Department of Linguistic Subversion
Alt-atheism website at: http://www.alt-atheism.org
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