TX Board of Educ. Parts Ways with Nat'l Assoc. Over 'Liberal' Leanings
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/232005d.asp
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TX Board of Educ. Parts Ways with Nat'l Assoc. Over 'Liberal' Leanings

By Jim Brown and Jody Brown
November 23, 2005

(AgapePress) - The Texas State Board of Education has severed ties with the
National Association of State School Boards whose policies, says the Texas
group, "continue to gravitate to liberal left."

Last week, the Texas State Board of Education voted 10-5 to remove itself
from membership in the National Association of State School Boards, or
NASBE. The motion was put forth by board member Terri Leo of Spring, Texas.
She believes many of NASBE's policies are out of touch with mainstream
America.

For example, says Leo, NASBE holds to the notion that the phrase
"separation of church and state" accurately summarizes the Bill of Rights
-- even though the phrase does not appear in any founding American document
and was used by Thomas Jefferson 11 years after the Bill of Rights was
passed.

Leo says the Texas Board of Education voted not be associated with
an organization that chooses to perpetuate a myth.

She says she disagrees
with NASBE's continued promotion of "misinformation" and its lack of
concern with the actual language found in the Bill of Rights and other
First Amendment rights.

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For example, says Leo, NASBE holds to the notion that the phrase
"separation of church and state" accurately summarizes the Bill of Rights
-- even though the phrase does not appear in any founding American document
and was used by Thomas Jefferson 11 years after the Bill of Rights was
passed.

TX Board of Educ. Parts Ways with Nat'l Assoc. Over 'Liberal' Leanings
http://headlines.agapepress.org/archive/11/232005d.asp
Agape Press - Tupelo,MS,USA

TX Board of Educ. Parts Ways with Nat'l Assoc. Over 'Liberal' Leanings

By Jim Brown and Jody Brown
November 23, 2005

(AgapePress) - The Texas State Board of Education has severed ties with the
National Association of State School Boards whose policies, says the Texas
group, "continue to gravitate to liberal left."

Last week, the Texas State Board of Education voted 10-5 to remove itself
from membership in the National Association of State School Boards, or
NASBE. The motion was put forth by board member Terri Leo of Spring, Texas.
She believes many of NASBE's policies are out of touch with mainstream
America.

For example, says Leo, NASBE holds to the notion that the phrase
"separation of church and state" accurately summarizes the Bill of Rights
-- even though the phrase does not appear in any founding American document
and was used by Thomas Jefferson 11 years after the Bill of Rights was
passed. Leo says the Texas Board of Education voted not be associated with
an organization that chooses to perpetuate a myth. She says she disagrees
with NASBE's continued promotion of "misinformation" and its lack of
concern with the actual language found in the Bill of Rights and other
First Amendment rights.