Comments on: Center For Inquiry questions politically-skewed high school textbook for classes on U.S. government http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/07/center-for-inquiry-questions-politically-skewed-high-school-textbook-for-classes-on-us-government/ Human Animals at the Crossroads of Culture, Science, Religion and Media Fri, 20 Nov 2009 16:12:06 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 hourly 1 By: Tim Hogan http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/07/center-for-inquiry-questions-politically-skewed-high-school-textbook-for-classes-on-us-government/comment-page-1/#comment-17506 Tim Hogan Wed, 09 Apr 2008 21:11:07 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/07/center-for-inquiry-questions-politically-skewed-high-school-textbook-for-classes-on-us-government/#comment-17506 Look no farther than the Texas Book folks, they probably rejected text after text until they got the language the wanted. And we got W from Texas too! Look no farther than the Texas Book folks, they probably rejected text after text until they got the language the wanted. And we got W from Texas too!

]]> By: Alison http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/07/center-for-inquiry-questions-politically-skewed-high-school-textbook-for-classes-on-us-government/comment-page-1/#comment-17495 Alison Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:30:07 +0000 http://dangerousintersection.org/2008/04/07/center-for-inquiry-questions-politically-skewed-high-school-textbook-for-classes-on-us-government/#comment-17495 I just read an article this morning about Matthew LaClaire (the HS student from Kearny, NJ, who brought his teacher's classroom proselytizing to light) submitting this text to the CFI. Some of the changes the authors are making to the text seem hardly better than the original. I'm thinking that maybe I should submit my daughter's World Civilization text to the CFI. It's so full of horrible stuff that I can barely look through it myself. It characterizes the torture and murder of The Inquisition as being guided by a deep desire to save souls - just a buncha good-hearted guys who didn't know where to draw the line. It made my stomach churn. I just read an article this morning about Matthew LaClaire (the HS student from Kearny, NJ, who brought his teacher’s classroom proselytizing to light) submitting this text to the CFI. Some of the changes the authors are making to the text seem hardly better than the original.

I’m thinking that maybe I should submit my daughter’s World Civilization text to the CFI. It’s so full of horrible stuff that I can barely look through it myself. It characterizes the torture and murder of The Inquisition as being guided by a deep desire to save souls - just a buncha good-hearted guys who didn’t know where to draw the line. It made my stomach churn.

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