WARNING: values - Texas may erase American Patriots, Heroes, History & Heritage from texts

Mathew Staver of www.LC.org was on The Huckabee Show Sat/Sun 6&7 Feb10 to Discuss Changes to Textbooks

Mathew D. Staver, Founder and Chairman of Liberty Counsel and Dean of Liberty University School of Law, appeared on Mike Huckabee’s show and discussed potentially dramatic changes to the framework of textbooks that are being considered by the Texas State Board of Education (TSBOE).

Huckabee and Staver revealed suggested changes, some of which are still under discussion.

TSBOE will soon finalize the language that textbook publishers use to align their textbooks to current standards.  As Texas is a leader in textbooks, most other states purchase the same educational materials.  The textbook controversy in Texas affects every American because, to have a bright future, we must know our past.  America has a rich past founded on Judeo-Christian values and to forget them, or worse, to distort them, will doom our future.  Those who want to reshape America begin by rewriting our past.  We repeat the mistakes of the past when we are ignorant of them.

Some of the suggestions that have come forward at various times include:

• Removing references to Daniel Boone, General George Patton, Nathan Hale, Columbus Day, and Christmas.
• Adding the cultural impact of hip hop music, ACLU lawyer Clarence Darrow, and the Hindu holiday of Diwali.
• Replacing the term "American" with "Global Citizen"– stating that students need to be shaped "for responsible citizenship in a global society" without any mention of citizenship in American society.
• Replacing expansionism and free enterprise with imperialism and capitalism.

The Board's next meeting is in March and the final reading and adoption of the social studies guidelines will be in May.

Cynthia Dunbar, an elected member of the TSBOE and Assistant Professor at Liberty University School of Law, stated “James Madison warned us that when error is allowed to become steeped in precedent it leads to tyranny.  If an erroneous view of our American heritage is allowed to stand, that view will be even more entrenched when we revisit this issue again in 10 years.  Since the board consists of only 15 members, the decision of eight individuals may determine what goes into textbooks on a national level; it is crucial that the voices of patriotic Americans be heard.”

Make your voice heard now, before the next meeting.  Please call the board at 512-463-9734 and encourage them to promote traditional, pro-American language in their guidelines, or you may email them at sboeteks@tea.state.tx.us.

"..the textbook controversy in Texas affects every American.”

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